Associate Project Manager - Optum Labs - Cambridge, MA

No industry is moving faster than health care. And no organization is better positioned to lead health care forward. We need attention to every detail with an eye for the points no one has considered. The rewards for performance are significant. You'll help improve the health of millions.

Optum Labs is the health care industry's first open research and innovation facility, designed solely around the goal of improving patient care. Optum Labs is a groundbreaking concept that fosters collaboration spanning industry lines. We bring together information assets, technologies and scientific expertise of leaders from across our industry, providing world class repository of health data. Optum Labs offers a unique place to exchange ideas, conduct research, and create capabilities that can benefit patient care today, while contributing to the ongoing improvement of the health care system for years to come.

Optum Labs engages all health care participants to draw from the broadest possible range of perspectives, expertise and information - including evidenced-based medicine, actionable, and translational research - to deliver innovative ideas, solutions and tools that make health care work better. We create a place for participants from across the health system to fund and directly participate in research that they might not have the resources or support to conduct individually. Access to broad sets of data enables researchers to observe patterns that emerge among groups of people who share similar characteristics, ultimately leading to breakthroughs that can improve patient care.

This position is responsible for direct contribution to various projects as well as to providing support to Optum Labs partners. This role will include technical expertise, problem solving, and working with large variety of internal and external team members. Are you looking to grow your expertise in project management? Are you a critical thinker who is comfortable in a startup environment with strong team leadership skills? Assist us in completing projects, and move Optum Labs into the next level of operational readiness.

Primary Responsibilities:

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  Track various activities and processes


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  Serve as a tprocess liaison for working with partners during the onboarding process


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  Determine and track time frames, procedures for accomplishing internal OL projects


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• Develop the Optum Labs documentation: process descriptions, FAQs, other


• Manage internal Optum Labs projects and ensure they are completed on time and within scope


• Assist in development of the training materials for business partners


• Review pertinent data and facts to identify and solve issues and mitigate risks, prioritize your work load and work on ad hoc projects, as assigned


• Assist with scheduling meeting with partners

• Bachelor's degree or in the process of finishing undergraduate school in 2015 or 2016


• Excited about healthcare and Optum Labs mission


• 1+ years of work experience juggling multiple priorities and demonstrating organizational skills.


• High level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint


• Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely


• Excellent time management, organizational, communication and prioritization skills and ability to balance multiple priorities


• Critical thinking


• Comfort in a startup environment


• Team skills


• Ability to learn new technology and independently solve new challenges


• Live within a commutable distance to the Cambridge, MA Office - telecommuting is NOT an option for this role

• Healthcare experience


• Experience in technology project teams


• Welcome technical and human challenges


• Actively pursuing PMP or Six Sigma Certification


• Experience with claims data or clinical data


• Experience with data analysis


• Project management/leadership experience