Technical Project Manager Medicaid - Remote

| St. Louis, MO +46 more | Remote
Employer Provided Salary: $101,200-$184,000 Annually
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Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

  • Provide project management oversight for conversion, UAT, and Go-Live activities
  • Hold vendors and State resources accountable on delivery commitments
  • Oversees and maintains the cross-vendor and State activities related to conversion, UAT and Go-Live
  • Recommends strategies for optimizing or enhancing business operations related to conversion, UAT and Go-Live activities
  • Provide weekly status reports to the Executive Project Manager which includes any issues or risks that have been identified related to conversion,UAT, and Go-Live activities
  • Works with Project Manager & Project Scheduler to monitor project timelines
  • Initiates remediation reminders and follows-up if timeline slips
  • Documents and distributes meeting minutes according to an established timeframe (i.e., within 2 business days)


Conversion:

  • Experience with conversion data mapping, data reconciliation and data cleansing methodologies
  • Lead conversion design sessions with client and subsequently produce conversion design documents and mapping/transformation documents
  • Research, analyze and recommend data conversion strategies as required
  • Work with the vendors on building an integrated conversion playbook with detailed instructions for execution during mock conversions and implementation weekend for cutover
  • Coordinate (within project team and vendors) on conversion related tasks, execute mock conversions and fix conversion defects
  • Lead data reconciliation efforts for each mock conversion and during implementation cutover weekend (from source systems to staging area to target systems)
  • Collaboratively work with other team members


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:

  • 7+ years of experience as Conversion team lead with a technical background
  • 5+ years Medicaid experience
  • Solid experience with conversion data mappings and transformation (from source systems to target systems)
  • Solid knowledge of conversion reconciliation methodology
  • Good knowledge of relation database, specifically Oracle (SQL - PL/SQL)
  • Technically proficient in programming languages (e. g., Java)
  • Technical expertise in the design, development, coding, testing, and debugging of software
  • Proven excellent written and oral communication skills, and organizational and coordination skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work both independently and with a team including multiple vendors


Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $101,200 to $184,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
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.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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