Job: IT Project Manager - Plymouth, MN

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Jobing Description

Job Description:


Responsible for coordination, status reporting and stability of project work efforts. Deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the stated deliverables through the use of structured project management processes. Responsible for assembling project plans and escalating issues appropriately. Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans to meet the needs of the customers. Responsible for providing timely communication to the customer and Manager on project status. Makes recommendations to Manager regarding project prioritization.

This role is one of a facilitator to manage the success of project life cycle for the Production Operations organization using best practices to achieve efficient project management through the use of project management tools and processes utilizing both technical experts and business knowledge resources.


Role and Responsibilities:

• Be the primary contact for the project to business and IS/IT management.


• Build relationships with business stakeholders to ensure proper project communications and participation.


• Ensure requirements are defined, understood and feasible. Establish clear expectations and scope with all stakeholders.


• Constantly evaluate the projects ability to meet its objectives, and refine plans or manage expectations as required.


• Balance and communicate expectations around schedule, scope and budget while maximizing business value and customer satisfaction.


• Define and schedule deliverables, activities and milestones to ensure accountabilities are clear to team members, business customers and vendors.


• Actively manage, report, and escalate project control points including Risks, Issues, Milestones, etc.


• Maintain project status reports.


• Excellent communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills, able to engage effectively at all levels of the organization and with vendors.


• Analytical and methodical problem solver.


• Strong sense of creative project management, able to hit the ground running.


• Deep understanding of PMBOK process groups and knowledge areas required, PMP certification preferred.

UnitedHealth Group IT provides a diverse and comprehensive array of application design and infrastructure services designed to advance improved health and well-being for our customers, and to benefit UnitedHealth Group employees across the enterprise. Comprised of the Application Services Group, Enterprise Technology Services Group and the IT Business Services Group, UnitedHealth Group IT has over 7,000 internal and external resources across the globe, and offices in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wisconsin and India.

Skills / Requirements

Requirements:

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  5+ years of progressive IT experience
  


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  3+ years of IT project management experience
  


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  3+ years experience gathering and writing technical requirements in a project capacity
  


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  Bachelor's Degree required
  

Assets:

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  Master's degree
  


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  Healthcare experience
  


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  PMP Certification
  

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.