Vice President of Software Engineering - Integrity

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As Vice President of Software Engineering for Optum Payment Integrity within the Optum Insight Payer Market Technology team, you will serve as an engineering delivery leader for one of our highest-value enterprise businesses. In this role, you will protect payment accuracy and program integrity for leading national health plans, including United Healthcare and external commercial payer clients. Reporting directly to the CIO for Optum Insight Payer Market, you will lead a global, matrixed software engineering organization driving the end-to-end delivery of capital project portfolios and operational systems.

You will accelerate AI/ML model adoption, operationalize modern cloud and interoperability standards, and foster an outcomes-driven engineering culture centered on speed, quality, financial discipline, and security.

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.

• Own end-to-end engineering execution and delivery for the Payment Integrity capital projects and operations portfolio, translating multi-year business strategy into predictable, on-time, and on-budget software releases

• Lead, scale, and transform a global engineering organization across onshore and offshore locations, establishing high-performing pod structures, optimal spans-of-control, and clear team accountability

• Integrate enterprise AI tools, set AI goals in team development plans, and align hiring with technical competencies to accelerate adoption while embedding transparency, fairness, and governance into regulated workflows

• Execute within enterprise architecture, security, cloud, and interoperability standards (such as FHIR, X12, and EDI), ensuring seamless integration across claims editing, payment accuracy, and operational platforms

• Partner with Product, Clinical, and Operations executives to align engineering delivery roadmaps with financial baselines, unit-cost targets, and revenue growth commitments

• Drive engineering excellence, modern Dev Sec Ops , automated testing, and Fin Ops practices, leveraging statistical anomaly detection, automated observability, and daily cost-out disciplines

• Oversee reliability, compliance, and security posture across regulated payer workflows, adhering strictly to HIPAA, HITRUST, PHI/PII protection, and risk management criteria

• Coach, mentor, and elevate senior engineering leaders and directors, fostering a culture of continuous learning, succession planning, and outcome-driven execution

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

• 15+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise-scale technology environments

• 8+ years of experience leading multi-layer, global engineering organizations (including managing directors and senior engineering managers) across onshore and offshore locations

• 5+ years of experience delivering complex, capital-funded technology portfolios with…