Senior Project Manager, Optum Shared Services - Eden Prairie, MN - Full-time / Part-time

You're looking to be inspired. We're looking to make a difference. At UnitedHealth Group, we're on a mission to help people live healthier lives and we're looking for ways to drive innovation. As a Senior Project Manager, you'll work to not only challenge the status quo, but change it. If your heart starts pounding when you realize the impact projects will have on people, you have found the right place to help heal the health care system.
 
In this role, you'll lead strategic initiatives among business teams and operating groups, defining performance and goal execution. You'll be a subject matter expert and lead to scope definition, risk identification, methodology and resource allocation. You will determine time frames, staffing and resource requirements and lead others to make meaningful process improvements. This is your opportunity to take your career to the next level as you work directly with senior leadership. Now is your time to do your life's best work.(sm)
 
Primary Responsibilities:

Lead or contribute to the development of program or project scope statements with applicable stakeholders (e.g., program/project charter, Statement of  Work, Business Vision Document)
Identify project duration, effort, sequence, and dependencies of tasks required to meet applicable project objectives
Drive/participate in the capital request process, as appropriate (e.g., presentations, cost-benefit analysis, business case)
Monitor and document project milestones and outcomes throughout the project lifecycle to ensure adherence to established quality standards
Develop, communicate and implement program and project risk, issue management plans and strategies
Develop and implement contingency and recovery plans when deliverables are missed (e.g., identify critical path, document, plan for getting back on plan schedule, Business Continuity Plan, failover planning)

Required Qualifications:

BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field and/or equivalent education and experience
5+ years of project management experience
2+ years of experience finance project management experience
5+ years of experience in tracking, planning projects, working with large data sets and making data-driven analytical decisions                                                                             
Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely to leadership
Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint
Demonstrated ability to prioritize and balance multiple priorities and projects
Preferred Qualifications:                                                                           

PMP Certification
Ability to provide analytical, advisory and implementation services in areas such as concept development, requirements development, facilitation, cost benefit analysis, process design and planning, performance measures, feasibility analyses, transition planning and change management
Ability to design solutions based on customer needs and technical considerations
Ability to analyze job tasks, organizational structure and user requirements to provide improvement solutions
Ability to apply analytical expertise to assist in defining, analyzing, validating and documenting complex process or organizational solutions
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity 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, 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.
 
 
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