Senior Manager Software Engineering

Requisition Number: 2385119
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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a high-performing engineering team responsible for the design, development, modernization, and support of enterprise applications and platforms
• Drive technical strategy, architecture decisions, and delivery execution aligned with organizational objectives and technology roadmaps
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, SRE, Security, and Business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable and resilient technology solutions
• Provide leadership across software development lifecycle activities including solution design, development, testing, deployment, operational readiness, and continuous improvement
• Champion cloud-native architecture, DevSecOps practices, automation, observability, and operational excellence initiatives
• Establish engineering standards, governance, and best practices to ensure quality, security, reliability, and maintainability of software assets
• Lead enterprise modernization efforts, including cloud migrations, AI-enabled solutions, API-driven architectures, and platform transformation initiatives
• Drive delivery predictability through Agile methodologies, sprint planning, capacity management, risk mitigation, and dependency management
• Build, mentor, and develop engineering talent through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and technical leadership development
• Partner with global teams and vendors to optimize delivery models, resource utilization, and organizational efficiency
• Monitor and improve key engineering and operational metrics, including system availability, reliability, quality, scalability, and time-to-market
• Evaluate emerging technologies and innovation opportunities to improve business outcomes and enhance customer experiences
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, risk management, regulatory, and governance requirements
• Influence cross-functional leaders and senior stakeholders to gain alignment on technology investments, priorities, and strategic initiatives
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, collaboration, innovation, and customer-focused delivery
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, application development, or technology delivery
• 5+ years of experience leading and managing software engineering teams, including direct people leadership responsibilities
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum teams and managing delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives
• Experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, automation, observability, and operational excellence practices
• Experience managing vendor partnerships, budgets, resource planning, and workforce development
• Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale enterprise applications and digital transformation initiatives
• Solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns, distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native technologies
• Proven ability to collaborate with business stakeholders, product management, architecture, security, and operations teams
• Demonstrated solid verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and executive stakeholders
• AI Builder Qualifications:
  • Experience leveraging enterprise-approved AI tools to improve engineering productivity, software delivery, testing, automation, and operational efficiency
  • Understanding of responsible AI principles, governance, and implementation of AI-powered solutions within enterprise environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field
• Professional certifications in Cloud, Agile, Project Management, Security, or Architecture disciplines
• Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and API management
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, AWS, or multi-cloud environments
• Experience leading application modernization, cloud migration, platform transformation, or AI-enabled initiatives
• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), production support, incident management, and resilience engineering practices
• Experience in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, insurance, financial services, or related sectors
• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies, Generative AI, intelligent automation, and enterprise AI governance

Leadership Competencies:

• Proven to be a strategic thinker with the ability to align technology investments to business outcomes
• Proven track record of building, mentoring, and retaining high-performing engineering teams
• Demonstrated solid decision-making, problem-solving, and organizational leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to balance innovation with operational stability, risk management, and execution excellence
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance culture

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.
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