Senior PMO Project Manager – End-to-End Implementations

Optum; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market Pay

Retirement Plan

Medical Plan (HMO)

Reimbursements (Dental/Optical)

Life & Disability Insurance

Sick Leave Conversion

Tuition Reimbursement

EAP

Merit Increases

Employee Recognition

Training & Development

Referral Program

Volunteer Opportunity

Statutory Benefits

Job summary

Optum in the Philippines seeks a seasoned project leader to drive complex implementations, manage executive stakeholders, and deliver cross-functional programs from initiation through go-live and stabilization. The role requires partnering with business leaders, operations, technology, and clients to ensure outcomes.

Responsibilities include end-to-end PMO governance, RAID management, and governance meetings, with focus on planning, budgeting, risk mitigation, and successful adoption of new

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 6+ years of Project Management, PMO, Program Management, Transformation, or Implementation experience.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end project implementations and operational launches.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedules, risks, dependencies, and resource planning.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Ability to support stakeholders during U.S. business hours.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management activities across implementation, transformation, operational readiness, migration, and process improvement initiatives.
• Develop and manage project charters, business cases, work plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and resource forecasts.
• Drive projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, deployment, hypercare, and closure.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects with varying levels of complexity and organizational impact.
• Partner with Operations, Technology, Clinical, Quality, Finance, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and Business leaders to achieve project objectives.
• Build strong relationships with clients, sponsors, Directors, Senior Directors, and Vice Presidents to ensure alignment on scope, timelines, risks, and expected outcomes.
• Present executive-level project updates, dashboards, recommendations, and project status reports to leadership teams.
• Maintain project governance standards, methodologies, tools, and documentation.
• Manage RAID logs and ensure timely mitigation and resolution plans.
• Facilitate project reviews, governance meetings, steering committees, and executive discussions.
• Escalate critical risks and delivery concerns to leadership while driving accountability across stakeholders.
• Lead implementation planning, go-live readiness assessments, deployment activities, and hypercare support.
• Coordinate resource readiness, hiring readiness, training plans, process documentation, SOP development, system access requirements, and operational handoff activities.
• Drive successful adoption of new processes, systems, and operating models.
• Contribute to project budgets, forecasts, resource allocation plans, and utilization reporting.
• Monitor project financials, timelines, and delivery performance against established targets.
• Create and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, KPI reporting, status reports, and project performance metrics.
• Utilize data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and improvement recommendations.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Optum in the Philippines seeks a seasoned project leader to drive complex implementations, manage executive stakeholders, and deliver cross-functional programs from initiation through go-live and stabilization. The role requires partnering with business leaders, operations, technology, and clients to ensure outcomes.

Responsibilities include end-to-end PMO governance, RAID management, and governance meetings, with focus on planning, budgeting, risk mitigation, and successful adoption of new