Senior Technical Project Consultant

Requisition Number: 2370852
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 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.
We are seeking a Senior Tech Project Consultant to join our technology team in Hyderabad. In this role, you will lead complex, high-impact technology initiatives including end-to-end Application Project Management, Cloud Migrations, and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Upgrade Projects. You will also manage PMO activities to ensure robust governance, alignment, and execution across portfolios. Working with global, cross-functional teams, you will leverage modern methodologies and tools to deliver scalable solutions that directly support our mission to build a healthier world. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your technical leadership and delivery expertise to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the end-to-end delivery of application development, cloud migration, and PLM upgrade projects, ensuring alignment with scope, budget, and timelines
• Establish, coordinate, and execute PMO activities, including portfolio tracking, milestone monitoring, risk and issue management, and governance compliance
• Collaborate with global, cross-functional engineering, infrastructure, and business teams to define project requirements, plan resources, and drive execution
• Create and maintain detailed project documentation, templates, status reports, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to provide visibility to stakeholders and leadership
• Partner with cloud architects and technical leads to plan and execute seamless migration paths to public or hybrid cloud environments
• Coordinate PLM upgrade projects, managing testing cycles, deployment tasks, and post-production validation to minimize operational disruption
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and bottlenecks, developing proactive contingency plans to keep initiatives on track
• Drive continuous improvement by establishing standard PMO processes, sharing best practices, and mentoring junior project management staff
• Delivery Management: Ensuring timely delivery and management of upgrades of various PLM (Project Lifecycle Management) projects/products like Oracle, Java, BI Tools, WAS, MySQL, MS SQL Server, etc
• Budget Management: Taking ownership of managing budget for entire applications landscape
• Team & Resource Management: Hiring, Appraisals, Retention, Resource Pyramid Management, Travels, Trainings, Team motivation, and strong team connect, Optimize the mix of resources to obtain maximum results at minimal cost
• Process/Quality Management: ET DEVOPS process compliance, QMS compliance, ensuring superior delivery quality, performance, and continuous improvement
• Communication Management: Keeping the partners and all stakeholders always informed about all engagement metrics, Dashboard reporting
• Assist teams with problem triage, coordination with various stakeholders and technical teams
• Resolve issues with application-level service performance
• Identify, sponsor, and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• AI Builder: Focuses on designing, building, and deploying AI-powered platforms, solutions, or automations for enterprise scale
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of professional experience in technology-focused project or program management
• 5+ years of experience leading application project management and driving PMO governance activities in an enterprise technology environment
• 3+ years of experience managing Cloud Migration initiatives (e.g., migrating applications to AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 2+ years of experience leading PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) upgrade or implementation projects
• Proven experience utilizing project management frameworks (Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall) and managing sprint deliverables, backlogs, and roadmaps
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder expectations and lead project delivery across global, cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree/BSc in computer science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile certification (such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or PMI-ACP)
• Experience in the healthcare, health-tech, or clinical systems domains
• Experience with enterprise PMO tools and software (such as Jira, Rally, or Microsoft Project)
• Proven solid analytical, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills
• Proven excellent communication and presentation skills, with the capability to translate complex technical milestones for business leaders

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.