Senior Data & Analytics Delivery Lead - Hybrid

UnitedHealth Group; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Optum, a rapidly expanding arm of UnitedHealth Group, seeks a Senior Project Manager I to drive data and analytics initiatives. You will partner with business leaders, data scientists, and engineers to deliver high-impact solutions, balancing technology platforms with business outcomes in a hybrid Ireland work arrangement.

The role emphasizes governance, stakeholder management, and mentorship, operating across matrixed teams to ensure timely delivery and measurable value.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Proven significant experience leading complex projects, programs, or business transformation initiatives within matrixed environments.
• Demonstrated experience delivering data, analytics, reporting, business intelligence, data platform, or technology-focused initiatives.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive execution within complex organizational environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex data, analytics, reporting, artificial intelligence, and technology initiatives from planning through implementation and operational adoption.
• Partner with business leaders, product owners, data scientists, engineers, and analytics teams to define strategic priorities, delivery roadmaps, objectives, and success measures.
• Anticipate stakeholder and customer needs and proactively develop solutions that drive measurable business value.
• Develop innovative approaches to addressing complex business, operational, and analytical challenges.
• Conduct complex conceptual analyses to evaluate opportunities, solution alternatives, dependencies, business impacts, and implementation strategies.
• Establish governance frameworks, delivery standards, execution plans, and reporting mechanisms to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and key resource for project delivery, implementation strategy, operationalization, and organizational change management.
• Lead cross-functional project teams and facilitate collaboration across business, analytics, engineering, product, and operational stakeholders.
• Forecast and plan resource requirements across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Identify, manage, and resolve project risks, dependencies, issues, and barriers to execution.
• Review project deliverables, requirements, implementation plans, and work products, providing recommendations to improve quality, effectiveness, and overall project outcomes.
• Facilitate executive-level discussions, decision-making forums, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Influence strategic decisions through data-driven recommendations, analytical thinking, and deep understanding of delivery best practices.
• Mentor and support project managers, analysts, and team members through coaching, knowledge sharing, and guidance on project execution practices.
• Drive continuous improvement through the introduction of new methodologies, governance processes, delivery practices, and operational efficiencies.

Skills

Leading complex projects

Data analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Rally

Azure DevOps

Job description

Optum, a rapidly expanding arm of UnitedHealth Group, seeks a Senior Project Manager I to drive data and analytics initiatives. You will partner with business leaders, data scientists, and engineers to deliver high-impact solutions, balancing technology platforms with business outcomes in a hybrid Ireland work arrangement.

The role emphasizes governance, stakeholder management, and mentorship, operating across matrixed teams to ensure timely delivery and measurable value.