Senior Project Scheduler, Data Analytics – 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 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.

This position is a project scheduler for the Enterprise Data Warehouse Analytics project supporting the State Medicaid program. This role requires significant expertise building and maintaining a complex robust maintainable schedule (integrating from waterfall, agile, and hybrid schedules). The selected candidate will work directly with the project implementation team, multiple external implementation teams, business partners, and the customer. This role provides input and direction serving as a key scheduling resource on a large Design Development and Implementation Project. The resource should be able to flexible and adapt to the stakeholder needs, manage competing priorities, support requests in reasonable time, effective time management, focus on the “big rocks” (blue chips) to deliver key business outcomes to meet stakeholders needs.

 

Roles in this function ensure alignment and understanding of program/project scope, organization’s strategic objectives, team needs, and the voice of the customer, in consultation with the applicable stakeholders. Raise awareness of any misalignment or misunderstanding of project scope and objectives with applicable stakeholders. Ensure that all impacted areas are identified, and that appropriate resources are engaged to participate in the processes. The role should be up to date with the latest industry/market trends, developments, and standards to be relevant and add value as a subject matter expertise and deliver thought leadership.

 

This is a telecommute position* with around 25% required travel to Springfield, IL for onsite customer meetings.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Project Schedule Management: Develop, manage, and maintain complex project schedules using Microsoft Project, including critical path analysis, resource leveling, and tracking milestones. Ensure all Federal Checks (standards) for project schedules are passed. Ensure alignment with Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and validate for any common scheduling errors
• Stakeholder & Communication Management and Issue Resolution: Build solid relationship with the stakeholders bringing visibility and transparency into the work. Set up and lead recurring status meetings with business stakeholders, field questions, handle issues, and communicate project details to both business and technical teams from start to finish. Anticipate potential issues and act proactively to address them. Demonstrate ownership, effective verbal/written communication, presentation, and people skills
• Resource and Task Management: Load project calendars, add resources, set up predecessor and successor tasks, link tasks, and manage cross-functional interdependencies to ensure successful project completion. Manage multiple projects simultaneously, particularly capital projects related to provider demographics
• Project Documentation and Analysis: Gather and update project materials, complete budgeting, forecasting, project documentation, business flows, and lessons learned documents. Conduct analyses, needs assessments, and cost/benefit assessments to support project objectives
• Process Improvement: Improve processes to optimize performance and value over time, ensuring technology solutions support business strategies. Provide knowledge sharing or training to colleagues or business partners as required.
• Support Project Management: Assist in PM activities including Issues, Risks, Action Items, and Decision (IRAD) log. Perform effective peer reviews to project artifacts and deliver documents with high quality
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Analysis: Collaborate with business partners, project teams (including analysis, PM, testers, SMEs, architects, and admins) to understand project requirements, solutions, DDI activities – to capture the activities, dependencies, predecessors, successors, resources, and estimates accurately
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to program standards, requirements, policies, and guidelines from Program Management Office (PMO)
• Resource Allocation: Coordinate with project managers or delegates to allocate resources efficiently and effectively, and track progress, and manage interdependencies, milestones, external needs
• Reporting: Provide weekly status reporting to stakeholders, focusing on schedule progress, updates, issues/risks, change management, areas that impacts the project schedule, and propose mitigation strategies and solutions

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 Microsoft Project Plan (MPP) Scheduler experience – working with multiple project schedules, and teams
• 5+ years of IT Project Management (PM) experience
• 3+ years of experience working directly with all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• 2+ years of experience maintaining project schedule for DDI projects
• Ability to travel to Springfield, IL up to twenty-five percent (25%)
• Legally authorize to work in the US without any restrictions. Proof will be required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or PMP-SP Certification
• 3+ years of experience in data gathering/analysis and writing system requirements
• Experience with other project management tools such as DevOps, JIRA, SharePoint/Teams, SSI Tools
• Experience in Medicaid/MMIS/Data Warehouse/Reporting/Analytics projects 
• Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) session
• Healthcare Information Exchange, EDI, Healthcare Industry experience
• Development experience in data, ETL, or BI Reporting/Analytics software
• Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Proficiency with MS Visio 

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

The salary range for this role is $89,800 to $176,700 annually based on full-time employment. 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.