VP, Portfolio Management (IT Programs)

Company:	UnitedHealth Group Company Profile \| Current Opportunities (381)
Job Location(s):	Edina
Employment Term:	Regular
Employment Type	Full Time
Start Date:	As soon as possible
Starting Salary Range:	Not Provided
Required Education:	Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience:	Open
Related Categories:	IT - General

Position Description

VP, Portfolio Management (IT Programs)-332074

Description

UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow. Already Fortune 25, we are totally focused on innovation and change. We work a little harder. We aim a little higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And at the end of the day, we're doing a lot of good.

UnitedHealth Group IT (UHG IT) operates as an agile and flexible enterprise technology organization that proactively addresses, and effectively responds to, constant challenges of our business to deliver best-in-class innovative technology solutions. UHG IT provides a diverse and comprehensive array of application design and infrastructure services designed to advance improved health and well-being for our customers. UHG IT is comprised of over 9,000 people across the globe, with offices in CA, CT, MN, NJ, SC, WI, India and Manila. Sound interesting? Find out more by exploring this newly created leadership opportunity in our Edina, MN location.

VP, Portfolio Management (IT Programs)

As a direct report to the UnitedHealthcare CIO, this leader will be responsible for coordinating all IT work requests across UnitedHealthcare (UHC). Accountable for managing the capital planning and the project prioritization processes for a $40B organization.

Specific responsibilities will include:

Participate in the strategic planning process for both the business and IT organizations
Work across business leaders to identify IT service requests and map them to strategic plans, prioritize the work and facilitate the capital planning process
Define and manage the UHC Portfolio Management function
Define and manage work intake and demand management processes
Lead the UHC portfolio of large IT development programs and projects
Build and direct a senior team of program and project managers to execute projects from beginning to end to deliver on-time, on-budget, on benefit and on-quality
Direct and manage work in accordance with internal methodologies and best practices
Manage and track the IT change agenda relative to the process and organizational change agenda
Horizontal coordination of vertical domain focused business analysts
Manage status reporting process, steering committees and other activities related to the portfolio
Build and track domain process models
Respond to business case requests
Support business analysts and the CIO with detailed analysis and reporting as needed

Qualifications

Candidates will possess:

15 years program and portfolio management experience
10 years business process mapping experience
15 years IT project management experience
15 years capital planning and business case development experience
Broad experiences across many IT disciplines
Ability to translate a business agenda into technology terms and vice-versa
Demonstrated people leadership abilities
Prior interactions within the cSuite of a Fortune 500 company
Experience creating business cases and involvement in investment decisions
Proven experience successfully delivering multi-million dollar programs with discipline
Ability to build trust and long-term relationships across both business and IT constituents
Prior success building effective relationships within a highly matrixed environment
Experience leading diverse resources across multiple programs simultaneously
Prior experiences delivering on change agendas
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Bachelor's degree in related area, advanced degree preferred

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 IT General Management

Primary LocationUS-MN-Edina

Organization UHG IT Sr Mgmt

Schedule Full-time

Number of Openings 1