Healthcare Business Analyst - Eden Prairie, MN - Full-time / Part-time

Position Description:

We'll put you in the driver's seat on vital projects that have strategic importance to our mission of helping people lead healthier lives. Yes, we share a mission that inspires. We need your organizational talents and business discipline to help fuel ours. It's the opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Positions in this function conduct and manage outcomes of various studies that include analyzing, reviewing, forecasting, trending, and presenting information for operational and business planning. They support short and long term operational/strategic business activities - by developing, enhancing and maintaining operational information and models. They also develop and implement effective/strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Gathering, documenting and managing business requirements from both customers and internal stakeholders


• Developing and maintaining functional specification documents


• Developing and presenting conceptual/functional models and prototypes to users


• Generating innovative ideas to resolve problems, as well as handling complex issues and negotiating resolutions


• Communicating with various product stakeholders and customer groups


• Participating in testing and validation activities


• Creating and reviewing product documentation


• Consulting with internal stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle


• Creating internal processes that improve work flow efficiency

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare, business, or technology related field or HS Diploma/GED plus 6+ years equivalent work experience


• 5+ years' experience as an business analyst in a healthcare technology or data setting


• 4+ years developing requirements and performing system analysis


• 2+ years experience with SCRUM Agile system development lifecycle methods


• Previous experience working effectively with both internal and external clients

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with software development of decision support applications


• Experience with user testing


• Experience translating requirements into Wireframe/user interface


• Experience with healthcare provider network analysis software


• Previous experience with relational databases including writing basic SQL queries

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