Senior Project Manager II

About the Role

Optum is a clinician-led care organization transforming how clinicians work and live. As a Senior Project Manager II, you will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives supporting operational strategy, business transformation, and execution excellence for Optum Medical Care NY/NJ. This role drives large-scale projects from initiation through implementation, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timely delivery. You will serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams, managing dependencies, identifying risks, and ensuring transparent communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex projects that support key business objectives and operational priorities.
• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and business plans to achieve defined outcomes.
• Partner with senior clinical and operational leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to clarify scope, objectives, roles, responsibilities, and expected results.
• Identify, analyze, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, actions, and dependencies to ensure effective execution.
• Drive project governance, including status reporting, escalation management, decision tracking, and stakeholder communications.
• Facilitate collaboration across business teams, clinical/operational leaders, support functions, and other internal partners.
• Proactively identify emerging customer, business, and operational needs and develop innovative solutions to address them.
• Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business.
• Influence senior leaders and stakeholders to adopt new ideas, approaches, processes, or tools that improve execution and outcomes.
• Ensure project work supports operational, market-level, and/or functional strategies and priorities.
• Promote continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned, improving project management practices, and supporting repeatable execution models.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited Business or Healthcare-related program.
• 7+ years of experience in operations, project management, healthcare, and/or IT.
• 5+ years of experience in project management.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex, cross-functional projects or business initiatives.
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end project execution, including planning, stakeholder alignment, delivery management, risk mitigation, and communications.
• Solid ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable plans and executive-level updates.
• Experience and comfort working with senior leaders and influencing stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate emerging needs, identify barriers, and drive resolution across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree.
• Project management SME with certification such as PMP or change management certification such as Prosci.
• Experience in healthcare operations, ambulatory operations, clinical transformation, workforce optimization, or provider practice management.
• Experience supporting PMO, operational excellence, transformation, or strategic planning functions.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement or structured delivery methodologies.
• Experience developing executive-ready project materials, dashboards, implementation plans, and stakeholder communications.
• Solid problem-solving, decision-making, organization, and communication skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Incentive and recognition programs.
• Equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Pay

The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.