Chief Product Officer, UnitedHealth Group

Hans Hage serves as the Chief Product Officer of Optum Enterprise Digital Product (EDP), a division of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). Optum is a leading information and technology-enabled health services business dedicated to helping make the health system work better for everyone and delivering intelligent, integrated solutions that help to modernize the health system. In his role, Hans leads an international team of nearly 1,500 team members supporting end-to-end AI and digital transformation journeys for members, providers, brokers and employers across both Optum and UnitedHealthcare (UHC) products.

Prior to EDP’s founding, Hans held the role of Chief Strategy and Product Officer for UHC Operations & Experience and Senior Vice President of UHC Provider. Before joining UnitedHealth Group, Hans held a Senior Vice President of Product role for Merck subsidiary StayWell (acquired by WebMD in 2020), leading Population Health Management, Disease/Chronic Condition Management, and Patient Education across the employer, payer, and provider verticals for over 85% of the hospitals and health systems in the United States.

During his tenure, Optum has been awarded Forrester’s 2026 Data & AI Impact Award North America and 2026 Gold Stevie® for Technical Innovation of the Year, in addition to the UHC Mobile app consistently ranking as the #1 app in the world in the Healthcare category on both Apple and Google Play app stores, while driving hundreds of millions of dollars in affordability and cost reduction initiatives across Optum and UHC combined.

Hans is an active thought leader, speaker, and evangelist in the UnitedHealth Group Health Equity Committee, the VERA-MH advisory board, the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation and the UnitedHealth Group Patent Council. He is based in Minneapolis. Previously, he has been engaged in the DHIS East Healthcare Advisory Board, HIMSS, HL7, the 2020 CARES Act distribution for Provider Relief, and the 2020 HRSA Treatment and Testing Uninsured Program (TTUP), where his team distributed over $200 billion in provider and consumer relief to those impacted by COVID-19.