Role Description This role is essential in driving the success of clinical research projects, directly impacting the clients and teams you collaborate with. The successful candidate will oversee project teams and manage daily operations, striving for operational excellence and exceeding client expectations. Working within a specialized Biotech Division, you'll contribute significantly to running global clinical trials focused on innovative therapies. This position requires a unique blend of leadership, flexibility, and problem-solving skills, making it ideal for individuals passionate about improving health outcomes. - Lead project teams to ensure efficient execution of clinical trials. - Manage day-to-day project operations while adhering to timelines and budgets. - Coordinate team activities and resources for optimal project delivery. - Maintain high-quality standards to exceed client expectations. - Support the Biotech Division by addressing unique client needs. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to facilitate successful project outcomes. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in a clinical or health-related field; advanced degree preferred. - Minimum 2+ years of experience in leading Global Clinical Trials. - Background in Project Management within CROs, Biotech, or Pharma companies. - Experience in project scheduling and resource management. - Knowledge of the full clinical development process, including regulatory submissions. - Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills. Benefits - Flexible work schedule allowing remote work. - Opportunities for professional growth and development. - Collaborative and supportive work environment. - Engagement with innovative projects in the healthcare sector. - Access to a network of professionals in the industry.

• Lead end-to-end project management from concept to execution. • Ensure everything stays on time, on budget, and on strategy. • Partner closely with cross-functional teams across the agency. • Oversee all project phases and deliverables.

• You will support our project managers in day-to-day operations and take early responsibility for clearly defined parts of our digital projects. • You will gain direct insight into the coordination of complex client projects and gradually develop an understanding of professional project management. • You will assist in the planning and coordination of digital projects and help create timelines, roadmaps and simple backlogs. • You will prepare meetings, document outcomes and ensure all stakeholders are aligned. • You will handle communication with internal teams and help translate information in a structured way between clients, developers and designers. • You will help prepare reports and, together with the team, keep track of progress, deadlines and open items. • You will identify ambiguities or bottlenecks early and proactively raise them with the team. • You will contribute to quality assurance and support the timely and correct delivery of projects.

Requisition Number: 2348393 For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Sr Tech Project Manager role leads assigned projects and program initiatives through all project stages to ensure deliverables are met on time and in budget. May provide support to the Principal Project Program Manager for workstreams on program initiatives. Participates in portfolio management and related process activities. To support this mission, OSIT has embarked on a multi-year modernization journey, within which the Software Engineer will play a key role: working within our legacy application as we update it to a cloud-native platform which follows modern design standards. 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: - Lead to the development of project scope statements, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic objectives, Ensure that all impacted areas are identified and that appropriate resources are engaged to participate in the scope definition process, Ensure that all project dependencies, project deliverables, and success criteria are identified, obtain agreement on project scope from applicable stakeholders, and ensure that requirements sign-off is obtained, complying with governance guidelines, monitor scope for scope issues, raise awareness of any misalignment or misunderstanding of project scope and objectives with applicable stakeholders, Manage project scope through change management to drive effective project execution - Identify project duration, effort, sequence, and dependencies of tasks required to meet applicable project objectives, develop and maintain detailed project plans, Acquire project resources, Work with resource managers to drive the demand planning, ensure resourcing is aligned with available funding, obtain agreement from applicable stakeholders on schedule, time management and resource plans, and negotiate changes/adjust project plans as needed, Monitor and report progress throughout the project life cycle, Ensure seamless transition from project implementation to the business - Develop project budgets and forecasts, obtaining approvals from applicable stakeholders, analyze and maintain financial forecast information, manage project budgets, ensuring appropriate cost controls and project budget, participate in the capital request process, identify procurement needs for external resources, ensure adherence to established financial close procedures and governance guidelines, drive the capital request process, as appropriate, conduct reviews of budget variances, developing options for resolution and recommendations for PMO best practices, implement adjustments to project/program forecasts and budgets, obtaining appropriate approvals as needed, ensure adherence to established financial close procedures and governance guidelines - Establish quality objectives, criteria, standards and levels using appropriate quality management methods, with input from applicable stakeholders, monitor and document project milestones and outcomes throughout the project lifecycle to ensure adherence to established quality standards, monitor the testing process, ensure defects are closed prior to deployment, and proper release/deployment/functionality of the project, ensure that controls are identified and operationalized to allow benefit tracking and reporting, identify root causes of substandard project outcomes, analyze project outcomes and make appropriate recommendations to improve, monitor project results going forward and ensure that the project is delivering the expected benefits to the business - Identify potential risks/issues, recommend, communicate and implement risk management plans in support of lead project manager direction, ensure resolution of identified and assigned risks, recommend contingency plans, develop/monitor/maintain applicable risk/issue logs, review project plan to identify emerging risks - Develop, document and implement project communication plans, manage communications among all applicable stakeholders, establish, develop and maintain effective relationships with applicable project stakeholders, manage vendor relationships, resolve conflicts among project participants, provide project management resources to applicable audiences, distribute project reports/documentation to applicable stakeholders, implement for ongoing project documentation storage, ensure understanding and buy-in from applicable stakeholders, recognize project team contributions throughout the project, Effectively navigates and manages complex relationships - Clearly articulates project management methodology and governance framework, guide discussions and challenge the status quo, Articulates how project stages and artifacts deliver value, seeks clarification and provides alternatives, facilitates decision making across stakeholders, seeks input from others in analysis, embraces change - Continually improves management style and documentation, Focuses on speed to value, manages roadmap to an iterative approach, Leverages internal network of partners to develop point of view in undefined spaces 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: - Bachelor's Degree in Software, Business, Engineering or related discipline with an emphasis in Project Management. Equivalent combination of education, experience and/or applicable military experience will be considered - 5+ years of demonstrated Project Management experience - 2+ years of Leadership experience - Experience with development and reporting of project costs, and project financial analysis - Microsoft Office Suite skills, including Microsoft Project, Visio and Access - Demonstrated leadership capabilities and the ability to effectively influence people and build solid relationships, in order to accomplish the project goals - Demonstrated advanced project management abilities in the execution of the 5 stages of project management: Initiation, Planning Execution, Monitor and Control, Closeout. Be able to articulate this ability with relevant work experience - Demonstrated facilitation and project management experience for complex technical projects or programs - Demonstrated solid time-management skills - Proven good organization skills and the ability to balance projects of varying complexity simultaneously - Proven solid verbal and written communication skills - Proven ability to facilitate and negotiate consensus around project and/or product goals - Proven solid interpersonal skills including the ability to present, persuade and provide professional presentations to both internal and external Customers - If you are offered this position, you will be required to provide extensive personal information to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance as a condition of your employment - US Citizenship Preferred Qualifications: - National Career Readiness Certificate - Project Management Professional (PMP) certification - Experience with large scale technology implementation projects including custom software development and/or third party software integrations - Project Management experience within Agile Scrum - Military or Government contract project experience *All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission. OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.