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.

This individual will report to the Director of AI/ ML Solutions for Underwriting at Optum Rx and serve as a key leader within the team. This role will be instrumental in executing against Optum RX transformation priorities. The ideal candidate will have an engineering background, business transformation and full AI / ML systems lifecycle experience along with solid stakeholder management skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities.

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 office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

What you will do:

• Drive execution of the AI Solutions strategy within a defined product or capability scope, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Lead prioritization and roadmap refinement in partnership with senior stakeholders by translating business priorities into clear, outcome oriented initiatives and high level product requirements
• Identify and lead AI driven transformation initiatives across key business functions, converting ambiguous business challenges into AI enabled solutions with clearly defined, measurable value
• Evaluate, prioritize, and sequence initiatives based on business impact, technical feasibility, risk, and adoptability to maximize value realization and delivery effectiveness
• Serve as the bridge between business and technology, aligning senior business stakeholders with engineering teams to ensure clarity of intent, feasibility of solutions, and timely delivery
• Own end to end delivery of AI/ML and Agentic solutions, from ideation and discovery through production deployment and transition to steady-state operations
• Partner with engineering teams to implement AI solutions governance, MLOps, and Agentic Systems Operations to ensure scalability, operational resilience, compliance, and long term sustainability
• Partner with business and technology leadership to re imagine and redesign processes using AI driven automation to improve efficiency, quality, and user experience
• Drive change management and adoption by ensuring AI solutions are usable, trusted, and embedded into day to day business workflows
• Continuously identify gaps in quality, process efficiency, and automation, and lead targeted improvement initiatives to address them in collaboration with cross functional teams

You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

What you will bring:

If you do not meet every single requirement, don't let that hold you back - we're just as excited about potential as we are about qualifications and experience, and you could be exactly who we're looking for.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Data Science, Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Proven solid technical foundation with a background in engineering and experience working in a consulting or transformation focused environment, delivering complex business change
• AI Product fluency: Demonstrated understanding of AI and ML techniques, including LLM and transformer based systems, how they are designed, integrated, and scaled within enterprise products. Comfortable partnering closely with data scientists and engineers to translate business problems into production ready AI capabilities
• Proven track record of contributing to strategic planning and successfully delivering AI enabled products that drive measurable transformation across business functions
• Demonstrable solid experience decomposing complex business problems into clear, incremental deliverables, operating effectively within Agile product development models
• Proven hands on experience with AI/ML systems, including a solid understanding of common challenges (e.g., data quality, scalability, bias, reliability) and practical approaches to addressing them
• Demonstrated working knowledge of AI systems in production environments, including MLOps practices, agent based systems, and LLM powered agents
• Proven ability to drive change, influence stakeholders at all levels, and exercise sound judgment when taking measured, value driven risks

Other useful skills and experience include:

• Master's Degree or a PhD in relevant field (data science, analytics, computer science, engineering) or equivalent experience
• Proven experience or good knowledge of the Azure cloud stack (Azure, Databricks)
• Demonstrable data analysis and interpretation skills, with the ability to synthesize insights and clearly communicate conclusions to both technical and non technical audiences
• Demonstrated passion for innovation and a solid desire to create meaningful impact, particularly within the healthcare domain
• Proven experience in prioritising work on multiple complex assignments with ongoing deadlines

What We Offer:

• Opportunities for professional development
• Inclusive and supportive team culture
• Key benefits: Private health insurance, wellness programs, matching pension contribution, lunch provided by the company, training opportunities, employee donations matching and others

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is 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. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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