Remote Tech Project Manager – Data & Analytics

Optum; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase program

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum in the United States seeks a Tech Project Manager to lead complex technology and data initiatives across Life Sciences & Data. You will translate business needs into executable plans and drive delivery from initiation through implementation.

This role collaborates with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Architecture, Compliance, Privacy, Legal, Data Governance, and Operations, ensuring governance and successful production readiness.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project management or related experience supporting technology, data, analytics, engineering, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience working with technology, engineering, analytics, or data-focused teams.
• Experience gathering, documenting, and managing business or functional requirements.
• Experience managing project plans, timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and status reporting.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and driving alignment across teams.
• Experience communicating project updates, risks, recommendations, and decisions to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Technical fluency and understanding of solution development and implementation lifecycles.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Visio (or process/data flow mapping tools), and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technology, data, analytics, and transformation initiatives from planning through implementation and production deployment.
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, requirements, timelines, deliverables, and success measures.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering activities and maintain clear documentation of business and functional requirements.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, schedules, dependencies, implementation activities, and cross-functional deliverables.
• Coordinate work across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Architecture, Compliance, Privacy, Legal, Data Governance, and Operations.
• Establish project governance and provide visibility into project health, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and mitigation plans.
• Drive implementation and operational readiness, including deployment planning and transition to production support processes.
• Prepare and deliver project updates for senior leaders, clearly communicating status, risks, recommendations, and decisions needed.
• Support the delivery of new data assets, analytics capabilities, integrations, platform enhancements, and process improvements.
• Promote accountability, consistency, and continuous improvement in project execution and delivery practices.
• Help maintain alignment among business priorities, technical execution, and operational outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Requirements gathering

Planning & scheduling

Risk & issue management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive level communication

Technical fluency

Travel willingness

Education

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Visio

Microsoft PowerPoint

Smartsheet

Job description

Optum in the United States seeks a Tech Project Manager to lead complex technology and data initiatives across Life Sciences & Data. You will translate business needs into executable plans and drive delivery from initiation through implementation.

This role collaborates with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Architecture, Compliance, Privacy, Legal, Data Governance, and Operations, ensuring governance and successful production readiness.