Senior Data Product Owner

3 days ago


Dublin, Ireland UnitedHealth Group Full time

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

About the role:

In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.

As a Senior Data Product Owner, you will be responsible for building and sustaining relationships with all key stakeholders who rely on the Data Products in your remit. You will work through the prioritization of business requirements and product features to drive value for our clients, networks and members. You will leverage your expertise in Agile product management and leadership skills to guide stakeholders, ensuring the successful implementation and continuous improvement of the data products.

The ideal candidate will be able to develop and maintain positive relationships with cross-functional team members, establish trust and credibility in a matrix organization, as well as demonstrate effective interpersonal, influence, collaboration and listening skills.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny offices and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities of a Senior Data Product Owner:

1. Lead and mentor a team of Product Owners in developing and deploying change, associated with data transformations to better serve analytical solutions for client and pharmacy performance management.
2. Negotiate the allocation of resources effectively to meet project deadlines and business objectives.
3. Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to influence decision-making and drive data-driven strategies.
4. Motivate stakeholders to support the product vision and goals; Identify success criteria and achieve consensus on strategies, requirements, and roadmap.
5. Drive improvement in standards, specifically data quality and change management.
6. Engage with internal business and system delivery practices.
7. Communicate plans, designs and analytic results to business partners.
8. Embrace and champion the need for change; Provide tools to support change; Identify and implement strategies to gather support and achieve adoption of change within own area of responsibility.
9. Develop procedures, policies, standards and follow up with stakeholders where required.

Required Qualifications of a Senior Data Product Owner:

1. Experience solving business problems using technical solutions.
2. Significant experience in operations, customer success, product development and/or product management.
3. Experience owning and delivering projects that result in real business value.
4. Exceptional ability to communicate technical concepts and insights to stakeholders at all levels across the organization. Strong presentation and influencing skills.
5. Experience working within a team applying the Agile framework.
6. Demonstrated experience and ability to manage multiple activities, assess priorities and achieve solutions under tight deadlines.
7. Experience in supporting the requirement gathering for the building and maintaining ETL pipelines and data products.
8. Experience working in a large multinational company or similar environment.
9. Proven ability to leverage data to drive insights and make informed product decisions.
10. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data-driven insights and translate them into actionable product plans.
11. Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, engineers, and UX/UI designers.
12. Familiarity with data-related technologies and tools, such as data warehouses, ETL processes, and data visualization platforms.

Preferred Qualifications of a Senior Data Product Owner:

1. Knowledge of Project Management methodologies, like PRINCE2 or other, and/or product management best practices.
2. Hands-on experience working with data products in a business analyst/project manager capacity.
3. Deep understanding of business strategies and the ability to align product strategies with organizational goals.
4. Proven exceptional interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. 2024 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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