Enterprise Cloud Migration Program Director – Remote

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 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.

 

Enterprise Technology Infrastructure, Platforms & Services (ETIPS) delivers services and operational support to meet business integration objectives. Architecture leadership to provide scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions to meet care delivery business needs and enable future business growth.

 

As an enterprise enabling team, we will partner with CIOs and their Lines of Business to build faster, better and cost-effective solutions powered by elastic, resilient and secure infrastructure, services and platforms by:

• Running 75% of our business in the public cloud
• Transforming our customer and advocate experience with a modern Omni Platform
• Delivering Best-In-Class Digital Workplace Experience
• Accelerating NIEs Integration with Excellence
• Building high performing, engaged teams

Our culture of integrity, diversity and inclusion is the foundation of all we do. Our platforms and services empower speed to market to meet consumer needs while improving the overall health care experience. We strive to provide an exceptional experience to those with whom we work and serve.

The Enterprise Cloud Migration Program (ECMP) is a multi-year initiative to accelerate adoption of public cloud solutions across UnitedHealth Group (UHG). The program, led by the Enterprise Technology Infrastructure, Platforms and Services (ETIPS) team, will establish foundational guidance and standards to help application teams make informed decisions and provide a framework for each line of business to assess, prioritize and establish a cost-benefit analysis for application migrations. 

The Enterprise Cloud Migration Program Director will be spearheading the program coordination with diverse cross-platform teams and driving critical proof of concept (POCs) and security platform implementations. This role will also support program & project management for applications on the migration path as well as supporting application teams already in the cloud with ensuring security policies are communicated and deployed in a timely manner. This role will program manage the enterprise government cloud requirements, build and migrations. 

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. 
  
 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Plan & Manage cloud migration projects
• Have deep understanding of other project life cycles including waterfall and how to manage dependencies between teams
• Plan/track all external team dependencies in partnership with product & engineering teams; help resolve bottle necks
• Work with other program leaders to drive the definition and refinement of the program backlog
• Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on program-level plans, progress and quality
• Be well-versed with budget (capital & expense) management process and life cycle
• Actively manages the program scope, budget, risks, issues, deliverables, and schedule of individual program tasks, as well as timely reporting of program status
• Facilitate ongoing key stake holder communication between Business, Finance, Operations, Product & Delivery teams
• Support weekly / monthly status reporting to key stakeholders
• Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences
• Influence senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches
• Drive solutions to unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business
• Facilitate/Participates in the development of IT delivery strategy
• Predict emerging customer needs and facilitate developing innovative solutions to meet them

 

You’ll be rewarded and recognized 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable area of expertise or 8 years of equivalent experience
• 8+ years of Project/Program Management experience in a large enterprise environment
• 3+ years of Agile/Scrum working experience
• Experience with MS Power Point and Excel
• Experience identifying and managing expectations of the key stakeholders and taking their support to help resolve bottlenecks
• Experience participating in or leading the program steering committee reviews and gate approvals
• Experience building and manage relationships across a large enterprise
• Experience with cross functional and enterprise program delivery experience
• Experience with C-level interface and presentation

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cloud Foundations Certification (GCP, AWS or Azure) 
  
• Health care insurance background
  
• Very solid understanding of Cloud technologies & architecture
  
• Solid analytical, problem-solving and systems analysis skills
  
• Process implementation & re-engineering 
  

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

 

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $122,100 to $234,700 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

  
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 

 

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.    
  

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.