Principal Project-Program Manager

Job d:

Location:

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States Salary: $112,700 - $193,200/year

Job Area:
Technology Company:
United Health Group Optum Health Technology 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.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Position Summary Optum Health Technology is advancing how our teams use artificial intelligence to design, build, deliver, and continuously improve technology-enabled products and services. The Principal Project-Program Manager for AI Transformation & Training will help lead the execution and adoption of AI-enabled delivery practices across Optum Health Technology.

This role will lead complex transformation, workforce enablement, training, communications, and employee-engagement initiatives that help teams integrate new tools, operating models, capabilities, and ways of working. The position will partner across Technology, Operations, Clinical, Communications, Human Capital, and business teams to establish program strategy, coordinate delivery, manage organizational readiness, and demonstrate measurable business and workforce outcomes.

The successful candidate will combine disciplined program management with strong communication, stakeholder-engagement, and change-leadership capabilities. This individual will be comfortable operating in a highly matrixed environment, influencing senior leaders, managing multiple interconnected work streams, and translating complex technical concepts into practical experiences that employees and business partners can understand and apply.

Primary Responsibilities Program and Portfolio Leadership Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement.

Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation.

Lead end-to-end program management and delivery for enterprise AI training and capability enablement programs across Optum Health Technology (OHT).Define program vision, scope, roadmap, milestone schedules, and resource requirements in collaboration with technical and business leadership.

Partner with cross-functional leadership, subject matter experts, and technology teams to drive strategic alignment and program adoption.

Establish program performance metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs), and executive dashboards to measure training impact and adoption progress.

Proactively manage program risks, resolve inter-team dependencies, and eliminate operational bottlenecks across business units.

Facilitate regular executive communications, status reporting, and strategic stakeholder reviews.

Translate Optum Health Technology strategic objectives into actionable program plans, roadmaps, milestones, success measures, and delivery approaches

Define program operating models, governance structures, decision rights, delivery standards, and executive reporting mechanisms

Maintain accountability for program scope, schedule, resources, quality, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes

Communications and Employee Engagement Develop and execute integrated communication strategies that accelerate awareness, understanding, and adoption of AI-enabled…