UnitedHealth Group Hiring for Technical Project Manager – Remote at Plymouth, MN Full Time

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 Technical Project manager, you will be part of the center of excellence for project management practices and be the sought-after partner for project and solutioning initiatives. The PMO team provides standards, knowledge and consulting as required in order to provide guidance on project management practices and project delivery. You will be working with several teams in the organization, ensuring optimized solution is delivered to meet the project objectives.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Facilitate estimation and solutioning of new project requests
• Manage small to medium sized projects
• Establish and maintain processes for managing scope during the project lifecycle, setting quality and performance standards, and assessing risks
• Keep project execution statuses up to date in standard work tracking tools (e.g. ServiceNow) and processes, including everything from information about timelines to milestones of specifically defined deliverable.
• Support PMO process improvement initiatives and document process workflows
• Facilitate daily technology standups, retrospectives, and regular demo sessions.
  
  Track project workstreams and the flow of information, not only inside the technology department, but throughout the whole organization
  
  Understand the workflows and technology department processes to support on boarding for new hires

You’ll 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in technology project management
• Undergraduate degree (ideally a BS degree in Business, Operations Management or a technical field such as Engineering) OR 4+ additional years of equivalent technology project management experience
• 3+ years in leading IT infrastructure (LAN, Network, Telecom) projects
• 3+ years of experience facilitating working sessions with large, cross-functional teams (business, technical)
• 3+ years of experience presenting to and managing communication with business/IT executive leadership
• 2+ years of consistent utilizing of a project management tool such as Microsoft Project, Jira, etc.
• 3+ years of consistent utilization of system development lifecycles such as waterfall and agile
• Familiarity with process improvement techniques: business (Six Sigma, total quality management) and/or IT processes (i.e. SDLC, technical change management, agile management.
• Preferred location: Colorado Springs, CO, Dallas, TX, Hartford, CT, Pittsburgh, PA, Boulder, CO, Houston, TX, Nashville, TN, Tampa, FL, Eden Prairie, MN, Phoenix, AZ, St. Louis, MO

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP certification
• 2+ years of experience with system integrations
• Technical project management within the healthcare industry
• Proficiency with MS Visio, MS Projects, ServiceNow

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $67,800 to $133,100. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to 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: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.