Lead Technical Product Manager - AI Strategy & Health Plan Tech - Remote Kansas| Overland Park, Kansas | Remote

Strategic Ai Technology Leader

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives.

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This role is seeking a strategic, AI-savvy technology leader to advance practical artificial intelligence, automation, and enterprise technology capabilities across the Kansas Health Plan. As an individual contributor and member of the local leadership team, this person will partner across health plan, state, regulatory, business, shared services, and IT teams to identify high-value opportunities and deliver solutions that improve operational performance, compliance readiness, member and provider experience, and workforce productivity.

The solidest candidate will bring AI and digital transformation capability, a solid strategic mindset, and meaningful Medicaid and Medicare knowledge. This role requires curiosity, executive communication, relationship-building, and the ability to move from idea to execution in a complex matrixed environment while responsibly championing innovation that creates measurable business value for Community & State and the Kansas health plan market.

If you are located in Kansas, you will have the flexibility to work remotely as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• AI, Innovation, and Digital Transformation
  • Identify and advance practical AI, automation, analytics, and digital enablement opportunities that improve efficiency, compliance readiness, member and provider experience, and workforce productivity
  • Partner with health plan and business leaders to prioritize high-value use cases and translate them into actionable roadmaps, solution concepts, or delivery plans
  • Champion responsible AI adoption through appropriate use cases, stakeholder alignment, training and enablement support, data protection, compliance awareness, change readiness, and measurable outcomes
  • Connect enterprise technology capabilities and innovation efforts to local Medicaid and Medicare market needs, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned to strategic priorities
• Strategic Technology Leadership
  • Serve as a strategic technology partner to Kansas Health Plan leadership, Community & State leaders, shared services, and IT delivery partners
  • Translate business, regulatory, operational, and state partner needs into clear technology direction, priorities, and recommended courses of action
  • Influence technology decisions with enterprise partners, health plan leaders, and state and federal regulators to advance scalable solutions, remove barriers, and deliver measurable value for stakeholders
  • Provide thought leadership on emerging technology trends and their applicability to Medicaid and Medicare operations, regulatory execution, growth, and health plan performance
• Market CIO Leadership and Accountability
  • Serve as the primary technology voice for the Kansas Health Plan, coordinating priorities, risks, dependencies, decisions, and escalations across local leadership and enterprise technology partners
  • Provide concise, executive-ready updates on technology priorities, risks, decisions, and progress to ensure leadership visibility and alignment
  • Help shape and prioritize health plan technology demand, ensuring requests are clearly defined, routed through appropriate intake channels, and aligned to enterprise priorities and market objectives
  • Maintain an ownership mindset for follow-through by tracking commitments, clarifying owners, and ensuring open items move toward resolution
• Relationship Building and Stakeholder Partnership
  • Build trusted relationships with state and federal partners, health plan leaders, IT teams, shared services, vendors, and business stakeholders
  • Represent United Healthcare in state and federal regulatory meetings with a balanced understanding of business priorities,…