Job Description
About the Role
As a Senior Manager- Software Engineering at Optum, you will be responsible for leading a team of software engineers in the development of a cutting-edge analytics solution for the Enterprise Imaging portfolio. The team is based in Ireland, with some resources in Canada, and serves customers in Europe, Canada, and the United States.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the team towards timely execution, balancing technical needs with new feature requirements and contributing to the product roadmap.
- Collaborate with Product Management to lead the success of the team and product.
- Own the release of the products, ensuring timely delivery and customer value.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including resource allocation, timelines, and risk management strategies.
- Mentor and motivate direct reports, developing their skillset and creating a deep bench through proactive conversations, goal setting, and performance evaluations.
- Hold the team to high standards in writing quality, scalable, and supportable code, with appropriate unit tests, automated testing, documentation, and operationalization aspects in a CI/CD environment.
- Provide support to functions outside of Product Development, including Sales, Support, and Service.
- Lead by example, using technical expertise and perspective to drive innovation.
- Collaborate with Architecture, Data Science, and Business Intelligence leaders to design and implement a secure, compliant, and scalable data infrastructure.
- Identify, design, and champion process improvements throughout the processing lifecycle, including data quality initiatives, data encryption, data de-identification, role-based data access, automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and tuning and optimizing data processes for greater scalability.
Requirements
- MS/BA degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
- Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing data engineering teams.
- Solid experience in data engineering leadership roles, preferably within the healthcare industry.
- Strong experience working in projects with agile/scrum methodologies.
- Experience in building complex, highly scalable, performant, secure, and reliable software systems.
- Experience in Cloud-native design, principles, and best practices.
- Solid experience in data architecture, data modeling, data warehousing, and big data technologies.
- Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment.
- Excellent English communication skills (both verbal and written).
- Strong influencing, persuasion, and negotiation skills, including conflict resolution.
- Solid organizational skills, including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Healthcare industry knowledge and experience.
- Experience with healthcare-related data privacy regulations, such as HIPAA, DPA, and GDPR.
- Data engineering certifications.
- Data virtualization tools and technology experience, such as Tibco Spotfire, Tableau, Python Dash, R-shiny, etc.
- ML and/or AI model development and deployment.
- Prior experience leading teams.
- Prior experience working with global teams.
About Optum
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology, to help millions of people live healthier lives. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life, and we are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes.
We are 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.