Director, Real Estate Services - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Denver, CO

10d•$134,600 - $230,800•Remote

About The Position

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company dedicated to improving health outcomes. As a Director, Real Estate Services, you will lead a portfolio of complex project and program initiatives across large business units, multiple markets, and sites. You will provide strategic direction, governance, and delivery standards while partnering with internal teams, external vendors, consultants, design partners, and construction partners to ensure projects are completed on time, in scope, within budget, and aligned to corporate priorities. This role provides leadership to multiple layers of management and senior-level professional staff and plays a key role in driving execution, accountability, risk mitigation, stakeholder engagement, and operational excellence. 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.

Requirements

Project management certification achieved or equivalent demonstrated project/program management capability
Experience leading complex projects, programs, or portfolios across large business units, multiple markets, sites, functions, or disciplines
Experience managing employees, leaders, senior-level professional staff, and/or matrixed internal and external teams
Experience defining and managing project scope, objectives, requirements, dependencies, deliverables, approvals, and change-management processes
Experience managing project timelines, resource plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, financial controls, estimates, invoices, and cost variances
Experience identifying, assessing, communicating, and mitigating project risks and issues across the project lifecycle
Experience developing project communications, executive summaries, dashboards, metrics, status reports, and stakeholder-facing presentations
Experience working collaboratively across cross-functional teams, business partners, leadership, vendors, consultants, and service providers

Nice To Haves

Experience in real estate services, facilities, design, construction, workplace strategy, or related project delivery environments
Experience overseeing project management, design, construction, consultant, vendor, and service provider performance against KPIs
Experience with project governance processes, capital planning, procurement, cost-benefit analysis, and business case development
Experience applying project management tools, dashboards, metrics, project repositories, and documentation standards
Experience supporting process improvement, change leadership, stakeholder engagement, and operational transition from implementation to business operations
Knowledge of design, construction, building codes, project quality standards, and project delivery controls

Responsibilities

Develop and execute project and portfolio strategies across large business units, multiple markets, sites, functions, and/or disciplines
Provide leadership, direction, and accountability through multiple layers of management and senior-level professional staff
Establish governance, consistent delivery standards, reporting, controls, and project management methodologies to support successful execution
Lead internal and external project teams, including vendor, design, construction, consultant, and service provider partners
Define and manage project scope, objectives, requirements, dependencies, success criteria, approvals, and change-management processes
Own and guide budgets, forecasts, estimates, change orders, cost models, procurement needs, invoices, actuals, variances, and financial governance
Manage project timelines, resource plans, schedules, milestones, dashboards, reporting, risks, issues, and escalation paths
Anticipate project risks and issues, lead mitigation planning, maintain risk/issue logs, and develop contingency and recovery plans when needed
Ensure project deliverables meet established quality standards, regulatory requirements, testing expectations, documentation standards, and benefit-tracking objectives
Build and maintain solid relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, leadership, internal customers, functional SMEs, consultants, and vendors
Prepare and deliver executive-ready project updates, status reports, metrics, presentations, issues, risks, opportunities, and outcome summaries
Drive process improvement, lessons learned, repeatable practices, documentation standards, and change leadership across projects and programs