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.

Lead Manager

We are seeking a Data Engineering Manager to lead the design, build, and scale of enterprise data platforms. This role combines solid technical leadership with people management, delivery ownership, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring alignment to business outcomes and enterprise standards.
- Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage teams delivering scalable data pipelines and platforms
- Drive data engineering architecture across ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers




- Own ETL/ELT pipelines and Python-based API development including Spark/PySpark patterns
- Establish CI/CD and DevOps practices including testing, monitoring, and automation
- Own delivery as Technical Project Manager - planning, risk management, and execution
- Partner with business stakeholders ensuring solid customer engagement and alignment
- Drive conflict resolution, issue management, and cross-team collaboration
- Ensure data quality, security, governance, and operational excellence
- Mentor and develop engineering talent and promote best practices
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regard to flexibility of work perks and/or work environment, alternative work arr

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