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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Eden Prairie, MN
Eden Prairie, Minnesota

About this job

Here at UnitedHealth group we are changing the way health care works for the better. That means consulting with our members, partnering with our physicians, and delivering drugs in the most efficient and effective way. Join us and start doing your life's best work.


 


We are looking for a Statistical Programming Manager to join our team in one of our locations based in Eden Prairie, MN, Franklin, TN or Wauwatosa, WI. Telecommuters will also be considered.


 


The Statistical Programming Manager will provide analytic technology leadership and people leadership to a team of senior SAS developers, and partner with Data Scientists, Healthcare Subject Matter Experts and other Payment Integrity professionals to design and deploy systems to fight Healthcare Fraud, Waste and Abuse. 


 


Primary Responsibilities:



  • Leadership responsibilities to include project leadership, system design and communication of results to business partners and clients

  • Partner with analytical modelers & Operations leaders to design and integrate predictive models that enhance their ability to detect Fraud, Waste and Abuse

  • Partner effectively with senior analytical leaders and cross functional teams to demonstrate the effectiveness and impact of the analytical tools developed. Support efforts to deliver operational excellence in analytical deployments on Optum IT systems

  • Oversee the process to implement predictive models in the hardware/software supported by the business unit

  • Train and mentor team members to most effectively incorporate predictive models into Optum's business processes

  • Data and system development responsibilities include software design and development for analytical model production deployment, data support, code optimization, model testing, architecting model implementation approaches, managing the model deployment process and documentation development

Requirements

Required Qualifications:



  • Strong solution architecting & hands-on development skills and strong analytic & statistical programming skills using SAS and software tools

  • Minimum of an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or applicable area of expertise

  • 5 years' experience in the SAS development work experience

  • 3 years' experience in Relational database development (DB2/SQL server/Oracle)

  • 3 year's ETL development experience in any of standard ETL tools 

  • Telecommuters considered but preference given to candidates in the three locations listed

 Preferred Qualifications:




  • Advanced degree (Master's or PhD in Computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, Machine Learning or related field)


  • 3 year's experience in managing global teams

  • 3 year's experience in project management and high quality delivery execution skills

  • Experience with health care claims data

 


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.


 


 


Job Keywords: Statistics, Analysis, SAS, Fraud, Relational Database, Global, Statistical Programming Manager , analytics, SAS, Fraud, Waste and Abuse, Payment Integrity, Eden Prairie, MN, Minnesota, Franklin, TN, Tennessee, Wauwatosa, WI, Wisconsin, potential telecommute