Sanjit Singh Batra

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Senior Director, AI for Health and Life Sciences at UnitedHealth Group

Berkeley, California, United States

Overview

Sanjit Batra is the Senior Director of AI for Health and Life Sciences at UnitedHealth Group, where he leads teams in applying machine learning to complex healthcare challenges. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and has a background in developing novel AI models for the healthcare domain.

He was previously an AI Resident at X, Googles moonshot factory, working on radical new technologies to solve large-scale problems.

Personality Overview

Fast But Analytical

Thorough Evaluator

Quality Focused

They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service  They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical

Topics They Care About

AI in Healthcare
His current role and multiple recent team publications focus on applying advanced AI and LLMs to solve problems in electronic health records and clinical trials.
LLM Efficiency
He has co-authored papers like "ESTAR" and "On-policy Prefix Distillation, " which aim to reduce computational waste and latency in large language models.
Clinical Trial AI
His team developed "POET, " an AI tool designed to streamline and improve the complex process of drafting clinical trial protocols and eligibility criteria.

Media Appearances

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Work History

2-2026
Senior Director, AI for Health and Life Sciences at UnitedHealth Group
4-2025 - 2-2026
Director AI/ML Engineering, Optum AI at UnitedHealth Group
9-2022 - 3-2025
Senior Machine Learning Scientist - Optum Labs at UnitedHealth Group
2-2021 - 8-2021
AI Resident at X, the moonshot factory
5-2019 - 2-2021
Deep Learning Researcher at Illumina

Education

2014 - 2016
Master of Technology (M.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

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Insights For Selling To Sanjit Singh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Showcase your competitive superiority clearly when possible or address it at the minimum
  • Help them see both - the ‘big picture’ impact and the ROI of the investment
  • Use phrases like ‘the ROI of this’, ‘X% more’ etc.

DONT's

  • Avoid too much small talk, just a few formal pleasantries should be fine
  • Don’t nudge them to do something by using the logic that others have done the same
  • Avoid self-deprecating references or general informality, it could decrease their trust in you

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sanjit Singh is

  • ROI matters the most to them, followed by process and finally proof of results
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sanjit Singh

  • They might hesitate a little, but will go ahead and say no when necessary (or asked)

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sanjit Singh move?

  • They are unlikely to move very fast, especially when it comes to new products or services
  • Can Sanjit Singh take some risk or not?

  • They have relatively low risk-appetite and are not very likely to go for something unproven and risky

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