Principal Project or 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.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead large-scale, complex infrastructure projects to meet key objectives
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, and budgets (if required) using tools like CA Agile Central/Rally, MS Project and MS Excel
• Oversee scope, timelines, resources, risks, and issues, ensuring delivery aligns with methodology (e.g., Agile, Waterfall)
• Collaborate with technical leads, infrastructure, and application teams to design, implement, and refine solutions
• Perform risk assessments, contingency planning, and release management, with flexibility for night/weekend work as needed
• Provide monthly status updates to team slide deck and translate technical concepts for stakeholders at all levels
• Delivery Management: Ensure program/project success by managing scope, milestones, dependencies, and financials; adapt to Agile or Waterfall methodologies as required
• Stakeholder Communication: Deliver transparent, data-driven status reports, including monthly updates to team slide deck, on progress, risks, and obstacles
• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of equivalent experience
• 10+ years in project planning, tracking, and data-driven decision-making in large enterprise environments with excellent communication (written, verbal, presentation) and relationship-building skills
• 5+ years managing infrastructure projects (e.g., servers, storage, networking, zSystem) in a Fortune 200 setting
• 5+ years of hands-on expertise with CA Agile Central/Rally and/or MS Project using PMI related project management methodologies
• 5+ years of proficiency in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access) with intermediate/expert level in Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading compute, storage, network and mainframe programs/projects associated with Product Lifecycle Management
• Experience leading distributed teams with assertiveness and accountability
• Health care industry experience
• Knowledge of enterprise application architecture and infrastructure deployment patterns
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
• Proven ability to work independently, prioritize in a complex environment, and collaborate globally

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.