Senior Data Analytics Implementation Project Manager - Remote

UnitedHealth Group; Hartford (CT); Remote; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to improving health outcomes through innovative data solutions. As a Senior Project/Program Manager, you'll lead critical initiatives that impact Medicaid healthcare data management. This role involves collaborating with diverse teams, driving data analytics projects, and implementing best practices in project management. You'll engage with stakeholders to ensure project alignment with business goals while fostering a culture of inclusion and growth. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale projects with healthcare datasets.
• Strong background in data analytics and project management best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Medicaid Data and Analytics project for Connecticut.
• Coordinate with project teams and stakeholders to ensure project success.

Skills

Project Management

Data Analytics

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Data Visualization Tools

Cloud Solutions

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum is currently seeking a hands-on Senior Project/Program Manager to support our State of Connecticut Medicaid Data and Analytics project within our State Government Solutions Data and Analytics practice. The Senior PM will work with large Medicaid healthcare datasets and will translate client’s business requirements into enterprise systems, applications, or process designs for complex Medicaid health data solutions. The role will drive and support initiatives for our State of Connecticut Data and Analytics project as well as participate in the broader Optum State Government Data and Analytics group’s areas of data usage and governance, information management, privacy and security, data analytics and visualization and information modeling.

The Data Analytics Implementation Manager will lead a large-scale design, development, and implementation project using industry standard project management best practices. These project management best practices include management of integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource, communication, risk, procurement, and stakeholder. In this critical role the selected candidate will work closely with the client to build/expand data warehouse and reporting solutions for Optum. Serves as a key resource on complex business and technical issues facilitating and guiding for a resolution to meet/exceed customer expectations. Sets the example for communication with outstanding written and verbal communication. Manage cross-functional interdependencies between the customer, project teams, product team, and leadership.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Communicate and work with other project/EDW managers, project team, customer, and the EDW delivery/operations, BI Reporting/Analytics, and MDM team to coordinate all aspects of the project
• Serve as a technology generalist to guide the team on-prem and Cloud based solutions/implementations; partner with other teams such as product, architecture, legal, financial, accounting, Center of Excellence (CoE), and leadership as required
• Lead as a functional/business specialist or subject matter expert and liaison between the customer business team and technical project teams; partner with other State partners or vendors as required
• Serve as a key resource on complex and/or critical issues
• Support in meeting the Management by Business Objectives (MBOs) to achieve employee experience, customer loyalty, financial/revenue growth, and innovation goals
• Review work performed by others; provide recommendations for improvement
• Forecast and plan resource requirements
• Authorize deviations from standards
• Lead functional or segment teams or projects
• Provide explanations and information to others on complex issues
• Lead, motivate, and inspire other team members
• Manage customer relationships and anticipate customer needs to proactively develop solutions
• Develop and negotiate win/win solutions to project issues
• Support growth to the project/program
• Work with end users/customers to understand and develop requirements
• Organize and lead project related meetings with customers, development staff, and sponsor level staff
• Develop/maintain formal Project Schedule
• Deliver timely and accurate Project Status Reporting and Project Quality Management
• Deliver Project Resource/Staffing Management
• Lead to deliver the project/contractual requirements and actively manage project triple constraints, and risks/issues and action items to manage the needs of the stakeholders
• Lead/Support all knowledge areas of PMI, project management principles, and all project performance domains - per the latest PMBOK
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with programmers, analysts, immediate supervisor, management, system users, operations, other State agencies and the private sector
• Meet with users for clarification and elaboration as necessary to clearly define a problem and conceptualize a development plan
• Recognize, gather, correlate, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, and devise solutions and alternatives; and make appropriate recommendations

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