Project Director - State Healthcare Exchanges - Telecommute

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. And you'll do your life's best work.(sm)

Optum is a collection of 30,000 people with diverse expertise, deep knowledge and unmatched experience in helping people throughout health communities make better decisions.  We are made up of three business segments - each with strong and nimble teams who have dedicated themselves to providing innovative, best-in-class capabilities in their areas of focus.  While each of the business segments has unique goals, personalities and specialties, we share a fundamental belief that the health system can work better for everyone.

OptumHealth specializes in health management solutions that address the physical, mental and financial needs of individuals and organizations.

This is a newly created Project Director position working on operations program leadership related to Medicaid and health services business and healthcare exchanges. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Direct responsibility for the successful execution of business


• UHG (UnitedHealth Group) operations and process build to support government services business


• Manages programs/projects including:  development of going in positions, governance structure, recommendations, along with other project documentation


• Directs multiple teams in a matrix environment and resolve project risks


• Creates, builds and maintains relationships that enhance performance of the business unit, establishes trust and creditability throughout the organization


• Creates, builds and maintains strong relationship with clients establishing trust and creditably of the Optum Brand


• Obtains commitment from individuals and groups to insure success


• Demonstrates decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities


• Create a team oriented work climate that enables professional development and encourages creative solutions and strategies, establishes collaboration and emphasizes quality and cost


• Act as liaison to and represent senior management for change impact to program and initiative scope


• Facilitate senior management decision making within the scope and change management process


• Developing business plans and cost benefit analysis for assessment by Regional/Senior Leadership


• Though annual travel is 75%, candidate should be aware that job currently requires 100% travel for exchange work in various states

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with complex, large scale Programs/Project Management


• BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field and/or equivalent education and experience


• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects with cross functional impacts across an organization with high degree of external client management


• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely and ability to facilitate executive level meetings


• Experience in leading operations for healthcare company a plus


• Outstanding written, verbal communication skills.


• Ability to communicate internally and externally with all levels of employees, including senior and executive level management


• Demonstrated ability to create, build and maintain relationships that enhance performance of the business unit and establishes trust and maintains creditability throughout the organization


• Self directed, works with minimal guidance, and recognizes when guidance is needed


• Experience providing supervision to project personnel, leading cross functional teams


• Possesses strong work ethic, independence, and dependability


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


• Intermediate or higher skill level with Excel and PowerPoint


• Demonstrates effective interpersonal, influence, collaboration and listening skills


• Drives for results individually and in a team setting


• Demonstrates decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and Identifying priorities


• Functions effectively in a matrix organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMI or equivalent industry recognized certification a plus


• Previous healthcare experience preferred


• MS Office Suite, advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills


• MS Project, Visio and SharePoint skills preferred

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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