Job: Senior Project Manager - End to End

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Jobing Description

Are you interested in working for a leading healthcare insurance company that will provide you with rich and varied project management opportunities, working with other talented professionals, and experiences that complement your interests? We seek project managers with a creative mindset and problem-solving skills using a consultative approach.

Our PMO is well placed to help our internal and external customers meet the challenges and opportunities of the ever changing healthcare landscape. At UnitedHealthOne, you will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued. We offer a career that allows for a variety of challenging opportunities throughout your career.

As a project manager you will be a part of the PMO and will be responsible for leading end-to-end project management activities for key strategic organizational projects and quality assurance coordination. The selected candidate will:

Work on multiple small projects of a moderately complex nature or on a single work stream of a large complex project

Establishing an overall end-to-end testing approach across multiple projects

Contribute to the development of new Project Management practices and processes used throughout the organization

Work with key business and IT stakeholders to develop a project management plan including identifying the business needs, project goals, objectives, project approach, project staffing, project roles and responsibilities and project budget.

Develop, manage and deliver project communications to various levels of the organization

Develop and manage the project schedule and determine impacts to the schedule based on scope, resource or other project changes

Manage the financial aspects of the project which may include developing a TCO or CBA model

Work with business and IT to acquire and manage project resources

The successful candidate will possess:

Strong leadership skills working with teams to create a project team atmosphere of trust, seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation and mentoring staff

Strong business knowledge of various functional areas such as Sales, Operations, Finance and Compliance in various industries

Experience with managing vendors in developing master services agreements and statements of work and managing the vendor budget

Experience working with virtual project teams over multiple time zones and cultures

Managing a broad range of project types such as business process improvement, vendor selection, package design and implementation, custom development, design and implementation, data migrations, mergers and acquisitions, etc.

Solid relationship building skills with all levels of an organization

Skills / Requirements

BA/BS degree in a related field and/or equivalent education and experience.
At least 7 years of project management experience

3+ years of managing testing initiatives

Insurance, financial services, operations or consulting experience is preferred

Extensive experience with MS Project, SharePoint, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Certification or in process of Certification for Project Management is preferred and previous experience in a Project Management Office (PMO) is a plus.



UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

When you work with UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, what you do matters. It's that simple...and it's that challenging.

In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. Join us and you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.

Regardless of your role at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, the support you feel all around you will enable you to do what you do with energy, integrity, and confidence. So take the first step in what is sure to be a fast paced and highly diversified career.

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.