Sr Agile Practitioner - Minneapolis, MN

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This role is embedded in day to day delivery while operating within a centralized RTE model that provides consistent standards, development, and escalation support. The Agile Practitioner 3 does not own technical delivery or product prioritization, but partners closely with Engineering Leaders and Product Managers to enable successful outcomes.

Agile Practitioner 3 (RTE) is accountable for driving reliable execution once work is committed, ensuring complex, cross team initiatives are delivered predictably, transparently, and in alignment with business priorities.

Agile Practitioner 3 act as the single point of orchestration across engineering, product, architecture, and finance-translating business intent into executable delivery plans, managing dependencies and risks, and providing clear visibility into progress, outcomes, and impacts.

For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive delivery execution across assigned products and programs, managing planning, sequencing, milestones, and release readiness once priorities are committed
• Own cross team dependency management, proactively identifying, coordinating, and resolving delivery dependencies and risks to reduce downstream impact
• Serve as the single point of contact for delivery execution, providing clear, consistent communication and transparency to engineering, product, and leadership stakeholders
• Partner closely with Engineering Leaders and Product Managers to translate business intent into executable delivery plans while adapting to product and program context
• Ensure delivery visibility and governance through accurate roadmaps, Rally and Aha hygiene, standardized reporting, and audit readiness
• Enable predictable delivery and financial discipline by supporting reliable forecasting, meeting delivery commitments, and partnering with finance on budget and reporting needs
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices, metrics, and execution health through retrospectives, Inspect & Adapt, and shared RTE standards

Program & Delivery Management:

• Partner with program teams, technical leads, architects, and business owners to guide investments and ensure alignment with - product strategy
• Manage program budgets and track changes via change control processes
• Maintain labor plans, cost center management, and engineering roadmaps

Agile Coaching & Facilitation

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews
• Coach team members on Agile principles and Scrum practices
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and high performance

Stakeholder Engagement

• Communicate and engage at multiple levels with internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and stakeholders to align dependencies and deliverables

Metrics & Reporting

• Report on relevant metrics that increase transparency and inform adaptive decision-making
• Track team progress using Agile tools like Rally or Jira

Technical & Innovation

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions using no-code/low-code platforms (in some postings)
• Familiarity with cloud-based environments (AWS or Azure) is often preferred

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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years in program/project/product or IT roles; experience with large-scale, multi-Scrum team projects
• 5+ years of experience supporting a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets
• Proven excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work onsite in Minneapolis per Optum's hybrid policy

Preferred Qualifications:

• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM) and experience with Agile tools (Rally/Jira)
• Experience operating within scaled or enterprise Agile environments
• Demonstrated familiarity with financial planning, forecasting, and delivery based budgeting
• Demonstrated background supporting large, complex platforms or multi product programs
• Experience driving or supporting operating model or delivery model evolution

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.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Minnetonka, MN

Job ID: UHG-2347092

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-03-14T20:27:03