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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

UHC Technology is focused on driving change, modernization, and ensuring reliable and stable systems so that we can help to transform health care – making it easier, more affordable, and more effective for those we serve. We are passionate about technology and the role it plays to create distinctive experiences to our constituents. While we are always focused on how technology can help us deliver faster and with improved quality, we are far more enthusiastic about the ways technology can reinvent how we deliver on our mission in partnership with the UHC lines of business and Optum Technology.

This position will assist in leading strategic technology initiatives that directly support enterprise workforce planning, procurement excellence, capital alignment, AI portfolio management, and vendor management. This role ensures that technology capabilities and investments are fully aligned to business strategy and operational needs. The role collaborates with senior leaders across technology, product, operations, and finance to drive forward looking planning and efficient execution.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Primary point of contact for managing the AI Portfolio Management by tracking capital investments and realized benefits
• Application management and Product Owner for AI Initiative tracking tool including documenting requirements and working with the development teams
• Assist in vendor strategy, procurement processes, vendor sourcing, and contracting support operational and financial objectives
• Manage Workforce Mobility Processes and International Sponsorship requests
• Provide oversight and transparency on capital requests, approvals, and spend optimization
• Provide leadership and support to engineering and development teams
• 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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience partnering with senior executives across business and technical domains
• 5+ years of experience managing complex enterprise programs and portfolios
• 5+ years of experience partnering with senior executives across business and technical domains
• 5+ years of excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship building 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.