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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Waltham, MA
Waltham, Massachusetts

About this job

As a Program Engagement Manager within our Optum Technology Delivery organization, you will be accountable for program leadership of large IT programs serving external clients in the healthcare industry. Specific responsibilities in the initial role will include:

  • Leading overall engagements/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

Requirements

Candidates will possess:  


  • 10 + years of program management experience
  • 5 + years leading multi-million dollar technology program portfolios
  • Proven track record of leading enterprise scale, complex programs successfully
  • Previous people leadership skills
  • Successful track record of delivering programs on scope, on time, on budget, on quality and on benefit
  • 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
  • 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
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 100% of the time if required
  • Experiences leading programs in the healthcare domain preferred
  • Prior experience working for a professional services consulting firm desired
  • Relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent experiences; advanced degree preferred
 
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. 



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.