Senior Product Director - Remote
Optum•Watford, England, UK
fulltime
Product Management
5+ years
We are an 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. Explore opportunities at Egton Medical Information Systems, now wholly owned by TPG. For a limited, transitional period, Egton will continue to operate under the Optum brand. During this time, Egton remains committed to creating an innovative, people‑first workplace where you can help drive meaningful change in healthcare. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
We are excited to share that we are looking for a Senior Product Director to join our product team working remotely.
This is a pivotal leadership role within our Product organization responsible for leading our Pharmacy & Medicines Product Portfolio, spanning six product lines across Community Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy and Medicines Optimization.
It is an outstanding opportunity for you to evolve, lead and execute our long-term product strategy, drive innovation and deliver measurable impact for our customers and the wider healthcare system.
What You'll Do We operate in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment and the ability to adapt quickly is key.
As Senior Product Director, you will hold a broad strategic scope, technical depth and leadership accountability across a complex and critical market segment for our business.
As part of the leadership team, you will lead a collaborative and high-performing team of product managers, designers and subject matter experts with a matrixed collaboration across engineering, delivery and commercial functions.
Primary Responsibilities
Who You'll Be Responsible for the Pharmacy & Medicines portfolio, we are looking for you to have a deep understanding of the healthcare market, including NHS structures, funding flows and regulatory landscape.
Experience of operating at a leadership level is essential to enable your success in this role, along with proven experience working within healthcare innovation, digital health or transformation.
Building credible relationships is key, you will interface with customers across the portfolio aligning the product strategy to customer needs and organisational strategy.
Being a people leader will come naturally to you, as well has having the skills to influence and drive change within your peer group and wider teams across the organisation plus embedding complex processes with your product department.
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.
Required Qualifications
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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: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. © 2026 UnitedHealth Group. All rights reserved.