Requisition Number: 2359728
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Optum State Government partners with state and local agencies to help modernize and manage Medicaid, health and human services, and public health programs through data-driven technology, analytics, and operational support-improving access to care, program efficiency, and outcomes for the populations they serve.
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:
- Own end to end delivery of data analytics implementations, applying rigorous project management practices to deploy Optum's analytics products to customers.
- Build the future of data warehousing on the Azure Cloud/Snowflake
- Collaborate closely with the client to build/expand our data warehouse solutions
- Serve as a key subject matter resource on complex and/or critical issues and business solutions
- Review work performed by others to deliver quality; provide recommendations for improvement
- Forecast and plan resource requirements
- Authorize deviations from standards; approve project delivery to production and securing approvals from the customer
- May lead functional or segment teams or projects
- Provide explanations and information to others on complex issues
- Lead, motivate, and inspire other team members
- Manage customer relationships and anticipate customer needs to proactively develop solutions
- Develop and negotiate win/win solutions to project issues
- Work with end users/customers to understand and develop requirements
- Organize and lead project related meetings with customers, development staff, and sponsor/executive level staff
- Develop/maintain formal Project Schedule
- Deliver Project Status Reporting, Project Quality Management, and other PMI PMBOK knowledge areas and performance domains
- Lead Project Resource/Staffing Management
- Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with programmers, analysts, immediate supervisor, management, system users, operations, other State agencies and the private sector
- Meet with users for clarification and elaboration as necessary to clearly define a problem and conceptualize a development plan
- Recognize, gather, correlate, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, and devise solutions and alternatives; and make appropriate recommendations
- Support project quality, people experience, revenue, business growth, innovation/knowledge management, customer NPS goals/MBOs (Management by Business Objectives)
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years managing large complex development projects with ten (10) or more resources
- 5+ years of Data Warehousing experience and Business Intelligence (BI) reporting/data analytics project management experience
- 3+ years of experience managing customer relationships
- 3+ years of experience managing a contract for a program value $5+ million in revenue
- 2+ years of professional experience with Cloud (Azure/Snowflake), ADF, Tableau and PowerBI
- Agile project experience using Agile/Scrum tools, iterative and incremental delivery
- DDI project/product implementation
- Solid project management execution discipline include schedule, scope, quality, communication, and stakeholders management
Preferred Qualifications:
- PMI PMP, CBIP, Agile/Scrum certified
- 5+ years managing complex application development projects, in healthcare within Medicaid projects
- 3+ years of formal personnel management experience of both direct reports and matrixed resources
- Federal Reporting Experience (T-MSIS, MARS, PERM, and Quality of Care Core measures)
- State Medicaid Data Warehouse or Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) knowledge/experience
- Teradata, Informatica, Business Objects or SAS experience
- Experience with Microsoft Project and MS project online
- Experience with Project and Contract level Change Management
- Experience with Project Risks/Issues Management
- Experience with project development methodology and project management methodology and able to apply methodology in a