Senior Project Manager

Optum is a global organisation 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.

About the role:

The UHC Payment Team is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager for the development, execution and valuation of initiatives focused on driving measurable and meaningful improvement in both quality and affordability of care. 

This is an exciting role in which the individual will have an opportunity to directly partner with executive level business champions to identify, evaluate and deploy projects at a national level spanning across multiple business segments, UHC and Optum departments.

This is a challenging role that relies on your ability to effectively manage projects and build relationships with stakeholders. Your ability to use various methodologies and tools to collaborate in a cross-matrix environment will drive long term success keeping projects on track within the project scope and timeline.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our X office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model. 

Primary Responsibilities of the Senior Project Manager :  

•    Lead or help develop project scope statements, in consultation with applicable stakeholders (e.g., program / project charter, Statement of Work, Business Vision Document) for the delivery of key strategic and affordability initiatives.
•    Drive strategic initiatives across various functions within the business from inception through post deployment monitoring
•    Develop and maintain project plans, tasks, deliverables, dependencies and resource requirements
•    Lead coordination and completion of projects across various functional areas
•    Provide regular project updates that cover program implementation plans / project risk / issue management plans and strategies (e.g., mitigation, avoidance, transfer, acceptance)
•    Establish / apply quality objectives, criteria, standards and levels using appropriate quality management methods, with stakeholder input (e.g., key performance indicators, scope definition)
•    Monitor and document project milestones and outcomes throughout the project lifecycle to ensure adherence to established quality standards. 
•    Monitor and control projects ensuring efficient utilization of project resources
•    Provide input into and/or develop relevant policies, procedures, and/or work tools to support new or updated business processes.
•    Ensure seamless transition from project ideation and strategy through implementation to the business owners as needed
•    Establishes best practices and tools to grow services 

You will be rewarded and recognised for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications of the Senior Project Manager:

•    BA/BS degree in Business or related field and/or equivalent education and work experience
•    Significant project management experience
•    Proven experience in tracking, planning projects, working with large data sets and making data-driven analytical decisions
•    Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize and balance multiple priorities and projects
•    Excellent stakeholder management skills and a demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely to leadership
•    Participate in and support the navigating of complex stakeholder relationships in a matrix environment with politically sensitive concerns.

Preferred Qualifications of the Senior Project Manager:

•    Prince 2 project management qualification OR Project Management Certification PMP
•    Previous experience standing up a new business or business change initiative
•    Healthcare experience
•    Experience working across multiple countries

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

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 marginalised 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.

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