Capability 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:

• Own and manage the capability backlog for assigned work, including writing, refining, and prioritizing features and user stories
• Collect and document business requirements, needs, and wants, and translates them into clear, actionable product requirements as documented in features and user stories.
• Represent our clients and stakeholders and act as a single point of contact for collaboration with developers, architects, and release managers
• Owns capability and feature level grooming, sizing, and estimation
• Develops & manages a release plan for features in collaboration with the development team and RTE
• Issue & Risk management, end-to-end (E2E) testing oversight and project documentation creation
• Defines acceptance criteria for capabilities, and when necessary, features and user stories & accepts features and user stories as they are completed
• Reports updates on status, issues and blockers to PMC, Product Manager, and Program Managers
• Communicates the product vision and roadmap to the stakeholders and product teams
• Supports PO/ BA / SME team members

• Reporting Package (Project Health/Status/Watch list & Resource Actual Time Reporting & Resource Forecasted Capacity)

• 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:

• Masters' degree (or equivalent experience) in Business, Management, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in Project Management/Agile Product Management
• Experience writing clear capabilities and features
• Experience with mid to large scale initiatives that involve significant development and deployment, including leading a diverse cross-functional team
• Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Understands the customer goals clearly while developing the product vision and roadmap & communicate it back to customers/product teams
• Advance level of proficiency with PC/Web based software programs such as Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Clarity, Rally, AHA, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills with attention to detail and an ability to present information in a variety of different formats to all levels of stakeholders
• Proven excellent analytical skills
• Demonstrates critical thinking and intellectual curiosity with the ability resolve issues
• Proven ability to internalize, interpret and document complex scenarios clearly and concisely
• Proven assimilates quickly to new environments and pressures, exhibits flexibility, and applies a continuous learning mindset in all aspects of work

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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