IT Systems Analyst - Eden Prairie, MN

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the work flow of all projects


• Interact with customers both internal and external to gather project requirements and act as liaison between customer and design team


• Simultaneously lead several complex projects with varied, multiple deliverables, team members and audiences requiring ongoing prioritization and relationship management


• Communicate job status information to all team members


• Promote smooth workflow and communication between departments


• Create and manage timelines for all projects


• Ensure workflow progresses efficiently and projects/staff are organized as priorities shift


• Maintain job tracking and time keeping database


• Maintain and update project status report and run weekly status meetings


• Help enhance and improve department processes


• Communicate consolidated project milestones and deliverables for readiness


• The ability to generate detailed project status reporting (including critical path impact, dependencies, milestones, resources, cost, work breakdown structures, etc.)


• The ability to work in a matrix environment across cross functional teams


• Workflow design, implementation and management experience


• Strong negotiation skills
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience


• 4+ years of IT Project Management experience


• 4+ years of working with all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle


• 4+ years of data gathering/analysis and writing system requirements


• Experience working with test plans and test cases


• Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Oracle EBS Suites


• Oracle SOA


• Oracle 11g Database


• EMC's Captiva 


• OCR (Optical Character Recognition)


• Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)


• Proficiency with MS Project


• Proficiency with MS Visio


• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification


• Healthcare Industry experience

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world?s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: 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.

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