Technical Product Management - Cloud Optimization - RemoteOptum • Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
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Technical Product Management - Cloud Optimization - Remote
Optum
- Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
- Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
About
We are seeking a Senior Manager, Technical Product Management to lead and scale product capabilities across our healthcare payer technology portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, customer experience, data, and engineering, and is critical to translating customer and market insights into high impact, scalable products.
The ideal candidate is a trusted product leader who can drive product strategy and execution, influence across business and technology teams, and build solid product talent. This role requires deep experience managing complex product ecosystems, balancing competing priorities, and operating effectively in a regulated healthcare environment.
The Technical Product Manager - Cloud Optimization owns the identification, prioritization, and execution of cloud optimization opportunities across multi cloud environments. This role partners closely with engineering, FinOps Team, architecture, and customer teams to translate usage, cost, and performance signals into actionable optimization products, insights, and measurable outcomes.
A core expectation of this role is leveraging AI and data driven techniques to scale optimization discovery, accelerate decision making, and improve customer engagement—helping application teams adopt cost efficient, scalable, and resilient cloud practices.
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
Cloud Optimization Outcomes: Own and drive the identification, prioritization, and delivery of cloud optimization opportunities across compute, storage, networking, and data platforms, resulting in measurable cost and efficiency improvements
AI Driven Opportunity Discovery: Apply AI assisted analytics, Generative AI, and Agentic AI workflows to scale discovery of inefficiencies, automate recommendations, and accelerate optimization decisions. Design and build AI agents that continuously monitor cloud environments, surface emerging waste patterns, and autonomously trigger or recommend remediation actions at scale
Product Features & Execution: Define and execute a focused product roadmap for cloud optimization capabilities, translating insights into scalable features, tools, and enablement patterns
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with application teams, finance, and technology leaders to align optimization initiatives to business priorities and drive adoption and value realization
Data Driven Measurement: Define success metrics (e.g., realized savings, utilization improvements, adoption rates) and continuously refine product strategy based on outcomes and feedback
Cross Functional Leadership: Collaborate with engineering, architecture, FinOps, and operations to deliver secure, compliant, and scalable optimization solutions
Executive Communication & Governance: Prepare and deliver high-quality materials for Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), CIO briefings, and delegate meetings – including executive readouts, savings scorecards, forward-looking pipeline narratives, and strategic recommendations. Ensure leadership has timely, accurate, and actionable visibility into optimization performance and priorities
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.
Required Qualifications
7+ years of experience as a Technical Product Manager driving outcomes across cloud, platform, or FinOps related products
3+ years of cloud cost drivers, reserved instances drivers, optimization levers, and value realization across Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB, Datacenter
1+ years of experience using AI assisted tools for product management, analysis, and decision support
Experience partnering with customers or application teams to drive adoption and behavior change
Experience translating complex technical and financial data into clear, actionable product direction
Experience in backlog management, prioritization, and agile delivery
Preferred Qualifications
Experience building or scaling cloud optimization, FinOps, or cost intelligence platforms
Experience working with cross functional, globally distributed teams
Familiarity with AI governance, ethical AI practices, and compliance considerations
Background in healthcare, regulated industries, or large enterprise environments
Proven solid stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Benefits Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug‑free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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