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.
Positions in this function are involved in the definition, management and implementation of technology focused projects.
Projects are more stand-alone than programs; program management is typically the orchestration of several projects related to but not limited to a single business portfolio. At entry level individual contributor roles, the primary focus will be project management. As one advances through the career path, their focus may be project and/or program focused, depending on business need.
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Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage light weight projects by defining a project plan with key milestones and driving delivery
- Support Tech Program/Project Managers by assisting with program/project management tasks
- Track milestones and work with team to execute against detailed project plans, dependencies, and predecessors
- Capture delivery status to assist with communication plans for stakeholders, including progress, obstacles, risks
- Partner with the program leads to identify gaps
- PPM Optics project setup
- PPM Optics allocation changes
- Support Portfolio Management tasks
- Data entry and analysis
- Roster alignment tracking and addressing data updates/issues
- Resource planning - impact of project off boarding, impact pause if extended by 2, 3, 4, 6 months, project loss
- Project allocation changes due to stop work order
- Project alignment between Cap and Opex within same Product
- Basic, structured, standard approach to work
- 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:
- 2+ years Project coordinator experience
- 2+ years professional experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Healthcare industry experience
- Pharmacy Services and PBM experience
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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