Senior Project Manager – Java FSD

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

On the one hand, no industry is moving faster than health care. On the other, no organization is better positioned to lead health care forward than Optum and UnitedHealth Group. That’s what makes this opportunity so applause worthy. We have hundreds of business verticals across our matrixed organizations that are bringing thousands of new ideas, services and products to the marketplace every year. Our goal is simple. Use data and technology to help drive change and make the health care system work better for everyone. When you join us as a Project Manager, you’ll be engaged in a complex business model that is highly adaptable to build solutions that meet their customer needs in a competitive and effective way.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead a global team for Enterprise Technology, providing software engineering solutions
• Plan, manage and execute critical technology initiatives including new development, system enhancements and re-engineering projects 
• Work with a cross-functional set of business, technology, and external research to identify enterprise level strategic solutions to complex business challenges and opportunities
• Review of requirements and/or systems analysis documents for completeness
• Creation/involvement in documented designs following agreed to design patterns and standards
• Perform Coding and unit testing independently and assist/mentor his team members whenever required
• Communicate effectively with other engineers/ QE and collaborate teams
• Support the QE team during testing via defect fixes, code deployment, clarifications
• Fully encourage and facilitate high quality code through of support QE team efforts including but not limited to mentoring, assistance, and writing/executing automation tests as needed
• Working with Capability/Product Managers, Deployment Leads, peer developers to complete various project deployment activities
• Adhere to coding standards and proper use of source control
• Responsible for ensuring delivery of technical artifacts for each project
• Mentoring developers on technology and application knowledge as needed
• Contribute to large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives
• Collaborate with the team on application architecture design and decision-making
• Propose and implement best in class architectural solution for complex systems
• Be able to manage a team of 15 engineers including Senior Engineers and QE Testers
• Review project objectives and determine best technology for implementation
• Assesses performance, rewards result, motivates, and fosters matrix management
• 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

This role will challenge your ability to work on complex projects where deadlines and scope shift frequently. You’ll need flexibility, agility and the ability to adapt to change while maintaining solid relationships with stakeholders in a highly cross-matrixed environment.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of solid Hands-On experience working with Java/J2EE/UI technologies in full stack development in an Agile environment
• 10+ years of proven leadership experience of running complex, large IT projects
• 10+ ears experience in Agile methodology, Scrum based SW development, Software Quality Engineering 
• Hands on experience with React, Eclipse RCP IDE, Rest based web services, Junit/Spock, Eclipse/IntelliJ Idea and JBoss, GIT & Maven
• Experience working with the CI/CD and DevOps goal/initiatives
• Solid Java programming (JDK1.17) experience
• Agile SCRUM / PMP Certified will be preferred
• Applied knowledge of project Management tools e.g. Confluence, Jira, CA Rally etc.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex product development initiatives within tight timelines

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.

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