Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum is a global health services organization that uses technology to improve health outcomes and connect people with care, benefits, data, and resources. The Senior Technical Project Manager will lead the delivery of cloud build initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams, governance, vendors, risks, timelines, and delivery artifacts while using AI-enabled tools to improve execution and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Drive execution across cross-functional teams including platform engineering, infrastructure, security, and application teams
- Coordinate cloud build activities such as environment provisioning, landing zones, network setup, identity integration, and shared services enablement
- Own delivery governance across risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies; proactively identify blockers, escalate appropriately, and drive resolution
- Develop and maintain project plans, delivery timelines, milestones, dependencies, and status reporting to support execution within committed scope and timeframes
- Facilitate cross-team alignment forums, working sessions, stakeholder reviews, and execution routines to drive decisions and remove roadblocks
- Prepare and deliver clear, concise updates for leadership, highlighting build progress, risks, issues, dependencies, mitigation plans, and decision needs
- Collaborate with vendors and service providers to align scope, timelines, deliverables, and execution expectations
- Ensure build artifacts such as runbooks, architecture diagrams, environment configurations, delivery plans, and dependency documentation are maintained and accessible
- Use AI-enabled tools to generate, refine, and maintain delivery artifacts including status reports, program plans, timelines, dependency mappings, and leadership updates
- Apply organization knowledge to navigate processes, systems, and policies; proactively seek the right stakeholders and resources to facilitate successful outcomes
- Assess delivery risks and impacts, evaluate mitigation options, and apply business and historical context to recommend paths forward
- Evaluate quality processes, identify opportunities to streamline, and consider customer experience, business impact, and solution objectives when managing risks and delivery decisions
- Build customer and stakeholder confidence by delivering to commitments, maintaining open communication, incorporating feedback, and adjusting delivery approach as needed
Skills
- • Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- • 5+ years of experience in technical project or program management within cloud or infrastructure domains
- • PMP or equivalent certification
- • Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional technology initiatives
- • Strong knowledge of dependency management, risk management, and delivery governance
- • Experience defining project scope, identifying risks, and ensuring delivery within timelines and scope
- • Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, infrastructure, and business teams
- • Strong communication and leadership skills, with ability to present to technical and executive stakeholders
- • Demonstrated use of AI tools to enhance delivery execution and reporting
- • Experience working with vendors, service providers, and cross-functional engineering teams to align scope, timelines, and deliverables
- • Experience supporting senior technology leadership and coordinating engineering organizations
- • Experience driving process improvements for operational readines
- • Experience working in large enterprise technology or health care technology environments
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
- Flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.
- Career development opportunities
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