Senior Manager Data Analytics - Remote

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains extensive working relationships with the State and project stakeholders
• Serves as the State's primary point of contact for project status, meetings, requirements, scope changes, financial, administrative, and technical aspects of the various Optum-supported applications
• Resource management and staff performance
• Validate activities comply with the project timeline and schedules
• Ensure understanding of priorities, business needs, schedule, status, and deliverables amongst members of the business and technical teams
• Manage day-to-day communication and ensure rapid resolution of requests and questions from business users and technical teams
• Facilitate sessions with business and technical teams to understand business needs, identify and design solutions, and develop use cases
• Ensure timely creation of formal documentation for Business, Functional and Technical requirements, Functional and Technical Design, and Use Cases
• Identify enhancements and proactively communicate with application team and clients
• Identify and initiate resolutions to user problems and concerns
• Lead the team in solving complex and/or critical issues
• Prepare written and visual materials for technical review meetings, approval sessions, and application demonstrations

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Project Manager
• 5+ years of experience with all phases of SDLC
• 3+ years of experience in Health Care/Medicaid field
• 3+ years of experience in managing complex projects in a Matrix environment
• 3+ years of experience with direct resource management and staff development
• 2+ years of experience managing Agile Development projects
• 2+ years of MS Project
• Experience with tracing tools such as Jira or Helix
• Proven solid presentation and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, scope, resources, and schedule
• Demonstrated ability to identify and proactively manage risk, ensure appropriate prioritization and communication of issues, and manage stakeholder communication
• Ability to travel 20% based on client need

Nice to Have

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Data Warehouse experience
• SQL Assistant experience

Qualifications

• Educational background is not explicitly specified but implied experience in project management and health care/Medicaid

Benefits & Perks

• A comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase and 401k contribution
• Salary range from $110,200 to $188,800 annually
• Remote work flexibility