Product Manager

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.

The Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Applications & Platform team is seeking a Product Manager to support a portfolio of CDS products and platform capabilities that enable healthcare organizations to improve clinical quality, provider efficiency, compliance, and patient outcomes. This role will serve as a Product Manager across multiple products within the portfolio, partnering closely with engineering, architecture, clinical, regulatory, and business stakeholders to deliver innovative healthcare technology solutions. The Product Manager will maintain product backlogs, prioritize features, manage Jira boards, support Agile delivery teams, and ensure alignment between day-to-day execution and the longer-term product strategy. The ideal candidate combines solid product management fundamentals with a technical background in software development, healthcare technology, digital health, medical devices, or clinical software platforms. Working knowledge of Quality Management System in FDA, EU/MDR, etc. regulated products and ownership of deliverables are essential to this role. This individual will be comfortable operating across strategic and tactical horizons, advancing product execution while maintaining a clear understanding of portfolio goals, product vision, customer needs, and market direction. 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 office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Product Strategy and Roadmap Management Support the development and execution of product strategy across multiple CDS products and platform capabilities Maintain alignment between tactical delivery in Jira and strategic roadmaps, initiatives, and priorities managed in Aha! Collaborate with Senior Product Managers to translate customer needs, business objectives, clinical requirements, regulatory considerations, and market opportunities into actionable product priorities Contribute to roadmap planning, feature prioritization, release planning, and lifecycle decisions Use customer feedback, product performance information, and stakeholder input to recommend product enhancements and portfolio improvements Communicate product direction, priorities, tradeoffs, progress, risks, and decisions to stakeholders at appropriate levels Product Ownership and Agile Delivery Support and facilitate Program Increment planning, capacity discussions, dependency management, objective definition, and roadmap alignment Serve as Product Manager for one or more Agile delivery teams supporting CDS Applications and Platform initiatives Own, prioritize, and maintain product backlogs and delivery boards in Jira across multiple products Define and refine epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and non-functional requirements Ensure backlog readiness and clear product decisions to support sprint planning and predictable delivery Collaborate with Scrum Masters, Engineering Leads, Solution Architects, and other Product Managers to remove obstacles and manage cross-team dependencies Participate in and support backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and ongoing team ceremonies Technical Product Collaboration Act as a bridge between