POSITION DESCRIPTION PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead Agile delivery activities, partnering with the Product Manager & IT Delivery Owner to guide an agile release train
• Drive program level ceremonies (e.g. PI Planning, Product Management Council, Scrum of Scrums, release train retrospectives, HIP Sprint)
• Work with other program leaders to drive the definition and refinement of the program backlog
• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to scrum teams and Scrum Masters
• Ensure cross-value stream coordination and collaboration
• Facilitate escalation for impediment removal for the Scrum Masters and scrum teams
• Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on program-level plans, progress and quality
• Lead large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives
• Initiate technology project definition and planning activities
• Coordinate and align multiple impacted applications and IT service providers to drive consolidated deliverables and timelines
• Drive consensus and decision-making with business and IT management
• Monitor delivery activities to ensure on scope, on time, on budget, on benefit and on quality delivery (5 ONs)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

• 4+ years Project Management experience in a large enterprise environment
• 4 + years technical experience in one or more aspects of Information Systems Development or Business / Information Systems areas
• 2 + years of experience with Agile delivery approaches and tools
• 2+ years of experience working on large scale, multiple scrum team projects
• Professional PM methodology trained
• Proficiency in computer software such as Project, Power Point, and Excel

PREFERRED RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Agile / Scrum Industry Certification(s)
• SAFe Certification(s)
• Project Management Industry Certification(s)
• Experience with Rally/CA Agile Central
• Healthcare experience
• Budget tracking and complex cost benefit analysis
• Strong understanding of distributed technologies & architecture

TECHNOLOGY CAREERS WITH OPTUM. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do YOUR LIFE'S BEST WORK.(SM) 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. Keywords: agile, release, train, engineer, technical, developer, manage, PM Job Details

• CONTEST NUMBER 841951
• JOB TITLE Agile Release Train Engineer - Eden Prairie, MN or Basking Ridge, NJ
• JOB FAMILY Technology
• BUSINESS SEGMENT Optum Technology

Job Location Information

• Eden Prairie, MN United States North America
• OTHER LOCATIONS Basking Ridge, NJ Cypress, CA Hartford, CT

Additional Job Detail Information

• EMPLOYEE STATUS Regular
• SCHEDULE Full-time
• JOB LEVEL Individual Contributor
• SHIFT Day Job
• TRAVEL No
• TELECOMMUTER POSITION No
• OVERTIME STATUS Exempt

A Fortune 6 company, we're focused on helping people live healthier lives while making the health system work better for everyone. Here, we seek to empower people with the information, guidance and tools to make personal health choices. We work harder and we aim higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And, at the end of the day, we’re doing a lot of good for more than 142 million people worldwide.