Technical Project Manager
About The Position
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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Requirements
- 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, PoweBI reports or similar
- 2+ years of experience with PRJ / cost center setup and ensuring accurate financial charging
Nice To Haves
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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 → 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
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
