{
  "id": 12856081,
  "title": "Growing professionally and building teams in the AI age",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/growing-professionally-and-building-teams-in-the-ai-age",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T11:30:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Silicon Republic",
    "slug": "silicon-republic",
    "url": "https://www.siliconrepublic.com/people/building-teams-ai-age-growing-professionally-career-development"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Larry, a senior vice-president of analytics at Optum, has been with the healthcare company for over two decades, holding various roles in data and analytics across different business units. His extensive knowledge of business processes, financial levers, and market dynamics in the US healthcare industry has helped him progress to leading a global team of more than 700 people. His role involves setting analytics strategies, evaluating technologies, and developing talent to address the toughest issues in healthcare, improving the US healthcare system.\n\nLarry's focus is on making sure the analytics capability, talent, and platforms are in place to meet business needs and working with technology partners to anticipate future advancements. He emphasizes that AI should be used to reimagine processes, not just automate existing ones, and recommends using traditional machine learning models when appropriate. Trusted data and responsible governance are crucial, especially in healthcare where privacy and bias must be addressed.\n\nThroughout his career, Larry has seen AI becoming an essential component of the operating model, shifting from a productivity tool to automating individual tasks. This has led to discussions on becoming AI-native across business processes, redesigning work, improving affordability, speed, and quality, and ultimately delivering a better healthcare experience. Larry highlights that becoming AI-native requires a mix of people with knowledge of the business, technology, and an operating model that seamlessly connects both. Strong data skills and an understanding of data governance and engineering are also vital for AI projects.",
  "summary": "Larry, a senior vice-president of analytics at Optum, discusses his role in the artificial intelligence space and addressing the problems in the healthcare industry. Read more: Growing professionally and building teams in the AI age",
  "key_points": [
    "Larry leads a global team of over 700 people at Optum.",
    "He focuses on AI to reimagine healthcare processes, not just automate.",
    "Trusted data and responsible governance are crucial for AI in healthcare."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}