Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)
You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary responsibilities:
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The consulting environment is challenging and fast-paced, requiring the following core competencies:
Critical Thinking / Problem Solving
- Ability to dig into challenging situations and provide guidance and recommendations to clients.
Self Motivated/Ambitous
- Highly self-motivated and ambitious to ensure all projects are successful.
Adaptability
- Ability to flex to any change at hand and maintain focus.
Relationship Management
- Ability to take a measured approach to uncover and respond to business needs, explore solutions, and educate constituents. Be known by others as a trusted advisor.
Personal Accountability
- Model strength during challenges and take personal responsibility for actions and consequences.
Executive Presence
- Articulate and package communications in a clear and crisp manner for all levels of the organization with the ability to adapt approach and style to any audience.
Project/Program Management
- Bring techniques for planning, executing and controlling all project artifacts and ensure time management is well executed.
Limited travel is required for this role (less than 25% on average over a year's time, but may involve Monday through Thursday travel for multiple concurrent weeks to satisfy specific client project requirements). Consultants who are not local to an Optum office facility work from a home office when not at the client site.
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 or 4 years additional equivalent experience
- 5+ years enterprise project/program management experience and leading a project team
- 5+ years' experience leading large-scale consulting engagements or large internal healthcare projects/programs
- 5+ years' experience in a client facing role
- 5+ years' experience with MS Project, MS Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint
- Based in greater Minneapolis, MN OR ability to relocate at own expense to Minnesota OR ability to travel up to 25%
- If you need to enter a work site for any reason, you will be required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener. When in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are required to wear a mask in common areas. In addition, employees must comply with any state and local masking orders
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Experience in Digital Health and/or Consumer Digital products or services development and/or management
- Experience in consumer driven and designed products and services - ideally healthcare related
- Experience working in a professional consulting organization or working in a healthcare leadership role
- Experience translating business requirements into a detailed system specification
- Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience working in a product development/management environment
- Experience in a large matrix environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a highly technical, fast-paced environment
- Ability to manage complex work streams
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
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.
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