Sr. Program Manager - Delivery Lead - Remote

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Sr. Program Manager - Delivery Lead for remote work in the U.S. The role embeds with business and product teams to translate objectives into actionable program plans, lead cross-functional delivery, and ensure alignment with security, regulatory, and architecture guardrails.

The position offers flexible, remote work with in-office requirements for specific locations. You will oversee end-to-end program delivery, coordinate across engineering, data, and operations,

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional technology programs from initiation through implementation and operational transition.
• Translate strategic objectives and business needs into integrated program plans with scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate and drive execution across business, product, architecture, engineering, data, QA, security, operations, vendors, and other teams; manage backlog, releases, and readiness.
• Identify and communicate program risks, issues, assumptions, and cross-team dependencies; remove barriers to protect scope, schedule, quality, cost, or outcomes.
• Monitor program financials, resource demand, forecasts, and vendor commitments; ensure artifacts and controls meet requirements.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Embed with business/product teams to observe workflows and convert problems into testable solutions.
• Shape solution approaches with architects; keep designs aligned with enterprise standards and guardrails.
• Develop prototypes and early releases with real data and integrations; collaborate with engineers to move from prototype to production.

Skills

Program delivery

Agile

SAFe

Vendor management

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description - Sr. Program Manager - Delivery Lead - Remote (2391896)

Sr. Program Manager - Delivery Lead - Remote - 2391896

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Sr. Program Manager - Delivery Lead embeds with business and product teams to understand desired outcomes, shapes and builds working solutions with engineering partners, and carries them through to deployment. The role owns delivery commitments and customer outcomes, and works within enterprise architecture guardrails, security requirements, and regulatory expectations.

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:

Program Delivery

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional technology programs from initiation through implementation and operational transition. This includes mobilization, delivery-model definition, team formation, governance, and operating cadence
• Translate strategic objectives and business needs into integrated program plans covering scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, financials, risks, and measurable outcomes. Partner with product and business leaders to define requirements, acceptance criteria, and implementation readiness, with clear accountability
• Coordinate and drive execution across business, product, architecture, engineering, data, quality assurance, security, operations, vendors, and other dependent teams. Oversee backlog, release, testing, implementation, and operational-readiness activities, and apply Agile, SAFe, waterfall, or hybrid practices as required
• Identify, manage, and communicate program risks, issues, assumptions, and cross-team dependencies. Remove barriers that could affect scope, schedule, quality, cost, or business outcomes, and escape material concerns with recommended actions
• Monitor program financials, resource demand, forecasts, and vendor commitments, and address variances early. Ensure artifacts, decisions, deliverables, and controls meet organizational, contractual, regulatory, security, and compliance expectations
• Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain delivery momentum in a complex, fast-paced environment

Forward-Deployed Solution Delivery

• Embed with business and product teams to observe current workflows, data, systems, and pain points firsthand, and convert real operating problems into clear, testable solution definitions
• Partner with architects to shape solution approaches and options, state trade-offs clearly, and keep designs aligned with enterprise standards, patterns, and guardrails
• Build or direct working prototypes and early releases using real data and real integrations (for example APIs, data pipelines, automation, or AI-enabled workflows), demonstrating working behavior in short, frequent loops. Work hands-on with engineers to resolve integration, data, access, and environment issues, and own the path from prototype to a safe, support