Remote Change Management Jobs in Colorado (NOW HIRING)

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that's dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

We don't just aspire to help people live healthier lives, we have the know-how to help make it a reality for millions. As a Director, Real Estate Services, you'll lead a portfolio of complex project and program initiatives across large business units, multiple markets, and sites. You'll provide strategic direction, governance, and delivery standards while partnering with internal teams, external vendors, consultants, design partners, and construction partners to ensure projects are completed on time, in scope, within budget, and aligned to corporate priorities. This role provides leadership to multiple layers of management and senior-level professional staff and plays a key role in driving execution, accountability, risk mitigation, stakeholder engagement, and operational excellence.  

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute project and portfolio strategies across large business units, multiple markets, sites, functions, and/or disciplines  
• Provide leadership, direction, and accountability through multiple layers of management and senior-level professional staff  
• Establish governance, consistent delivery standards, reporting, controls, and project management methodologies to support successful execution  
• Lead internal and external project teams, including vendor, design, construction, consultant, and service provider partners  
• Define and manage project scope, objectives, requirements, dependencies, success criteria, approvals, and change-management processes  
• Own and guide budgets, forecasts, estimates, change orders, cost models, procurement needs, invoices, actuals, variances, and financial governance  
• Manage project timelines, resource plans, schedules, milestones, dashboards, reporting, risks, issues, and escalation paths  
• Anticipate project risks and issues, lead mitigation planning, maintain risk/issue logs, and develop contingency and recovery plans when needed  
• Ensure project deliverables meet established quality standards, regulatory requirements, testing expectations, documentation standards, and benefit-tracking objectives  
• Build and maintain solid relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, leadership, internal customers, functional SMEs, consultants, and vendors  
• Prepare and deliver executive-ready project updates, status reports, metrics, presentations, issues, risks, opportunities, and outcome summaries  
• Drive process improvement, lessons learned, repeatable practices, documentation standards, and change leadership across projects and programs  

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:

• Project management certification achieved or equivalent demonstrated project/program management capability
• Experience leading complex projects, programs, or portfolios across large business units, multiple markets, sites, functions, or disciplines  
• Experience managing employees, leaders, senior-level professional staff, and/or matrixed internal and external teams  
• Experience defining and managing project scope, objectives, requirements, dependencies, deliverables, approvals, and change-management processes  
• Experience managing project timelines, resource plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, financial controls, estimates, invoices, and cost variances  
• Experience identifying, assessing, communicating, and mitigating project risks and issues across the project lifecycle  
• Experience developing project communications, executive summaries, dashboards, metrics, status reports, and stakeholder-facing presentations  
• Experience working collaboratively across cross-functional teams, business partners, leadership, vendors, consultants, and service providers  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in real estate services, facilities, design, construction, workplace strategy, or related project delivery environments  
• Experience overseeing project management, design, construction, consultant, vendor, and service provider performance against KPIs  
• Experience with project governance processes, capital planning, procurement, cost-benefit analysis, and business case development  
• Experience applying project management tools, dashboards, metrics, project repositories, and documentation standards  
• Experience supporting process improvement, change leadership, stakeholder engagement, and operational transition from implementation to business operations 
• Knowledge of design, construction, building codes, project quality standards, and project delivery controls  

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $134,600 - $230,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.