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 advantages, 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.

Primary Responsibilities:
Own the overall AI strategy and technical vision for the team’s data and AI products, aligning capability investments to business value, feasibility, and long-term platform direction
Drive AI product prioritization and multi-capability roadmaps, and own portfolio-level intake, resource allocation, and cross-BIA prioritization, balancing near-term delivery with a sustainable, scalable architecture
Hold end-to-end architectural ownership for data and AI products,



and be accountable for scalability, accuracy, and governance of models and agentic systems in production
Innovate AI products that measurably improve productivity and operational efficiency, and systematically identify and remove technical debt to keep the platform maintainable and extensible
Define enterprise-grade LLM evaluation and quality programs using automated metrics plus structured human review, covering relevance, faithfulness, hallucinations, robustness, bias, readability, and offline/online evaluation strategy
Own MLOps strategy including model lifecycle management, CI/CD releases, monitoring and drift detection (data/concept), data pipelines/orchestration, architecture/design documentation, and solid Python engineering practices
Serve as the accountable owner for Responsible AI and enterprise governance across the portfolio, establishing guardrails (prompt-injection defense, toxicity/safety filte

📌 Director Data Science (Bengaluru)
🏢 UnitedHealth Group
📍 Bengaluru