IT Project Manager - Healthcare Exchange Team

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

Technology combined with healthcare industry knowledge is one of the nation's fastest growing job markets. You can write your own ticket and carve your own path with this niche background. We currently have many exciting opportunities to work on-site with clients as the State Engagement IT Project Manager. This role will require heavy travel on a regular basis. Candidates must have a successful track record of delivering programs on scope, on time, on budget, on quality and on benefit to clients.

As an IT Healthcare Project Manager within our Optum Technology Delivery organization, you will be accountable for leading IT Project Management of large IT programs serving external clients in the healthcare industry. These roles require heavy travel (95-100%) and candidates can be located anywhere in the U.S. with close proximity to airports.

Primary responsibilities:

• Leading overall IT and healthcare related engagements/projects/programs to successful completion


• Owning, end-to-end accountability for program delivery


• Engaging with client leadership to ensure proper expectation setting


• Partnering with stakeholders (internal and external to Optum) to ensure proper strategy, plan, alignment, integration and visibility


• Driving consensus and decision-making with business, IT and executive management


• Influencing senior leaders to balance competing priorities


• Leading matrixed teams to common solutions


• Maintaining visibility on day-to-day activities with project teams and ensuring sufficient face-time with key executive stakeholders


• Providing status reporting to internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis


• Managing program financials


• Mitigating risks and addressing program/project obstacles as needed


• Leading, coaching, managing and mentoring program and project managers

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of IT and healthcare project or program management experience


• 5+ years in a consulting environment where you were on-site with clients evaluating technical issues and helping them drive solutions following PM methodology process.


• Proven track record of leading enterprise scale, complex programs successfully


• Previous matrix people leadership and management skills, including direct experience leading, managing and mentoring teams of project and program managers


• Location in U.S. near any major airport with the ability to travel 95-100% of the time to client sites

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experiences leading programs in the healthcare domain preferred


• Prior experience working for a professional services consulting firm desired


• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experiences; advanced degree preferred


• Strong knowledge of Agile development methodology


• Demonstrated ability to manage the details of programs/projects in order to drive them to fruition, if required


• Excellent communication, collaboration, team building and relationship management skills


• Ability to communicate technology matters to business partners, senior executives, and strategic partners


• Proven experience interfacing in the cSuite of large organizations


• Successful in obtaining results in a large corporate, matrixed environment


• Capable of gaining support for initiatives through influence and use of business rationale


• Proven ability to make and implement tough decisions

 

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.




UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

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