Senior Consultant, SAS Programming - Lewin Group - Full-time / Part-time

The Lewin Group is a premier national health care and human services consulting and policy analysis firm with 45 years of experience finding answers and solving problems for leading organizations in the public, non-profit, and private sectors. Lewin's strategic and analytical services aim to help clients:

Improve policy and expand knowledge of health care and human service systems
Enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of health care and family services
Deal with shifts in health care practice, technology, and regulation
Optimize performance, quality, coverage, and health outcomes
Create strategies for institutions, communities, associations, foundations, governments, and people to make health care and human services systems more effective

In the wide-ranging field of human services consulting, The Lewin Group provides both depth and breadth of expertise.  Currently, Lewin has more than 250 consultants drawn from industry, government and academia.  They all share a strong commitment to Lewin's core values of objectivity, integrity, analytical innovation, vision and dedication to client satisfaction. 
The Lewin Group's State Consulting market helps state and local government design, implement, and improve the programs they regulate and administer. Lewin also works with foundations and associations to research and evaluate complex health care and human services needs. By delivering objective, data-driven research, evaluations and, technical assistance including exclusive access to proprietary data sets, Lewin is able to support current program activities, inform future program investments and support strategic decision processes.
 
As the Senior Consultant, SAS Programming, you will provide SAS programming support for multiple projects, partnering with external Clients and internal staff to ensure timely and efficient delivery of SAS programming to support data analytic projects.   Additionally, you will mentor junior staff on SAS programming, analysis and evaluation of health care claims and advanced SAS programming techniques.  You will also be expected to effectively present data analysis results to clients and senior staff.

Additional responsibilities may include:

Contributing to business development
Directing and managing large projects or a series of smaller projects
Responsibility for project budget management, deliverables, client relations, and staff supervision

Bachelor's degree required
Undergraduate degree with 9+ years of progressive relevant experience or Graduate degree with 6+ years of relevant experience; graduate degree preferred
5+ years' experience in advanced statistical concepts and programming techniques
5+ years' experience working with healthcare data; Experience with Medicaid Claims preferred.
3+ years' experience managing mid-large scale projects including but not limited to staff, subcontractors, tasks, timelines etc required
2+ years' experience supervising  direct reports preferred

The Lewin Group is a division of OptumInsight, part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system. 
 
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.