Senior Project Manager

UST; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 88,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation 10 days/year

Sick leave 6 days/year

Medical dental vision insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

UST is recruiting a Senior Project Manager to drive delivery of data platform, ML, and cloud initiatives within our healthcare payer business. You will own schedules, scope, risks, budgets, and stakeholder alignment for programs built on AWS with Databricks and AgentCore foundations.

You will lead multi-team delivery spanning data ingestion, lakehouse builds, ML deployment, and cloud infrastructure, coordinating with architects, data engineers, and compliance partners to ensure HIPAA and privacy

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project or program management experience, including 4+ years leading technical delivery on data/AI initiatives.
• Healthcare payer domain familiarity with claims, clinical, provider, or Medicare data and regulatory context.
• Strong cloud data platform background with hands-on AWS and Databricks experience.
• Experience with ML delivery lifecycles, data prep, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Familiarity with generative AI and agentic systems; AWS AgentCore a plus.
• Budget, forecast, and vendor management of multi-million-dollar programs.
• Proficient in Agile, Scrum, SAFe or hybrid delivery; Jira/Azure DevOps/Smartsheet/MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multi-team programs across data ingestion, lakehouse builds, ML deployment, and AWS infra.
• Create and maintain integrated plans, roadmaps, milestones, forecasts, and budget reporting for complex initiatives.
• Collaborate with architects, data/ML engineers, and agentic systems developers to scope work and define delivery commitments.
• Identify and mitigate risks including data quality, access constraints, model validation, and security approvals.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies or hybrid governance and drive continuous improvement in delivery metrics.
• Translate technical status into clear executive updates for clinical, business, and compliance stakeholders.
• Ensure HIPAA, data privacy, security, and governance requirements are met; coordinate with security teams.
• Manage vendor relationships, SOWs, delivery acceptance, and performance tracking.
• Coach team members and foster accountability, transparency, and quality.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Claims management

Medicare Advantage

Scrum

AWS

Jira

HIPAA

Machine learning

Product management

Tools

Databricks

AWS

S3

IAM

Glue

Lambda

EKS/ECS

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Job description

Role description

Senior Project Manager

The Role

UST is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead delivery of data platform, machine learning, and cloud initiatives across our healthcare payer business. The role owns schedules, scope, risks, budgets, and stakeholder alignment for programs built on AWS, with Databricks as the primary data and ML platform and AWS AgentCore as the foundation for agentic AI systems. The work spans healthcare payer data domains, including claims, clinical, provider, and Medicare Advantage data. The ideal candidate moves between executive conversations and technical detail, challenges estimates, spots architectural dependencies early, and manages the regulatory and operational realities of sensitive member and provider data.

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multi-team programs spanning data ingestion, Databricks lakehouse build-outs, ML model development and deployment, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans, roadmaps, milestone tracking, resource forecasts, and budget reporting for complex, multi-phase initiatives.
• Partner with solution architects, data engineers, ML engineers, and AgentCore/agentic systems developers to scope work, sequence dependencies, and define realistic delivery commitments.
• Identify, track, and mitigate risks and issues, including data quality gaps, claims or provider data access constraints, model validation timelines, and cloud security approvals.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies or hybrid delivery governance as appropriate, and drive continuous improvement in team processes and delivery metrics.
• Translate technical status and tradeoffs into clear, actionable updates for executives, clinical and business stakeholders, and compliance partners.
• Ensure delivery adheres to HIPAA, data privacy, security, and enterprise governance requirements, including coordination with compliance, legal, and information security teams.
• Manage vendor and third-party relationships where applicable, including SOWs, deliverable acceptance, and performance tracking.
• Coach and develop project team members, and foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and quality.

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What You Need

Required

• 8+ years of project or program management experience, with at least 4 years leading technical delivery on data, analytics, cloud, or AI initiatives.
• Proven track record managing programs in healthcare payer environments, with working familiarity with claims, clinical, provider, and/or Medicare Advantage data domains and their regulatory context.
• Solid technical background in cloud data platforms, with hands‑on understanding of AWS services (e.g., S3, IAM, Glue, Lambda, EKS/ECS, networking and security fundamentals) and Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, workflows, and ML lifecycle concepts).
• Working knowledge of machine learning delivery lifecycles, including data preparation, model development, validation, deployment, and monitoring, sufficient to ask the right questions and assess technical risk.
• Familiarity with generative AI and agentic system concepts; experience with AWS AgentCore or comparable agent frameworks is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, forecasts, and vendor relationships across multi‑million‑dollar programs.
• Strong command of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, SAFe, and/or hybrid) and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, or MS Project.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior executives and technical teams alike.
• Understanding of HIPAA and data security requirements in a regulated enterprise environment.

Preferred

• PMP, PgMP, PMI‑ACP, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent project/program management certification.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect – Associate, or Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate or Machine Learning Associate.
• Experience with Medicare Advantage risk adjustment, HEDIS/Stars reporting, or CMS compliance programs.
• Prior experience delivering AI/ML programs in a regulated industry such as healthcare, insurance, or financial services.

Location & Compensation

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Chicago, IL / Alpharetta, GA

Compensation Range: $88,000 - $132,000

Who We Are

Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Headquartered in the United States, UST is powered by technology, driven by AI, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our AI‑driven digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering, R&D, products, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive business outcomes. With deep industry knowledge and a future‑ready mindset, we infuse expertise, innovation, and agility into our clients' organizations‑delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact‑touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at .

Benefits

Full‑time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro‑rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company‑paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short‑ and long‑term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short‑term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.

Part‑time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro‑rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.

Full‑time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro‑rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Part‑time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro‑rated for new hires throughout the year).

All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

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Skills

Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Claims Management, Product Management, Medicare Advantage, Scrum, AWS, Jira, HIPAA, Machine Learning

Benefits

Compensation range: $ 88,000.00 to 132,000.00 per year