Senior Project Manager, Dental – 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 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.

 

As the Sr. Project Manager, Dental you have the unique opportunity to act as an entrepreneur within OptumInsight, partnering with all levels of leadership in product, engineering, strategy, and operations to deliver cutting edge solutions such as Real Time Settlement   You will accomplish this by being embedded in and contributing to all levels of product development including planning, development, strategy and operations.  This role will also have a tie into overall dental strategy.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

Project Management:

• Product delivery & execution: Responsible for working with stakeholders across product, engineering, data science, and research to take the product from production to launch
• Develop product roadmaps: Translate product vision and strategy into detailed requirement documents and prototypes
• Align project plan creation with OI tools and processes – Ability to gather requirements from multiple stakeholders and stitch together a comprehensive end-to-end plan. Ensuring tasks have clear owners and due dates, risks are called out, and gaps are closed in a timely, transparent manner
• Implement and manage project changes as necessary through Accelerate process
• Invent and simplify methodologies: Plan, design, and develop a portfolio of methodologies, tools, and systems for project delivery. Continuously innovate and improve processes to optimize efficiencies
• Solid presentation and communication skills essential in keeping stakeholders appraised of project status, issues, risks, and actions

Strategy / GTM:

• Organize and participate in customer meetings and bring together all business stakeholders to meet customer demands
• Customer evangelist. Gain deep understanding of customer experience, business needs, and existing internal and/or competitive products relevant to the domain. Stay connected to customer trends, needs, and pain points in healthcare
• Define product strategies: Identify risks and create product roadmaps for consistent messaging across teams
• Partner with Strategy and Product leads to deliver best in class documentation, communication, and artifacts to our senior leadership teams
• Go To Market & Pricing: Work with different stakeholders to identify the right GTM strategy for your product. Define the pricing strategy for your product
• Manage ambiguity: Able to work in a complex, matrixed environment.  Independently take steps necessary to understand complex businesses, customer needs, and technologies across a variety of customer personas and product categories

 

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:

• 5+ years of Project Management experience with managing successful product delivery, operations, go-to-market, and post-launch roadmap
• 5+ years direct experience supporting project management workstreams, such as planning, requirements, development, testing, and deployment
• 5+ years of experience with end-to-end product delivery, including feature and operational delivery and tradeoffs (prioritization) and contributing to engineering & technology strategy discussions
• 5+ years of experience working with cross-functional teams (e.g., research, engineering, UI/UX, Program Management, etc.)
• 3+ years of AI/ML experience
• Proficient in Smartsheet, Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Office
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10%

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Project Management experience
• 3+ years of healthcare experience, preferably within dental payer / provider domain
• Experience dealing with ambiguous complex products and technologies. Ability to independently take steps to work with stakeholders across the business to understand requirements and organize those into comprehensive project plans
• Demonstrated experience in project management or related disciplines within the Dental domain
• Demonstratable experience in product management in technology, such as provider / payer technology, cloud computing, data science, and applied machine learning
• Excellent interpersonal skills with experience working with and influencing executive level leaders
• High energy, self-managed, self-starter; thrives in a constantly changing, ambiguous environment
• Solid communication skills (written and verbal/presentation) with an emphasis on being able to logically structure thoughts and create organized visuals for stakeholders

 

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

 

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.

 

 

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.