Business Project Manager - Minnetonka, MN

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 funding resources 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)
 
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Primary Responsibilities:

Manage multiple concurrent programs and projects, delivering regional implementations for clients and business partners across departments and shared services
Manage and align resources to complete deliverables in a cross functional environment
Be accountable for creation of comprehensive project plans that encompass overlapping cross functional deliverables and align with national timelines
Self-directed, independent worker who is flexible and able to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment
Ability to align team around project goals and milestones, ability to face and resolve conflict as well as celebrate success
Ensure project documentation is timely, accurate and aligned with departmental standards
Utilize existing PMO structure and processes to manage programs & projects with appropriate level of rigor to ensure projects are delivered on time and in scope
Create materials that are presented to senior level leadership to report status, drive decisions, escalate and resolve issues
Develop project risk management plans and strategies (e.g., mitigation, avoidance, transfer, acceptance)
Gather information from stakeholders and integrate into a workable plan
Manage stakeholder communication plans to ensure the proper level of status information is delivered to varying levels of the organization to foster greater understanding, employee engagement and commitment to results
Work closely with other project leaders to minimize resource constraints and duplication of work
Maximize technology to support project and initiative management that drives consistency and the proper level of information sharing
 

Required Qualifications:

Demonstrated ability to prioritize and balance multiple priorities and projects.
7+ years of experience working with Business Stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment
Previous experience with gathering requirements from the client / business and documentation
7+ years of project management experience
Ability to meet once a month for a full day meeting in Minnetonka
Preferred Qualifications:

Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Office Suite and SharePoint
Experience presenting to stakeholders and / or senior leadership 
Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely to leadership
BA / BS degree
Health care insurance background
(PMP) Certification
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: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and 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.
 
 
Job Keywords: business, project management, PMP Certification, healthcare, Minnetonka, MN, Minnesota
 
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