Manager Application Development - Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Pearland, TX

UnitedHealth Group; Pearland (TX); Remote; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family, is seeking a senior Systems Development leader to drive custom development projects across clinical and business operations.

You will design, build, validate, and deploy applications within .NET MVC, oversee staff, and ensure high availability while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This remote role offers work from anywhere in the U.S., with on-site requirements in Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. for some positions.

Qualifications

• B.S. Computer Science or equivalent job experience.
• 10+ years hands on or direct supervisory experience covering most of following technology and systems development areas: Visual Studio, .NET, , MS SharePoint, C#. MVC Development, Agile and Waterfall development life cycle, website development - full stack (.net C#, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, etc)
• Demonstrable success and expertise in current project management, change management, change control and documentation practices
• Proven track record of success around business requirements collection, technology architecture, designing, developing, validating and supporting customized systems which meet defined business requirements

Responsibilities

• Staff and Project Management: Manage assigned Systems Development Staff and Projects in a manner, which emphasizes success oriented, positive minded, collaborative teamwork, individual accountability, and frequent, informative, relevant and open communication among team members. Coach, mentor, advise, and supervise team members as required to meet project and service goals
• Application Development: Design, Develop and test application code within .net MVC framework to support the various external digital assets and internally built custom applications for Kelsey-Seybold. Participates in application planning, change control processes, upgrade, testing, and maintenance
• Manages daily operations of assigned application systems and maintains solutions within multiple environments. Monitors and maintains uptime and performance data for system web application servers, interfaces, and automated processes
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Project management

Agile methodologies

Documentation

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Masters Degree

Tools

Visual Studio

ASP.NET / .NET

MS SharePoint

MVC

JavaScript

jQuery

Job description

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Help to significantly improve and revolutionize KSC clinical, patient service and business operations by joining and contributing to a multifunctional team, which will successfully implement and deploy World-Class custom-built digital systems at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic! Key responsibilities include:

• Project Management: This position is accountable for timely and successful completion of all Custom development Projects at KSC. These projects include design, procurement, development, implementation, training, and support of KSC Application Development along with supporting tools, interfaces, and equipment
• System Development and Implementation: Manage all Custom Application Development design, procurement, development, and implementation activity. As a working manager, individually design, build, validate and deploy custom built applications and websites in a manner, which effectively meets KSC Clinical and Application Development criteria, on an optimized system performance and information availability basis
• Staff Management: Manage assigned staff in a manner, which emphasizes success oriented, positive minded, collaborative teamwork, individual accountability, and frequent, informative, relevant and open communication among team members. Coach, mentor, advise, and supervise team members as required to meet project and service goals. Minimize service risk be establishing at least 2 staff to cover each critical business function and skill set
• Project Documentation: Oversee maintenance of project records for assigned team members
• System Support: Oversee support and maintenance all 'live' applications so that all systems perform on a high availability, high data integrity basis. Ensure that all systems are being monitored for uptime and have the appropriate end user response time

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

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:

• Staff and Project Management: Manage assigned Systems Development Staff and Projects in a manner, which emphasizes success oriented, positive minded, collaborative teamwork, individual accountability, and frequent, informative, relevant and open communication among team members. Coach, mentor, advise, and supervise team members as required to meet project and service goals
• Application Development: Design, Develop and test application code within .net MVC framework to support the various external digital assets and internally built custom applications for Kelsey-Seybold. Participates in application planning, change control processes, upgrade, testing, and maintenance
• Manages daily operations of assigned application systems and maintains solutions within multiple environments. Monitors and maintains uptime and performance data for system web application servers, interfaces, and automated processes
• Other duties as assigned

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:

• B.S. Computer Science or equivalent job experience
• 10+ years hands on or direct supervisory experience covering most of following technology and systems development areas: Visual Studio, .NET, , MS SharePoint, C#. MVC Development, Agile and Waterfall development life cycle, website development - full stack (.net C#, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery,etc)
• Demonstrable success and expertise in current project management, change management, change control and documentation practices
• Proven track record of success around business requirements collection, technology architecture, designing, developing, validating and supporting customized systems which meet defined business requirements

Preferred Qualification:

• Masters Degree

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

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 $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

OptumCare 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.

OptumCare is a drug‑free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.