Principal Project – Program Manager

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together

Primary Responsibilities:

• Act as an Execution lead closely partnering with the Program teams, Technical Leads, Architects & Business Owner to guide investment
• Facilitate coordination and dependency alignment within the work streams or between the workstream and other Scrum Teams
• Provide leadership and direction to the program teams on agile practices – optimize the overall software development lifecycle
• Work stream impediment removal
• Maintain relevant metrics that increases transparency and informs adaptive decision making
• Lead overall technology delivery to successful completion, operating within scope, budget, and schedule commitments
• Establish and continuously improve an efficient delivery ecosystem while maintaining required governance processes
• Communication and engagement at multiple levels with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure overall product strategy and Roadmap are executed
• Drive the budget at scrum team/product and program level
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Program, Project, Product or IT experience
• 5+ years of experience working on large scale, multiple Scrum team projects
• 3+ years of leading / managing teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare experience
• Experience with agile management tools (i.e., Rally)
• Experience with financial acumen with experience managing budgets exceeding $5M or more
• Solid understanding of Scaled Agile Framework
• Proven excellent communication skills in written and spoken form
• Proven excellent speaking, facilitating and resolution skills

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.