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.

We are seeking a Sr Mgr, Software Engineering to lead DMS engineering teams in OGA India through the shift from traditional software delivery to an AI-Driven Development Life Cycle (AIDLC). This leader will combine people leadership, hands-on engineering depth, and end-to-end delivery accountability to embed governed AI into discovery, specification, architecture, development, testing, release readiness, operations, and continuous improvement.



The role will accelerate strategic roadmap capabilities by reducing handoffs and rework, increasing delivery throughput, strengthening quality and production stability, and building durable AI engineering capability across the team.

Primary Responsibilities

Lead AI-driven software delivery: establish AIDLC practices across portfolio discovery, inception, construction, readiness, and operations, and ensure AI accelerates execution while engineers retain accountability for design trade-offs, validation, risk acceptance, and outcomes
Accelerate the roadmap: translate strategic priorities into transparent specifications, prototypes, buildable and testable work units, and production increments, and remove delivery constraints and shorten time from opportunity to measurable value
Strengthen engineering excellence: set standards for architecture, secure coding, code review, observability, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, operational readiness, documentation, reliab

📌 Senior Manager Software Engineering (Chennai)
🏢 Optum India
📍 Chennai