Project Coordinator / Scrum Master - Rocky Hill, CT - Full-time / Part-time

As part of our elite team, you will play a pivotal role in the system development cycle and consult with end users to evaluate business requirements into design specifications. You will work with all levels of the business, ensuring IT deliverables align with business requirements, with measurable results. There's never been a more exciting time to work in health care where performance and innovation can fuel your life's best work.(sm)
 
Primary Responsibilities: 

The Scum Master / IT Project Consultant will be responsible for the work flow of all projects
Interact with customers both internal and external to gather project requirements and act as liaison between customer and design team
Simultaneously lead several complex projects with varied, multiple deliverables, team members and audiences requiring ongoing prioritization and relationship management
Communicate job status information to all team members
Promote smooth workflow and communication between departments
Create and manage timelines for all projects
Ensure workflow progresses efficiently and projects / staff are organized as priorities shift
Maintain job tracking and time keeping database
Maintain and update project status report and run weekly status meetings
Help enhance and improve department processes
Communicate consolidated project milestones and deliverables for readiness
The ability to generate detailed project status reporting (including critical path impact, dependencies, milestones, resources, cost, work breakdown structures, etc.)
The ability to work in a matrix environment across cross functional teams
Workflow design, implementation and management experience
Strong negotiation skills

Required Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
5+ years of IT Project Management experience
3+ years of working with all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle
3+ years of data gathering / analysis and writing system requirements
3+ years of experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions
2+ years of experience facilitating a multifunctional team in Agile application development
1+ years of experience working with test plans and test cases
1+ years of experience leading SCRUM calls
Preferred Qualifications:

CSM or CSP or CST
Experience with Scrum
Ability to lead in a fast paced Agile environment
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care 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: 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: Scrum, Agile, Scrum Master, Project coordinator, Project Manager, Project Consultant, Rocky Hill, CT