Senior Project Manager for WellMed

UnitedHealth Group is the most diversified health care company in the United States and a leader worldwide in helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone.

The Sr. Project Manager supports the VP, Operations by providing professional assistance, project management, recommendations on business need and performs operational management work covering a broad range of activities. This position is responsible for providing Subject Matter Expertise in areas including project scope definition, risk identification, project methodology, resource allocation, facilitation, and other areas of expertise based on established project management techniques. The position is also responsible for providing project coordination across multiple businesses units, analytical assessment of business problems, monitoring organizational performance, and identification of risk to operational plans. Develops various ad hoc reports and status updates to support initiatives.

• Assists in the development of organizational objectives and short and long term goals
• Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems
• Solves complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex analysis
• Translates concepts into practice
• Ability to utilize proven methodologies in project and change management (ex. PMBOK, ADKAR)
• Partners with departmental leadership and staff to identify/define performance planning/measures, tracking and reporting objectives
• Leads and guides functional and segment teams through project implementation with competing agendas and priorities
• Collaborate cross departmentally to manage risk forecasting/mitigation, project progress and issue resolution efforts
• Liaison between internal and external teams to help steer work stream communications to ensure response integrity
• Maintain project and process knowledge bank to support best practice identification and implementation
• Develop performance, project status, meeting correspondence and ad hoc reports for consumption by various levels of management
• Coaches, mentors and provides feedback to others. Acts as a resource to others with less experience
• Performs all other related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Administration, Business Administration or a related field required –OR- 4 additional years of comparable work experience beyond the required years may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of decision support, data analysis, or healthcare operations experience
• PMP certification
• Proven ability to successfully conceptualize an initiative, develop a plan and execute the plan through implementation
• Ability to interact one-on-one and consult with all levels of executive management
• Possession of strong analytical/statistical skills used in evaluating and analyzing data
• Advanced level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications to include Word, MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and Outlook

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters in Health Administration, Finance, Public Health or Business Administration.
• Certification and/or training in a nationally recognized Change Management Methodology
• Basic understanding of concepts and practices of Six Sigma