Project Manager, Operations - Corpus Christi, TX

Do you have compassion and a passion to help others? Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life’s best work.(sm)

The Project Manager supports Director of Project Management and Clinic Operations by providing professional assistance, project management, recommendations based on analytics and business input, and performs operational management work covering a broad range of activities. This position is responsible for providing Subject Matter Expertise in areas including project scope definition, risk identification, project methodology, resource allocation, facilitation, and other areas of expertise based on established project management techniques. The position is also responsible for providing project coordination across multiple businesses units, analytical assessment of business problems, monitoring organizational performance, and identification of risk to operational plans. Develops various ad hoc reports and status updates to support initiatives.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborates on cross-functional project team direction, resolves problems, and provides guidance and direction to team members; Partners with departmental leadership and staff to identify/define performance planning measures, tracking, and reporting objectives
• Assists in the development of project team and organizational objectives and goals
• Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems; solves complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex analysis; translates concepts into practice
• Utilizes proven methodologies in project and change management to support corporate leadership initiatives
• Leads and guides cross-functional and segment teams through project implementation with competing agendas and priorities, forecasting/mitigating project risks, provide updates on project progress and issue resolution efforts, and manages work stream communications to ensure response integrity
• Maintains project and process knowledge bank to support best practice identification and implementation
• Develops performance, project status, meeting correspondence and ad hoc reports for consumption by various levels of management
• Performs all other related duties as assigned

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:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Care Administration, Business Administration or a related field (4 additional years of comparable work experience beyond the required years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree)
• 3 years experience with full life cycle project management
• PMP Certification completed, or committing to achieving certification within 24 months of date of hire
• Proven ability to successfully conceptualize an initiative, develop a plan and execute upon it
• Proven ability to successfully communicate and interact one-on-one with individuals ranging from peers to executive management
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate & lead group meetings consisting of individuals at all levels of the enterprise including executive management 
• Demonstrated ability to apply analytical/statistical skills used in evaluating data
• Proven ability to create, sustain, and edit project schedules using a prescribed software or application
• Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications to include Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote and Visio
• Hybrid role - willing to be based in Corpus Christi, TX ( 2 days remote and 3 days in the office)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• PMP certification 
• Healthcare industry experience 
• Clinical operation experience 
• Smart sheets experience 
• Basic understanding of concepts and practices of Six Sigma and Change Management

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 550,000 lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

WellMed was founded in 1990 with a vision of being a physician-led company that could change the face of healthcare delivery for seniors. Through the WellMed Care Model, we specialize in helping our patients stay healthy by providing the care they need from doctors who care about them. We partner with multiple Medicare Advantage health plans in Texas and Florida and look forward to continuing growth.

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.