Senior Project Manager II

Optum NY, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our team in Lake Success, NY. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.  

As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and at home. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country. Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.   

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager II to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives that support operational strategy, business transformation, and execution excellence for Optum Medical Care NY/NJ. This role will be responsible for driving large-scale projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring work is delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to business objectives.

The Senior Project Manager I/II will serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams by creating clarity, managing dependencies, identifying risks, resolving barriers, and ensuring transparent communication throughout the project lifecycle. This role requires strong business acumen, disciplined project management practices, and the ability to translate complex concepts into actionable plans for a variety of audiences.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead large, complex projects that support key business objectives and operational priorities
• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and business plans to achieve defined outcomes
• Partner with senior clinical and operational leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to clarify scope, objectives, roles, responsibilities, and expected results
• Identify, analyze, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, actions, and dependencies to ensure effective execution
• Drive project governance, including status reporting, escalation management, decision tracking, and stakeholder communications
• Facilitate collaboration across business teams, clinical/operational leaders, support functions, and other internal partners as needed
• Proactively identify emerging customer, business, and operational needs and develop innovative solutions to address them
• Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business
• Influence senior leaders and stakeholders to adopt new ideas, approaches, processes, or tools that improve execution and outcomes
• Ensure project work supports operational, market-level, and/or functional strategies and priorities
• Promote continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned, improving project management practices, and supporting repeatable execution models

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:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited Business or Healthcare-related program
• 7+ years of experience in the areas of operations, project management, healthcare and/or IT
• 5+ years of experience in project management
• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex, cross-functional projects or business initiatives
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end project execution, including planning, stakeholder alignment, delivery management, risk mitigation, and communications
• Solid ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable plans and executive-level updates
• Experience and comfort working with senior leaders and influencing stakeholders across multiple functions
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate emerging needs, identify barriers, and drive resolution across teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Degree
• Project management SME with certification such as PMP or change management certification such as Prosci
• Experience in healthcare operations, ambulatory operations, clinical transformation, workforce optimization, or provider practice management
• Experience supporting PMO, operational excellence, transformation, or strategic planning functions
• Familiarity with continuous improvement or structured delivery methodologies
• Experience developing executive-ready project materials, dashboards, implementation plans, and stakeholder communications
• Solid problem-solving, decision-making, organization, and communication skills

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 $112,700 to $193,200 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.