Senior Project Manager I - Cypress, CA or Minnetonka, MN - Full-time / Part-time

You love to challenge the status quo. You thrive on exceeding goals, always making things better than you found them. Bring that passion to UnitedHealth Group and join us on a mission to help people live healthier lives. As a Business Project Manager, you'll work alongside a high caliber team as you drive innovation and business forward. You'll roll up your sleeves as you coordinate complete projects, defining performance and results. When you get into the driver's seat of this role, you will show your expertise in determining time frames, allotment of staffing and leading others in the organization to make meaningful process improvements. This is no small opportunity.

As a Business Project Manager, you'll shift scope definition, risk identification, methodology and resource allocation to a gear you didn't even know you have. You'll take on tough challenges and create innovative solutions. Along the way, you'll grow and develop at a pace that energizes your career while you do your life's best work.(sm)

We are the Internal Sales Incentives team and our primary goals are to:

• Design sales incentive plans that are motivating, cost-conscious and practical for UHC's internal sales teams


• Pay sales incentive accurately and timely


• Provide clear incentive documentation of payments based on the approved sales incentive plans


• Provide management reporting on sales incentives

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead or help develop program or project scope statements, in consultation with applicable stakeholders (e.g., program/project charter, Statement of ---Work, Business Vision Document)


• Work with resource managers to drive the identification of the skills, duration and effort required for successful project execution


• Establish/apply quality objectives, criteria, standards and levels using appropriate quality management methods, with stakeholder input (e.g., key performance indicators, scope definition)


• Develop, communicate and implement program/project risk/issue management plans and strategies (e.g., mitigation, avoidance, transfer, acceptance)


• Primarily responsible for the coordination and completion of projects including scope, issue, timelines and updates to management on project cycle


• Provide training to team members on project management techniques and methodology

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Business or related field and/or equivalent education and work experience


• 3+ years of project management experience


• 3+ years experience in tracking, planning projects, working with large data sets and making data-driven analytical decisions


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


• Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely to leadership


• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and balance multiple priorities and projects

Careers at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual. We all want to make a difference with the work we do. Sometimes we're presented with an opportunity to make a difference on a scale we couldn't imagine. Here, you get that opportunity every day. As a member of one of our elite teams, you'll provide the ideas and solutions that help nearly 25 million customers live healthier lives. You'll help write the next chapter in the history of health care. And you'll find a wealth of open doors and career paths that will take you as far as you want to go. Go further. This is 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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