Technical Project Consultant – Agile, Program Management

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 Manager, Product Manager & IT Delivery Owner to guide one agile release train, or will help lead multiple release trains
• Help Establish program level cadence and drive program level ceremonies (e.g. PI Planning, Product Management Council, Scrum of Scrums, release train retrospectives, IP Sprint)
• Work with other program and project leaders to drive the definition and refinement of the program backlog
• Ensure cross-value stream coordination and collaboration
• Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on program-level plans, progress and quality
• Facilitate alignment dependencies between the program team and third parties, release managers, or between the team and other Scrum Teams
• Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution
• Coordinate delivery
• Assists Program Manager in managing the program scope, budget, risks, issues, deliverables, and schedule of individual program tasks, as well as timely reporting of program status
• Participates in program steering committee reviews and gate approvals
• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 7 + years of experience working in a corporate environment
• 6+ years of accountability as a Program Manager – Agile 
• IT based project leadership experience/capabilities
• Ability to perform this role in an office setting or other company location 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Agile Certification (CSM, SAFe Agilist, PMI-ACP) 
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM and/or Scaled Agile Framework
• Experience in a Project Manager or Scrum Master role
• Experience with Planview or similar portfolio management/demand planning tool
• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint
• Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely

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.