Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Remote

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.

Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Sr. Manager, Software Engineering is both a technology and people leader, accountable for engineering operational excellence, system ownership, and delivery outcomes across 3-8 feature teams. Software Engineering applies disciplined engineering practices to the design, development, testing, deployment, and operation of software systems. Our leaders in this space are responsible for building quality into every outcome, ensuring teams take full ownership of the systems they build and the customer outcomes those systems enable.

This role exists to:

• Drive accountability for the platforms, services, and customer experiences owned by the teams
• Ensure engineering excellence, predictability, and quality in delivery
• Foster solid ownership from every engineer for the code they write and the systems they operate

You will lead teams operating in a hybrid delivery model-planning work against fixed requirements and deadlines while executing through Agile principles. You will balance execution with mentorship, helping teams and leaders navigate digital and organizational transformation.

This role requires a leader who can set clear expectations, hold teams accountable, and remove obstacles-while empowering engineers to own outcomes end-to-end.

Key Leadership Expectations

• Company-level thought leader in engineering practices and delivery excellence
• Recognized functional subject matter expert
• Applies a broad business lens to technical decision-making
• Trusted advisor and resource to senior leadership
• Develops and applies forward-looking approaches aligned to emerging industry and technology trends

You’ll enjoy 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Partner with product, business, and technology leaders to understand business strategy, vision, and priorities
• Lead multiple engineering teams (3-8 feature POD teams), driving accountability for delivery, quality, and system ownership
• Serve as the technical owner and decision maker for platforms, portals, and systems within scope, ensuring team alignment to highest-priority business outcomes
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and teams to address vulnerabilities, incidents, and remediation efforts
• Implement and mature Agile and Dev Ops practices, including automation, CI/CD, observability, and continuous improvement
• Actively participate in product-area agile events (Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives) and use data/metrics to improve predictability and quality
• Identify skill gaps within teams, align upskilling efforts to organizational priorities, conduct regular 1:1s, and reinforce accountability and growth
• Ensure adherence to and continuous improvement of SDLC and AI-DLC standards, policies, security, and governance
• Partner with Scrum Masters, Delivery Managers, and Resource Partners (vendors) to optimize team performance across full-time and contracted resources
• Mentor engineering leaders and engineers, fostering solid business partnerships and guiding teams through organizational change

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an…