Senior Technical Project & Portfolio Coordinator

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, 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.