Senior Technical Project Analyst

Optum, a UnitedHealth Group Company; Manila; On-site; PHP 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum, a UnitedHealth Group company, is seeking a capable Project Coordinator to support portfolio and workforce management, and to assist technology program and project managers daily. The role involves maintaining capacity planning tools, tracking milestones, and communicating delivery status to leadership.

Ideal candidates will have 2+ years in project coordination, budgeting experience, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in project coordination or project management.
• Budgeting and budget tracking experience.
• Familiarity with Microsoft tools.
• Proven solid written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the accuracy of capacity planning tools and follow up on exceptions related to new requisition allocations and staffing changes, including attrition, backfills, and new resources.
• Review requisition submissions for accuracy, identify and resolve discrepancies with submitters, and perform standard validation checks based on established criteria.
• Respond to requisition creation inquiries and provide guidance as needed.
• Prepare and provide regular status updates and exception reports to leadership.
• Perform data entry, tracking, and analysis to support portfolio and workforce management activities.
• Support capacity and demand forecasting activities and planning cycles.
• Support Technology Program and Project Managers with day-to-day program and project management activities.
• Track key milestones and collaborate with project teams to execute against detailed project plans, dependencies, and predecessors.
• Capture and consolidate delivery status to support stakeholder communications, including progress, obstacles, dependencies, and risks.
• Partner with program leads to identify gaps, issues, and areas requiring follow-up.
• Support PPM Optics project setup and maintain allocation changes.
• Manage lightweight projects by developing project plans, defining key milestones, coordinating activities, and driving delivery to completion.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication skills

Budgeting

Education

PM certifications

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Portfolio & Workforce Management Support
  • Maintain the accuracy of capacity planning tools and follow up on exceptions related to new requisition allocations and staffing changes, including attrition, backfills, and new resources
  • Review requisition submissions for accuracy, identify and resolve discrepancies with submitters, and perform standard validation checks based on established criteria
  • Respond to requisition creation inquiries and provide guidance as needed
  • Prepare and provide regular status updates and exception reports to leadership
  • Perform data entry, tracking, and analysis to support portfolio and workforce management activities
  • Support capacity and demand forecasting activities and planning cycles
• Technology Program & Project Management Support
  • Support Technology Program and Project Managers with day-to-day program and project management activities
  • Track key milestones and collaborate with project teams to execute against detailed project plans, dependencies, and predecessors
  • Capture and consolidate delivery status to support stakeholder communications, including progress, obstacles, dependencies, and risks
  • Partner with program leads to identify gaps, issues, and areas requiring follow-up
  • Support PPM Optics project setup and maintain allocation changes
• Project Delivery
  • Manage lightweight projects by developing project plans, defining key milestones, coordinating activities, and driving delivery to completion
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in project coordination or project management
• Financial acumen with hands-on experience in budgeting and budget tracking
• Familiarity with Microsoft tools
• Proven solid written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project management training and/or certifications
• Familiarity with Copilot or other AI-related tools
• Understanding of demand and capacity forecasting

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.