47 Category Manager jobs in Ireland

**About Abbott**
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
**Abbott in Ireland**
Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946 and serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. In Ireland, Abbott currently employs about 6,000 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.
**Diabetes Care Kilkenny**
Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, opening in 2024, reflects the growing demand for Abbott's global Diabetes Care products. The facility will be a centre for world-class engineering, quality, medical device manufacturing, and other science-based professionals to produce life-changing technologies that enable people with diabetes to live the best and fullest lives they can. At Abbott in Kilkenny, you can shape your career as you help shape the future of healthcare .
**This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:**
In this important role, you will lead category sourcing initiatives focusing on Packaging, encompassing local, domestic and international purchasing opportunities. You will be establishing, articulating, and implementing sourcing strategies, with an emphasis on introducing new suppliers to support the expansion in Kilkenny. This entails obtaining program buy-in from various stakeholder organizations, managing project plans, identifying the resources to support the objectives, and driving projects through complex sourcing processes, ensuring end results meet the requirements of all organisations impacted.
To fulfil this role, you will need a proactive approach that is relationship oriented, customer focused, analytical and data-driven, creative and committed to continuous improvement. Experience in working on new supplier onboarding is a plus.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Overall strategic ownership of suppliers/commodities within the Packaging category.
+ Working closely with business stakeholders in Corporate and Divisional functions to enable business continuity, including driving implementation plans.
+ Nurturing stakeholder relationships by serving as a strong business partner, helping to identify business critical needs and requirements while providing operational support that meets immediate and long-term demands.
+ Being a strategic representative of Abbott, across disciplines, industry and within the community.
+ Proactively identify areas of opportunity for business process improvement.
+ Providing insights to business units on how to optimize and refine Abbott and Supplier processes to improve effectiveness.
+ Influencing business units to align with strategic initiatives that enable effective operational efficiencies across the enterprise.
+ Effective operational leader capable of driving effectiveness for the category.
+ Ability to assess overall needs and react to anticipated and unanticipated disruptions.
+ Driving financial performance thorough supply base management, and category capability building.
+ Strong cost focus, delivering savings, managing negotiations and escalations, and driving value add / value engineering analysis.
+ Influencing and partnering with business leaders to manage and align business needs and requirements for the category.
+ Monitoring global market dynamics and anticipating business critical actions that may be required for business continuity.
+ Being a key relationship manager with category suppliers, driving risk management, and enhanced development of a flexible agile supply base.
**Qualifications and experience**
+ Degree in related discipline.
+ At least 8 years of combined / related experience in a procurement / buying / category management role.
+ Experience in identifying and onboarding new suppliers.
+ Experience of supporting new site / expansion activity.
+ Industry experience in paper packaging / labels preferable.
+ Experience in a manufacturing environment preferable.
+ Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
+ Effective relationship building skills, capable of engaging stakeholders at all levels.
+ Proficiency in PC applications (word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations)
+ CIPS qualification (or equivalent)
+ Degree educated.
**We offer:**
Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as
+ Health Insurance for you and your family
+ Pension
+ Life insurance
+ Short Term Disability Protection
+ Long Term Disability Protection
+ Carers leave.
+ Education Assistance
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At Eaton, we're dedicated to improving people's lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe, and sustainable. With over 100 years of innovation and a presence in more than 175 countries, we help our customers solve their greatest power management challenges.
**What you'll do:**
We're looking for a strategic and experienced **Global Category Manager** to lead our **Travel and Corporate Cards** category-managing over $280M in global spend. This is your opportunity to shape global sourcing strategy, drive supplier excellence, and influence how Eaton moves around the world.
**Responsibilities :**
+ Lead global strategy and sourcing for Travel (Airlines, Hotels, TMC, Car Rental, Meetings, Travel Assistance Services/Duty of Care etc.),Card Programs (T&E, PCard, VCard) and Concur Travel and Expense.
+ Deliver on KPIs: cost savings, supplier consolidation, , working capital and compliance
+ Manage supplier performance, contracts, and risk data protection, IT Cyber Security.
+ Partner with regional teams and stakeholders to align sourcing with business needs
+ Promote adoption of preferred suppliers, Concur tools, and travel resources
+ Mentor regional category teams and support continuous improvement
**Qualifications:**
+ Master's degree in, Business Administration , Supply Chain or similar
+ 10+ years in Supply Chain Management, with global sourcing experience
+ Deep knowledge of travel services, card programs, and supplier ecosystems is a must
**Skills:**
+ Ability and willingness to objectively tackle complex high-level operational challenges using a practical combination of traditional and innovative methods
+ Strong negotiation, contract, and stakeholder management skills
+ Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and analytics tools
+ Strategic thinker with a global mindset and collaborative leadership style
**What we offer:**
+ Learning & development: tuition assistance, leadership programs, and career growth opportunities
+ Inclusive culture: where diverse perspectives are valued and respected
+ Sustainability commitment: work for a company that's improving lives and the planet
+ Global impact: be part of a team that powers industries, communities, and innovation worldwide
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Description
The Ireland Marketplace team at Amazon is looking for a talented, customer-obsessed Category Merchant Manager to help shape the future of our 3rd party marketplace. The role offers the unique opportunity to drive large scale, high visibility projects across different Amazon teams.
As Category Merchant Manager, you will be in charge of projects that contribute to long-term success, improving customer experience, supporting growth. Responsibilities include expanding our product selection by closing parity selection vs EU5, improving product availability, building strong relationships with key partners (both internally and externally) and driving improvements and reaching feature parity vs other 3PX marketsplaces. This role will have a high degree of autonomy and will be able to influence across a broad range of projects across the business.
The ideal candidate will be highly organized and have a demonstrated track record of successful project management/ownership, juggling multiple projects with competing deadlines, and using data to identify and prioritize opportunities. He/she is analytical, enthusiastic, self-motivated, detail-oriented, customer-focused, and has strong writing skills with the ability to handle ambiguity and influence employees at all levels of the organization.
Key job responsibilities
As a Category Merchant Manager, you will play a critical role in driving growth and improving customer experience within the 3rd Party Marketplace. Your key responsibilities will include:
-Selection strategy and ownership: Work closely with leadership to develop and execute business strategies that drive growth. Use data-driven insights to enhance the customer experience, optimize selection, and accelerate the Amazon Flywheel (selection, pricing and speed)
- Business Development: You will work closely with Seller recruiting teams to help identify selection gaps and drive strategic selection expansion on Amazon.ie by unlocking high-potential sellers.
- DEX Improvements: Identify, prioritize and execute on new opportunities to further accelerate growth of FBA as well as optimize processes across MFN & FBA; Identify gaps (or overlaps) and opportunities, and initiate high-impact projects based on analysis
- Project management: Automate and scale selection growth via new selection, product listing quality and in-stock opportunities. Partner with technology teams to drive automation and scalability across the worldwide organization.
- Customer Experience: Identify and address customer pain points; develop and implement improvements to enhance the overall shopping experience
The successful candidate must be able to:
- Act as the 'business owner' for the third party marketplace, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact our business (forecasting and planning sales growth, auditing and reporting on the category's core input metrics, along with responsibility for driving strategic projects to achieve business objectives).
- Develop a complete understanding of the customer needs, both existing and potential, and use that knowledge to deliver site features that provide Amazon customers with an unparalleled shopping experience.
- Create business plans for new opportunities and develop and execute project plans for the launch of new features, incorporating merchandising and pricing strategies
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders, while meeting tight deadlines for high visibility projects
- Conduct financial analysis of business opportunities to meet and exceed revenue and profitability targets.
Basic Qualifications
- Several years' experience preferably in product management, sales management or management consulting- strong analytical skills (including advanced excel and SQL)
- Highly organized and results oriented.
- Experience in working in an ambiguous environment with changing priorities
- Proven experience in creating business reviews and lead cross-functional meetings/ conference calls on an international level with multiple stakeholders
- A great deal of personal initiative and strong hands-on attitude along with creativeness, decisiveness and results-driven mentality for a business-focused way of thinking.
- Proven project management skills(Stakeholder management, written communication, regular updates on goals, Program flashes)
Preferred Qualifications
- 3P experience a plus, but not mandatory
- Proven experience in developing original ideas, approaches, and solutions to typical, unusual, or difficult situations in a competitive and ever changing business climate
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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Description
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS' Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement organization works to deliver solutions to source, build and maintain our socially responsible data center supply chains. We are a team of highly-motivated, engaged, and responsive professionals who enable the core sustainable infrastructure of AWS. Come join our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the largest cloud services company on Earth!
The IPS Procurement Category Management Org is responsible for the procurement of all third party provided services required for the operation of our Data Center infrastructure globally, including Colo and Edge facilities for externally delivered services not provided by the facility owner. The team is responsible for the identification, onboarding and performance management of suppliers as well as developing category strategies, conducting competitive tendering processes, supplier negotiations and the preparation of associated Work Orders.
The team is structured into three regions, each led by a regional manager, with each regional team composed of category managers with responsibility for the management of specific areas of spend within the region and a cohort of procurement specialists who support the category managers. The category management approach facilitates a strategic approach to procurement by facilitating in depth market analysis coupled with a cross functional approach to identify supplier and associated contracting options which are focused on meeting the particular needs of the business. Category management moves beyond traditional transactional based purchasing negotiations to provide a strategic approach to longer term, sustainable cost reductions, reducing risk and increasing resiliency in the supply base and facilitating innovation from within the supply base that the business can leverage.
This is a regional role within the IPS: Procurement -Category Management team responsible for contract negotiations and managing sourcing of third party provided services required for the operations of our Data Center infrastructure. The role specifically manages the category scope of sourcing within the Environment Health & Safety domain. The role is also responsible for working with the multiple AWS teams (including EHS program teams, legal teams and Professional Services team) to ensure SOWs and contracting terms are in compliance with legal requirements.
While cost reduction will always be a key focus of the team, the principle cynosure of the team is the delivery of services that are keenly focused on increasing reliability and supporting enhanced availability through robust relationships which support continuity of operations. As service and quality levels can vary greatly, principally based on the skill set within a supplier local organization, the regional structure facilitates tailoring of category strategies to meet local market considerations and closely monitor supplier performance at the local level.
Key job responsibilities
Category Management
The ideal candidate thinks long term, drives multiple initiatives, and communicates appropriately and influences internal partner teams and suppliers at all levels. You must be collaborative, but also work with significant autonomy. To be successful in this role you must be highly analytical; think strategically and globally; have a sense of urgency to meet customer timelines; exhibit curiosity and learning drive; succeed in a fast-paced environment; engage and influence key stakeholders; and have a high level of customer focus and business judgement. Also, you must have a demonstrated track record of managing multiple projects and driving them to completion to meet business objectives. It will be critical to embrace and model Amazon's Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit with a "get it done" mentality.
- Manage a critical categories with the Environment, Health and Safety Domain.
- Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations, drive collaboration to achieve long term value delivery.
- Obtain market intelligence, analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies.
- Understand trends in customers' needs and concerns, across categories and regions, to influence customers' priorities.
- Lead supplier selection process across multiple sub-categories, internal teams, and regions, and create longer-term supplier selection strategies for management.
- Ensure you are knowledgeable about the supply market, new innovations and supplier capabilities, technically and geographically.
- Ensure you are knowledgeable about sustainability, diversity, in-country value and have experience developing category strategies to incorporate same.
- Develop mechanisms and metrics to track supplier performance related to delivery, quality, and cost.
- Create supplier scorecards to measure and track supplier performance.
- Lead business reviews to discuss best practices and issues and to ultimately improve supplier performance and strengthen business partnerships.
- Innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Lifecycle.
- Provide support throughout the contracting process, as well as SRM and management of contracts post-execution.
Contract Management
- Drafting key commercial contract terms within an AWS statement of work, work orders and work order amendments
- Communicate daily with cross functional teams including peers within the IPS -CM team, Legal, Infra-Operations and Security & EHS program.
- Proactively identify and implement operational improvements and enhancements that meet business requirements
- Participate in continuous process improvement projects such as creating and maintaining standard operating procedures
- Become the SOW creation subject matter expert
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We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
1. Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or equivalent combination of education and experience
2. 8+ years' experience in a Procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases and bidding.
3. Experience with driving category strategies, developing pricing models, and having influence across all levels of an organization.
4. Experience as a Project Manager who can prioritize workload and manage complex projects within cost and schedule.
5. Experience in drafting key contract terms for statement of works, contract amendments and work orders or a broad range of standard commercial contracts.
6. Irish Citizenship to work on UK and Germany Goverment Cloud sites
Preferred Qualifications
1. Ability to Experience to communicate and report on market intelligence data, including commodity trends and labor indexes.
2. Demonstrated success Experience in driving strategies and analyzing market trends.
3. Experience in data centers, engineering, an infrastructure service provider or similar technology company.
4. Experience with creating Procurement systems and tools.
5. Proven ability to Experience in implement category strategies globally and Proven ability to deep dive and develop innovative ideas for process challenges.
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

**Minimum qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
+ 8 years of experience in global supply chain management, agreement facilitation, and procurement.
+ Experience with data visualization and analysis.
**Preferred qualifications:**
+ MBA or Master's degree.
+ Experience partnering with external suppliers/agent based programs to deliver contracts and programs
+ Excellent communication, sourcing, consulting, and collaboration skills.
In gTech Users and Products (gUP), our mission is to advocate for Google's users by creating helpful and trusted experiences across the product ecosystem. We achieve this by meeting partners and consumers where they are with support and help, representing their needs with our product partners and proposing fixes and features that elevate their engagement with Google's diverse product ecosystem. Additionally we provide a range of product services that ensure our products are optimized for every user, no matter where they are in the world (e.g., localization, digitization, partner integration and more).
**Responsibilities:**
+ Leverage data analysis, market research, and contract fundamentals expertise to provide critical support for contract development and negotiations, including managing order forms and amendments.
+ Extract meaningful insights from data and create clear visualizations to drive informed decision-making.
+ Develop and deliver tailored, real-time reports and dashboards on supplier performance, enabling proactive risk management.
+ Translate complex data insights into compelling narratives that resonate with diverse audiences.
+ Conduct ad-hoc analyses to address specific stakeholder concerns, ensuring that insights are readily understood and actionable.
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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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
In healthcare, evolution doesn't just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum.
As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we're expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We'll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You'll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.
**About the role:**
In healthcare, evolution doesn't just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum.
As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we're expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We'll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You'll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.
Todays' RCM is inherently complex due to opaque and payer-specific adjudication rules, incurring significant waste and inefficiency. Optum Insight is committed to delivering new technology and processes to improve the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) workflow using advances in Gen AI and other state-of-the-art technology that would ultimately benefit all stakeholders involved in the healthcare ecosystem - payers, providers, and patients
As a Product Owner, you have the unique opportunity to act as an entrepreneur within Optum Insight, You will contribute to the planning, execution, and delivery of a product which solves problems and delight customers. You are the Voice of the Customer and work backwards from a deep understanding of customers' problems. You will maximize product value by defining product goals, product roadmap, and managing backlog, while working with our Technology and our Business stakeholders.
_Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model._
**Primary Responsibilities of the Product Manager:**
- **Product Management:**
o Roadmap Planning: Create and maintain the product roadmap for outlining the development timeline and major milestones.
o Backlog Management: Prioritize and manage the product backlog, ensuring that the team is working on features that deliver the most value.
o Work with tech teams, business users, and business partners to understand requirements.
- **Technical Expertise:**
o Stay abreast of technological advancements and industry trends to inform product development.
o Understand complex technical issues and facilitate problem-solving discussions.
o Ensure the product adheres to technical, security, and regulatory standards.
- **Data-Driven Decision Making:**
o Use data and analytics to inform product decisions and measure success.
o Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for the product.
**- Stakeholder Engagement:**
o Act as a liaison between the Technology team and business stakeholders for your products.
o Gather and analyze feedback from stakeholders to inform product decisions.
o Communicate progress and challenges to stakeholders at regular intervals.
- **Agile and Process Improvement:**
o Champion Agile methodologies and continuous improvement within the tech product team.
o Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
o Monitor and report on product performance, using data to drive decisions.
- **Risk Management and Quality Assurance:**
o Identify and mitigate risks throughout the product development process.
o Ensure quality assurance processes are integrated into product development.
o Oversee the resolution of technical and customer-facing issues.
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 of the Director, Product Management:**
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience
- Proven Product Management experience
- Experience with end-to-end product delivery, including feature delivery and tradeoffs (prioritization) and contributing to engineering & technology strategy discussions
- Experience working with cross-functional teams (e.g., research, engineering, UI/UX, Program Management, etc.)
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies and product management tools
- Ability to analyze complex data and make informed decisions.
- Experience and understanding of software development lifecycle and technologies.
**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.**
All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
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 marginalised 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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start **Caring. Connecting. Growing together.**
As a Fortune 5 business, we're one of the world's leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you'll have or the challenges you'll encounter.
We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we're on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams.
In healthcare, evolution doesn't just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum.
As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we're expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We'll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You'll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Data Product Manager to join our data product team. Optum RX is a dynamic and innovative company dedicated to delivering high-quality health products and services. We are looking for a passionate and experienced Product Manager to join our Pricing and Data tools product development team and help drive the success of our projects.
**Schedule** : Full-time position, Monday - Friday with standard working hours
_Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our_ _Dublin or Letterkenny Offices and_ _telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model._
**Primary Responsibilities:**
+ Define and communicate the product vision and strategy to the development team and stakeholders
+ Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals
+ Collaborate with UX and development to design solutions and validate these solutions prior to product development
+ Create and maintain the product backlog, user stories, ensuring it is well-defined, prioritized, and up to date
+ Work closely with the development team to ensure a clear understanding of requirements and provide guidance throughout the development process
+ Conduct regular grooming sessions to refine and prioritize user stories
+ Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure continuous improvement
+ Monitor and report on product progress, performance, and key metrics
+ Act as the primary point of contact for all product-related inquiries and decisions
+ Ensure the product meets quality standards and delivers value to customers
_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:**
+ Bachelor's degree (or higher) in business, Computer Science, or a related field
+ Experience as a Product Owner/Product Manager in an Agile environment
+ Understanding of Agile methodologies and principles
+ Experience with product management tools (e.g., Confluence, Rally/Jira, Aha, etc.)
+ Experience with best practice product discovery, design thinking, product development and outbound product management
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent certification
+ Experience in data products and services
+ Experience developing and delivering enterprise services
+ Familiarity with UX/UI design principles
+ Experience in ML or working directly with Data Scientist
**Soft Skills:**
+ Communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
+ Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively
+ Analytical and problem-solving skills
+ Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
**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.**
_All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy._
_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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveler community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2024 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved._
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Optum is a global organisation 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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start **Caring. Connecting. Growing together.**
In healthcare, evolution doesn't just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we're expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We'll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You'll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.
As a **Product Manager** , within Clinical Solutions - Prospective Risk and Quality Service, you will be a Product Owner of one or more scrum teams and be responsible for functioning as the voice of the customer within product engineering teams to ensure the specification, prioritization, delivery, and commercialization of RQ products.
You will deliver on product strategy and vision, leading the strategic build of our data and analytics capabilities utilizing agile delivery process. The role is associated with the Optum Insight technology teams that provide prospective, concurrent, and retrospective quality and risk evaluations for Medicare, Medicare Advantage, ACA, and Medicaid plan members across UHC, Optum Health and other Commercial Payers.
As a **Product Manager** in this area, you will ensure the delivery of marketable capabilities, and engage with key stakeholders to define, document, and prioritize features and collaborate with the agile scrums team to deliver. By converting requirements to technical requirements, define acceptance criteria across various initiative levels for internal products whilst focusing on Falcon AI commercialization.
You must have excellent communication, organization, documentation, and presentation skills, and positive energy. You must be able to identify, facilitate, and drive a business solution to completion, along with the technical and business competency to ensure the correct outcome.
**Schedule** : Full-time position with standard working hours of Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
_Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model._
**Primary Responsibilities:**
+ Product owner of one or more scrum teams
+ Work with product manager to obtain voice of customer (VOC) and identify capabilities to add to the product
+ Aid in the prioritization of capabilities and features
+ Deconstruct features into user stories to be executed by the scrum teams
+ Produce a healthy backlog by grooming four sprints worth of user's stories
+ Prioritize backlog based on priority established by the product manager
+ Define and provide direction for user experience and user interface
+ Conduct Voice of Customer (VOC) research and interviews to define product capabilities and features
+ Create user documentation and internal marketing material for product promotion
_You will be rewarded and recognised 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:**
+ Bachelor's Degree (or higher) OR equivalent experience
+ Healthcare experience or any related domain
+ Experience in agile software development methodologies, and collaborating with cross-functional product owners, data scientists, business SMEs and agile engineering teams
+ Experience writing features and user stories
+ Experience developing marketing material
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Product management experience
+ Experience working in the healthcare analytics space on clinical and claims data sources
+ Product owner experience on an Agile scrum team
+ Experience writing end-user documentation
+ Experience with US healthcare and healthcare claims data
+ Subject matter experience in US CMS quality and risk programs
+ Subject matter expertise in the Risk Adjustment space
+ Experience with the specification, delivery, and commercialization of AI products
+ Experience working on cloud-based, enterprise applications with analytics components
+ Experience working with Data Science teams developing clinical analytical components
+ Previous product owner experience on an Agile scrum team
+ SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) or other relevant certifications.
+ Product owner or equivalent certification
+ Experience with product management tools like Aha, Rally, and GitHub
+ Understanding of architecture principles and DevOps methodology
+ Experience with integration testing/automation practices
+ Ability to identify training needs, coach, and mentor teams
**Soft Skills:**
+ Written and verbal communication skills
**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.**
_All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy._
_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 marginalised 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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved._
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Optum is a global organisation 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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start **Caring. Connecting. Growing together.**
In healthcare, evolution doesn't just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we're expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We'll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You'll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.
As a **Senior Product Manager** , within Clinical Solutions - Prospective Risk and Quality Service, you will lead product owners and be responsible for functioning as the voice of the customer within product and engineering teams to ensure the specification, prioritization, delivery, and commercialization of RQ products.
You will deliver on product strategy and vision, leading the strategic build of our data and analytics capabilities utilizing agile delivery process. The role is associated with the Optum Insight technology teams that provide prospective, concurrent, and retrospective quality and risk evaluations for Medicare, Medicare Advantage, ACA, and Medicaid plan members across UHC, Optum Health and other Commercial Payers.
As a **Senior Product Manager** in this area, you will lead the delivery of marketable capabilities, and engage with key stakeholders to define, document, and prioritize features and collaborate with the agile scrums team to deliver. This role is initially focused on AI enhanced risk suspecting based on clinicalchart data and the tools, models, and process for managing risk revenue forecasting and attribution.
You must have excellent communication, organization, documentation, and presentation skills, and positive energy. You must be able to identify, facilitate, and drive a business solution to completion, along with the technical and business competency to ensure the correct outcome.
**Schedule** : Full-time position with standard working hours of Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
_Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model._
**Primary Responsibilities:**
+ Lead and assist the development of new and existing products to meet customer needs working with product owners who are managing one or more scrum teams. Ensure that the voice of the customer has been captured as product capabilities and prioritized correctly
+ Lead product owners to ensure capabilities have been deconstructed into features and four sprints worth of groomed user's stories (a healthy backlog) that can executed by the scrum teams
+ Work with cross-functional teams and internal stakeholders, including data, analytics, engineering, and user experience teams providing direction and ensuring that the voice of the customer elicited through your research and commissioned research is represented
+ Lead product owner teams in all phases of the product development life cycle including deployment, post-live support, operational support, and commercialisation
+ Lead and assist activities like sprint planning, retrospectives, PI planning, product roadmap and backlog review
+ Partner with the business to identify and create strategies to improve products and services offered to our customers
+ Ensure solution integration, leading business process development as appropriate and assessing the value vs. cost dynamics as the product is pitched, built, deployed, maintained, operated, and sold
+ Work with senior leadership to communicate product vision, roadmap, and performance. Ensure material used for weekly and monthly reporting of progress is up to date and accurate
+ Identify training needs, coach, and mentor teams
_You will be rewarded and recognised 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:**
+ Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in sciences or technology OR equivalent experience delivering innovative technology products to customers
+ Extensive experience in product strategy or business development either in a strategy organization or new business preferably in healthcare or any related domain
+ Extensive experience in the healthcare analytics space on clinical and claims data sources preferably in the risk adjustment and quality domain
+ Extensive experience in agile software development methodologies, and collaborating with cross-functional product owners, data scientists, business SMEs and agile engineering teams
+ Product understanding and skill set, including customer-centric design and development
+ Technical understanding of AI/ML, cloud-based architectures, data engineering, automated UAT and modern software development life cycles to constructively challenge technical approaches and decisions as needed
+ Track record of the management and delivery of large, complex, multi-stakeholder programs from a product perspective managing teams of product managers/owners
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experience with US healthcare and healthcare claims and clinical data
+ Subject matter experience in US CMS quality and risk programs
+ Subject matter expertise in the Risk Adjustment space
+ Experience with the specification, delivery, and commercialization of AI products
+ Experience working on cloud-based, enterprise applications with analytics components
+ Experience working with Data Science teams developing clinical analytical components
+ SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) or other relevant certifications
+ Product owner / manager or equivalent certification
+ Experience with product management tools like Aha, Rally, and GitHub
+ Understanding of architecture principles and DevOps methodology
+ Experience with integration testing/automation practices
**Soft Skills:**
+ Proven written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to senior stakeholders and customers with the ability to translate business and technical requirements into product requirements and managing the creation of initiatives, capabilities, features, user stories, roadmaps, end user documentation and marketing material
+ Structured thinker, able to mould ambiguity and uncertainty into clear actions and deliverables with a bias towards action and 'go getter' mindset to ensure things happen once clear goals, priorities and objectives have been communicated.
+ Proactive, creative problem-solver, able to address challenges head-on but also knowing when to escalate issues or when to solve them in the team
+ Prioritization skills and ability to drive focus - able to decide what is most critical or most urgent, and manage stakeholder expectations accordingly
+ Listening, engagement, and communication skills, ability to influence others and understand the network of relationships that will be required to deliver
+ Ability to operate flexibly in a rapidly changing work environment
+ Business Acumen, customer facing mindset (and/or relevant experience)
**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.**
_All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy._
_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 marginalised 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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved._
#RPO #BBMRAQ