Release Manager
UnitedHealth Group is an innovative leader in the health and well-being industry, serving more than 55 million Americans. Through our family of companies, we contribute outstanding clinical insight with consumer-friendly services and advanced technology to help people achieve optimal health.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Responsible for workflow of all projects
- Interact with customers both internal and external to gather project requirements and act as liaison between customer and design team
- Simultaneously lead several complex projects with varied, multiple deliverables, team members and audiences requiring ongoing prioritization and relationship management
- Communicate job status information to all team members
- Promote smooth workflow and communication between departments
- Create and manage timelines for all projects
- Ensure workflow progresses efficiently and projects/staff are organized as priorities shift
- Maintain job tracking and time keeping database
- Maintain and update project status report and run weekly status meetings
- Help enhance and improve department processes
- Communicate consolidated project milestones and deliverables for readiness
- The ability to generate detailed project status reporting (including critical path impact, dependencies, milestones, resources, cost, work breakdown structures, etc).
- The ability to work in a matrix environment across cross functional teams
- Workflow design, implementation and management experience
- Strong negotiation skills
Requirements:
- 3+ Years experience providing project/program status updates to project teams and Leadership, both written and verbal.
- 3+ Years experience in risk and issue mitigation, including historical tracking, documentation and resolution
- 3+ Years application of strong analytical skills, including ability to access issues even prior to their occurrence, and ability to see issue through to completion.
- 1+ Year experience in Software Development Life Cycle, or similar Project Lifecycle experience.
- 2+ Years Experience with Microsoft Office Projects, specifically including MS Excel and PowerPoint
- HS Diploma/GED
Assets:
- Bachelor's degree
- Formal Project Management Experience
- Experience with Iterative Development Lifecycle
- Familiarity with Current UHG Policies and Procedures.
- Familiarity with Planview WBS Creation and Maintenance
What makes your technology career greater with UnitedHealth Group? You'll have the most opportunities to grow and develop. We invest in rich technology resources and talented people to help glean and use intelligence in ways that drive quality and affordability of healthcare for millions of people worldwide. It's your chance to be a transformational force in the industry and within UnitedHealth Group. If you believe there is always a better way, take the next step in exploring your potential with UnitedHealth Group.
UnitedHealth Group IT provides a diverse and comprehensive array of application design and infrastructure services designed to advance improved health and well-being for our customers, and to benefit UnitedHealth Group employees across the enterprise. Comprised of the Application Services Group, Enterprise Technology Services Group and the IT Business Services Group, UnitedHealth Group IT has over 7,000 internal and external resources across the globe, and offices in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wisconsin and India.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.
Job Category: IT/Software Development
Reference Code: 379505
Position Type: Full Time, Employee