Senior Manager, Technical Program Delivery - Cloud, Data - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Belleville, IL

3h•Remote

About The Position

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. This Sr. Manager owns end‑to‑end delivery of cloud‑based technical initiatives, including implementing large‑scale solutions within an Azure and Snowflake technology stack. They will lead and manage large, complex technical development programs across multiple workstreams. They will be accountable for delivery quality, ensuring technical solutions meet defined requirements, performance standards, and business objectives. Additionally, they will own end‑to‑end program governance, ensuring alignment across delivery plans, financial outcomes, and quality standards in complex, multi‑workstream initiatives. We are looking for a senior, energetic technical delivery leader who can run a large Medicaid data platform end-to-end, balancing modernization, DDI, and production operations. This person is hands-on enough to engage with architects and engineers, senior enough to manage contract and financial outcomes, and steady enough to be a trusted partner to state leadership. 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

5+ years of experience leading large, complex technical delivery project/ programs, managing 10–15+ cross‑functional resources (ETL, Data Engineering, BI, QA, DBAs, Architecture, Security, App Admins, DevOps) across distributed teams
5+ years of Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) and Business Intelligence (BI) program/project management experience, supporting ETL/ELT pipeline, data modeling, data governance, analytics, and reporting solutions in regulated environments (such as Medicaid / public sector preferred)
3+ years of senior‑level customer engagement and relationship management, acting as a trusted delivery partner with executive stakeholders and state/client leadership
3+ years of program or contract management responsibility for initiatives valued at $5M+ annually, including financial oversight, forecasting, invoicing, margin awareness, scope control, meeting contractual requirements, and SLAs
2+ years of professional experience delivering cloud‑based data and analytics platforms, with demonstrated expertise in Azure, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory (ADF), and modern BI platforms such as Power BI or Tableau
Proven experience delivering enterprise‑scale cloud migration initiatives, including modernization from on‑prem EDW platforms to Azure Cloud, with hands‑on delivery exposure to Data, ETL, and BI tools such as Informatica PowerCenter, Databricks, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Teradata, Snowflake, and Business Objects, Power BI, Tableau BI Query, SAS, and programming languages such as Python
Solid ownership of end‑to‑end delivery quality for large, complex data and analytics programs, including governance, design reviews, testing strategy, release management, and production stabilization
Solid Agile delivery experience, including Scrum and hybrid Agile/Waterfall models, with demonstrated success driving iterative, incremental delivery using standard Agile tools and ceremonies
Demonstrated experience with Design Development and Implementation (DDI) or large‑scale data platform implementations, including integration with upstream/downstream systems, project governance, and supporting maintenance and operations (M&O) teams

Nice To Haves

CBIP, PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Agile certifications or equivalent certifications
Experience supporting SOC2 audits, Disaster Recovery solution/annual drills, security audits, or compliance‑driven programs
Public sector, Medicaid, or healthcare data experience
AI skills and integrating AI solution as part of the delivery

Responsibilities

Own delivery across both active modernization initiatives and ongoing production operations, including incident management, production stability, defect remediation, release coordination, and continuous improvement
Act as a day-to-day delivery partner for state and client leadership, balancing delivery rigor with transparency, responsiveness, and trust
Design Development and Implementation (DDI) delivery, large‑scale data platform implementations, and operations support with solid business acumen
Implement product or project in Cloud (using Azure, ADF, Snowflake, PowerBI – tech stack) with solid technical delivery and quality
Demonstrate exceptional execution discipline across project and program management dimensions, including: Schedule, scope, cost, and quality control, Risk and issue management, Change management, Executive‑level communication and stakeholder alignment
Program management and commercial/financial acumen, including experience with: Cost and revenue forecasting, Invoicing and financial reconciliation, Vendor management, Statements of Work (SoWs), Contract amendments, renewals, and proposals
Coordinate delivery across product, engineering, operations, security, and support teams
Contractual and compliance alignment for regulated environments
Solid leadership presence with the ability to: Manage resources with direct reports and indirect reports, Operate efficiently in a matrix organization, Thought leadership and challenging the status quo to deliver business value, Lead and motivate large technical teams, Influence without authority, Balance delivery rigor with customer partnership, Navigate ambiguity in complex modernization programs