The Role
Requisition Number: 2353470
Senior Project Manager - Technical & Healthcare Systems
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.
At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, we want to make healthcare work better for everyone. This depends on hiring the best and brightest. With a thriving ecosystem of investment and innovation, our business in Ireland is constantly growing to support the healthcare needs of the future.
Our teams are at the forefront of building and adapting the latest technologies to propel healthcare forward in a way that better serves everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, we use the most advanced development tools, AI, data science and innovative approaches to make the healthcare system work better for everyone.
About the role:
As a Senior Project Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering projects across the Optum product suite. This includes Radiology, Cardiology, Workflow, Business Intelligence, infrastructure upgrades, and bespoke solutions tailored to customer needs. Projects typically fall into a number of categories: new installations, upgrades, add-ons and requests to meet unique client requirements. This is your opportunity to lead transformative and large-scale healthcare IT initiatives that directly improve patient care and operational efficiency.
This role operates in a telecommuter working model with attendance as needed in Dublin office for meetings. There will be occasional travel to client sites.
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours in Dublin and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities:
You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.
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Senior Project Manager - Technical & Healthcare Systems
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.
At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, we want to make healthcare work better for everyone. This depends on hiring the best and brightest. With a thriving ecosystem of investment and innovation, our business in Ireland is constantly growing to support the healthcare needs of the future.
Our teams are at the forefront of building and adapting the latest technologies to propel healthcare forward in a way that better serves everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, we use the most advanced development tools, AI, data science and innovative approaches to make the healthcare system work better for everyone.
About the role:
As a Senior Project Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering projects across the Optum product suite. This includes Radiology, Cardiology, Workflow, Business Intelligence, infrastructure upgrades, and bespoke solutions tailored to customer needs. Projects typically fall into a number of categories: new installations, upgrades, add-ons and requests to meet unique client requirements. This is your opportunity to lead transformative and large-scale healthcare IT initiatives that directly improve patient care and operational efficiency.
This role operates in a telecommuter working model with attendance as needed in Dublin office for meetings. There will be occasional travel to client sites.
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours in Dublin and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead system implementations and professional services projects from initiation through to close out.
- Deliver technical, infrastructure and professional services projects, which could include but are not limited to scoping and delivering unique client requirements, business intelligence, infrastructure upgrades, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and Cardiology
- Scope, plan, and manage delivery to meet timelines, quality standards, and budgets
- Manage internal and external stakeholders across public & private healthcare sectors
- Create and maintain project documentation (e.g. scope, PID's plans, budgets, milestones)
- Apply change management to ensure budget control and revenue optimization
- Forecast project timelines and revenue profiles
- Establish governance and produce clear delivery reporting
- Proactively manage risks and issues
- Support Sales with tenders and related activities
You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- Degree in IT, Healthcare, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Proven end-to-end delivery experience of clinical systems projects
- Project leadership and stakeholder management skills, with accountability for scope, budget, and timelines
- Experience managing projects within healthcare technology environments
- Project Management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM or equivalent)
- Experience delivering from a vendor to public sector healthcare system e.g. HSE / NHS
- Proficiency in MS Project and Microsoft Office tools
Preferred Qualifications:
- Vendor-side or healthcare consulting experience with public sector clients
- Agile delivery experience
- Familiarity with SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, and/or Smartsheets
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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.
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Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO accrues each pay period with eight paid U.S. holidays plus a floating holiday, and generous time away is consistently emphasized. This breadth supports planned and unplanned time off beyond standard vacation days.
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Parental & Family Support — Six weeks of paid parental leave, up to two weeks of paid caregiver leave, Bright Horizons back‑up care, and adoption assistance signal strong family-oriented support. EAP access with counseling sessions further extends help to employees and their households.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Company‑paid short‑ and long‑term disability, Calm app membership, tuition reimbursement, commuter and FSA accounts, and broad employee discounts expand everyday wellbeing resources. Free or low‑cost virtual visits complement these lifestyle supports.
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The Company
What We Do
Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, 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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. At Optum, we support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models, core on‑site (5 days/week), hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote, vary by country, role and location.
Typical time on-site:
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