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Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Principle Business Systems Analyst within the Chief Digital Office (CDO) / Enterprise Digital Experience Technology (EDET) organization, you will take end-to-end technical ownership of priority financial accounting products and flywheels from initial business requirements through production release. In this role, you will partner daily with finance leaders, enterprise architecture, and data teams to design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions and automated agent capabilities to address complex finance challenges. You will evaluate emerging AI tools and trends to inform solution design, hold product release plans on a planning increment cadence, ensure data readiness across lakehouse and warehouse platforms, and drive enterprise adoption. This hands-on position plays a pivotal role in modernizing enterprise finance operations through technical excellence, automation, and responsible AI innovation.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

Own technical priority financial accounting products or flywheels end-to-end, taking solutions from business requirements through final production release.

Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions and agent capabilities to address complex finance challenges with an emphasis on responsible AI practices.

Run project pods against the program RACI, coordinating across AI solution leads, data architects, finance process and controls leads, and business stakeholders within the Chief Digital Office.

Translate finance process detail into buildable agent capability definitions detailing inputs, operating flows, validations, exception paths, human approval points, and testable acceptance criteria.

Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline technical workflows, automate routine processes, and drive continuous solution improvement.

Evaluate emerging AI technologies and trends to inform solution design, strategic innovation, and backlog prioritization.

Own data readiness for assigned products by defining named data products, schemas, and grains across segment lakehouse and warehouse platforms, managing state gaps, and escalating data access rights slip.

Manage and maintain release plans across planning increment cadences, presenting scope, timeline, and dependency impacts with actionable recommendations during rebaseline sessions.

Author, groom, and refine sprint-ready user stories with testable acceptance criteria to enable efficient execution by development and engineering teams.

Partner with finance end-users from initial design through user acceptance testing to ensure adoption is designed directly into the delivery lifecycle.

You'll 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of technical systems analysis, technical product management, or business systems analysis experience shipping data, business systems, or AI/automation products in a large enterprise environment.

3+ years of experience specifying, designing, or deploying AI-powered solutions, automated agent workflows, or machine learning capabilities.

3+ years of experience authoring sprint-ready user stories, managing product backlogs, and executing agile delivery practices (sprint planning, backlog refinement, demos, and planning increment commitments).

3+ years of hands-on experience evaluating data models, analyzing data pipelines, and leading technical design discussions with software and AI engineering teams.

2+ years of experience supporting financial or accounting processes (e.g., financial reporting, close/consolidation, forecasting, journal entry allocations, or statutory filings).

2+ years of experience leveraging enterprise-approved AI tools and technologies to automate business processes and streamline delivery workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:

Working knowledge of cloud lakehouse and warehouse platforms, cloud AI services, and enterprise model catalogs.

Prior delivery experience in close, consolidation, profitability reporting, forecasting, or NAIC statutory filings.

Proficiency with enterprise backlog management software (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps) and release management workflows.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 - $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Together, we are shaping the future of healthcare by harnessing technology and innovation to make care simpler to navigate, more affordable and more connected for the people we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, heard and respected, empowering people to bring their authentic selves to work and strengthening our collective impact through diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.