Senior Manager Software Engineering

Senior Manager Software Engineering at UnitedHealth Group

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. This position is for a Senior Software Engineering Manager for products under Providers group. This role will be responsible for managing end-to-end delivery for 1 or more scrum teams. The role is expected to work closely with Product owners & architects to achieve product objectives. This role is expected to work with Enterprise Architects in order to execute the NDB Reimagine strategy. Primary Responsibilities: Engineering management, Stakeholder management, Product design, development & maintenance Be able to envision the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements; and be able to define technologies, patterns and frameworks to materialize it Work with Enterprise Architects identifying current state and propose target state Understand various disparate views of the system Design and develop the framework of the system and be able to explain choices made. Also write and review design document explaining overall architecture, framework and high level design of the application Create, understand and validate Design and estimated effort for given module/task, and be able to justify it Be able to define in-scope, out-of-scope and taken assumptions while creating effort estimates Review architecture and design on various aspects like extensibility, scalability, security, design Manage and be accountable for professional employees and/or supervisors Adherence to the defined SSMO delivery process/guidelines like Problem Management, Incident Management, Change Management, SLA Compliance, productivity and other application goals etc. Participation in Design reviews, Test Case reviews, and Production Support readiness reviews for new releases Participate in stakeholder discussions (business customers, IT partners) along with Service Managers/Service Directors for understanding business needs Ensure timely and quality delivery as per release plan Encourage domain and technical knowledge and aim to build an SME(s) in specific functional and technical component Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements Participate in meetings/walkthrough session/group meetings to understand business problem/objective of project Act as a gatekeeper for production and analyze each and every code and infrastructure changes going in to ensure the quality Work with business partners to ensure appropriate prioritization for scheduled maintenance, including coordination of priorities across applications when required Co-ordinate with development team and ensure a smooth and error free release. Ensuring defect free releases to enhance existing functionality Prepare and present weekly/monthly status reports and daily project level status reports to both the US and India team members Acts as a leader for others team members Build a relationship with project stakeholders/ business partners Ensure compliance with organization and project defined standards and processes Support existing