Director Tech Product Management

Role summary

Director Tech Product Management is a role at UnitedHealth Group in Gurgaon, Haryana, India (on-site). Posted 2026-09-01. Experience level: 10+.

Job title

Director Tech Product Management

Company

UnitedHealth Group

Location

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Work arrangement

on-site

Category

Healthcare Support

Experience level

10+

Date posted

2026-09-01

Job description

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.

The Director, Product Management is a senior product leadership role responsible for defining and executing the strategic vision, organizational direction, and investment priorities for enterprise data products and platforms. This leader manages a team of Product Managers and Technical Product Managers while partnering with executive stakeholders across business, technology, analytics, operations, and architecture to establish a scalable, data-driven product ecosystem that enables growth, operational excellence, innovation, and improved customer outcomes.

The Director serves as a key member of the product leadership team, influencing enterprise strategy, portfolio investment decisions, organizational design, and talent development. This role is accountable for aligning product portfolios with business objectives, establishing product management disciplines and standards, and ensuring delivery of measurable business value across a broad set of data, analytics, AI, and platform capabilities.

Success in this role requires exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, organizational influence, and the ability to develop high-performing teams while driving execution across large, matrixed organizations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Organizational Leadership and Talent Development Lead, develop, and mentor a team of Product Managers, Technical Product Managers, and product leaders

Establish a high-performance, customer-focused product organization that promotes accountability, innovation, and operational excellence

Define organizational goals, workforce strategies, succession planning, and talent development initiatives

Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and outcome-based decision making

Provide leadership coaching and establish best practices for product management disciplines across the organization

Product Portfolio Strategy Define and execute the strategic vision for enterprise data products, analytics platforms, APIs, and data services

Establish multi-year roadmaps and investment strategies aligned with business priorities and enterprise objectives

Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and market opportunities to identify future growth areas

Partner with senior executives to shape strategic priorities and translate business goals into scalable product investments

Drive portfolio-level prioritization and resource allocation decisions to maximize business value and return on investment

Enterprise Stakeholder Leadership Serve as the primary product leadership representative for data and analytics initiatives across the organization

Build solid partnerships with executive leaders across technology, operations, analytics, finance, compliance, and business functions

Influence organizational direction and gain alignment across complex stakeholder groups

Communicate product strategy, investment rationale, risks, and outcomes to executive leadership

Lead governance forums, strategic planning sessions, and portfolio reviews

Data, Analytics and AI Enablement Establish the enterprise vision for data products, data monetization opportunities, analytics capabilities, and AI-enabled

Partner with architecture and engineering leaders to define modern data strategies and platform evolution

Champion data governance, quality, privacy, security, and compliance practices across product portfolios

Drive adoption of advanced analytics, automation, and AI capabilities to improve business outcomes and customer experiences

Ensure data assets are positioned as strategic enterprise capabilities rather than operational utilities

Portfolio Delivery and Operational Excellence Provide oversight across multiple product initiatives and delivery teams

Establish success metrics, performance indicators, and operating rhythms to measure organizational effectiveness

Drive disciplined planning, prioritization, dependency management, and execution practices across portfolios

Balance near-term business commitments with long-term strategic objectives

Identify and mitigate strategic risks while ensuring delivery of committed business outcomes

Business and Financial Leadership Develop business cases, investment strategies, funding proposals, and ROI analyses for strategic initiatives

Manage portfolio budgets and investment planning activities

Evaluate product performance, adoption, and financial outcomes to inform future investment decisions

Drive value realization reporting and communicate business impact to executive stakeholders

Partner with finance and business leaders to ensure alignment between strategic investments and organizational priorities

Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications: