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Optum Insight is seeking a service-oriented Senior Clinical Analytics Consultant to lead the expansion of strategic insights and adoption of data-driven decision making to support clinical and operational needs within client health systems. Acting as an advisor and interface between the analytics organization and key client business stakeholders, this individual will lead efforts to liberate data and insights for the healthcare delivery system through strategic delivery and support of analytics.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder and Program Management
  • Partner with key stakeholders and executives across the client organization to support their operational and strategic objectives with actionable analytics
  • Manage a portfolio of analytics, proactively tracking and communicating new developments to the client
  • Facilitate prioritization of high-level client objectives as well as individual needs to develop a cohesive analytics roadmap
  • Act as a liaison between leadership and analytics delivery teams to streamline communication and organization of projects
  • Regularly communicate project updates, successes, issues, and risks with stakeholders
• Analytics Delivery and Subject Matter Expertise
  • Lead efforts to create new analytical insights and capabilities related to population health, quality, outcomes, performance improvement, and other related areas for client provider health systems
  • Create requirements that effectively support business needs and effectively answer the relevant questions about performance and opportunities for optimization
  • Perform analysis to answer business questions and guide organizational strategy
  • Partner with analytical platform teams, data engineering, and data governance to ensure accuracy and efficiency in aggregation and alignment of foundational data assets needed to power clinical analytics
  • Act as a subject matter expert in some of the following areas: clinical variation reduction, hospital operations, value-based care, as well as the Optum products that support these areas
  • Design and lead user acceptance testing to ensure value delivery to the client
• Education & Data Literacy
  • Maximize value of analytics to the client by championing utilization and leveraging Optum’s data literacy infrastructure
  • Assist customers with orientation to their analytics ecosystem including reporting solutions across platforms
  • Proactively identify training needs and gaps to increase adoption of analytics
  • Present insights to relevant stakeholders to maximize value and adoption of analytics
• Team Leadership
  • Oversee and guide lower-level team member’s workload and progression
  • Partner with other domain leaders to infuse clinical, quality, and operational insights into the decision-making process for financial, growth, and other focus areas
    

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
• 5+ years demonstrated success in healthcare analytics and/or consulting
• 2+ years of experience with operational processes and clinical decision making in the various providers within a health care delivery system (e.g., hospitals, medical groups, post-acute care organizations, physician practices, ambulatory surgical centers, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience leading analytics projects or initiatives with minimal guidance
• 1+ years of experience guiding and developing junior team members
• Demonstrated strength of analytics competency using, Excel, SQL, or another comparable analytical tool
• Willingness to travel up to 15%
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degrees or certifications in Analytics, Public Health, Health Administration, Business, Biological Science, or Data Science
• Experience managing multiple complex initiatives or projects
• Experience and credibility interacting with healthcare leaders including “C” level executives and medical directors
• Experience writing and understanding SQL logic
• Experience working in a matrix environment
• Experience with Epic modules or components
• Experience working in Agile environments, employing SCRUM, Lean, and Kanban methodologies
• Knowledge of key health management related areas, e.g. network management, value-based care, population health, quality, compliance, provider engagement, etc.
• Proven solid interpersonal communication, presentation skills, and emotional intelligence
• Demonstrated success leading large complex programs and/or initiatives where data is a key asset
• Proven ability to tailor analytics to relevant audience, including all levels of decision making (i.e. from real-time tactical decision making to long-term clinical strategy)
  

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

Colorado Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $85,000 to $167,300. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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.