[Hiring] Technical Project Manager @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

As a key member of our team, you will:

• Coordinate across multiple teams: ECS, business partners, AI CoE, engineering, product, finance, and dependent tech teams
• Leverage AI to automate workflows and drive continuous improvement & innovation
• Track cross‑team dependencies, milestones, risks, and issues
• Own and maintain the IRAAD (Issues, Risks, Actions, Assumptions, Decisions) tracker
• Produce clear status reports for leadership (delivery, risks, dependencies, funding)
• Own program financial governance:
• Track budgets, burn, forecasts, and funding alignment
• Ensure PRJs are correctly set up
• Ensure right people are charging to the right PRJs (internal + dependent teams)
• Monitor and follow up on timesheet compliance
• Coordinate with business teams and AI CoE on project scope, priorities, and funding
• Partner closely with AI tech and product teams on delivery and planning
• Help build and mature the Cortex tool:
• Bring visibility and transparency to tech and business leadership
• Coordinate with finance, HCP tech, product, and other teams
• Define and integrate financial views and metrics into Cortex
• Support scaling Cortex from ECS to Optum Health tech orgs
• Support integration of Synapse into Cortex:
• Synapse = ECS operational metrics tool
• Help scale Synapse visibility across Optum Health AI
• Coordinate with program managers from other tech organizations to ensure alignment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4+ years of experience in program management, delivery management, operations, or PMO roles supporting technology initiatives
• 4+ years of experience in coordinating cross‑functional teams, including engineering, product, business, finance, and platform/dependent tech teams
• 4+ years of experience in tracking dependencies, milestones, risks, and issues across multiple workstreams
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience owning and maintaining governance artifacts such as: IRAAD, Action logs, Executive status reports
• 4+ years of working knowledge of financial governance for tech programs, including Budget vs actuals tracking, Burn rate monitoring, Forecasting support
• 2+ years of experience producing leadership‑ready status reporting, including delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and funding updates
• 2+ years of experience working with tools like CA PPM, Asana, PowerBI reports or similar
• 2+ years of experience with PRJ / cost center setup and ensuring accurate financial charging

Requirements

• Experience supporting funding approvals, CBAs, or investment governance
• Experience in enterprise or healthcare technology environments
• PMP, CAPM, or similar project/program management certification
• Strong communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)