Manager, AI Innovation and Strategy - Life Sciences - Remote

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Optum Insightis improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deepexpertisein the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management,quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring.

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The Manager, AI Innovation and Strategy
- Life Sciences serves as a client-delivery leader supporting complex AI strategy and solution engagements for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical technology, and related life sciences clients. This role works closely with client stakeholders and internal teams to translate business, scientific, operational, and technical requirements into actionable workplans, analyses, solutions, and deliverables.

The Manager is responsible for leading day-to-day engagement activities, managing work streams, and ensuring high-quality delivery. The role requires solid project leadership, structured problem solving, life sciences expertise, and AI fluency to drive execution from discovery through implementation and value realization. The Manager serves as a trusted working partner to clients and collaborates closely with Senior Management and broader leadership to successfully deliver client outcomes.

You’llenjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

• Workstream Leadership: Lead one or more work streams within AI strategy and solution-delivery engagements, driving execution against defined objectives, milestones, deliverables, and timelines
• Project Management
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  Manage day-to-day project activities including work planning, resource coordination, issue resolution, status tracking, dependency management, and progress reporting to ensure successful engagement execution
• Life Sciences Subject Matter Application: Apply knowledge of life sciences processes, operations, and business challenges to support client analyses, solution development, implementation activities, and adoption efforts
• Solution Delivery Support: Partner with technical and functional teams to translate business requirements into practical AI-enabled solutions, implementation plans, workflows, and operational processes
• Team Leadership & Development: Supervise, coach, and develop consultants, analysts, and other project team members by providing guidance, feedback, prioritization support, and performance coaching
• Quality Management: Review analyses, presentations, documentation, and client deliverables to ensure quality, consistency, accuracy, and alignment with engagement objectives and client expectations
• Stakeholder Coordination: Facilitate working sessions, gather requirements, coordinate activities across client and internal stakeholders, and support alignment on project decisions and priorities
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify, monitor, and escalation project risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery challenges while developing mitigation plans and driving resolution activities
• Communication & Reporting: Develop client-ready materials, executive updates, status reports, and presentations that communicate progress, findings,…