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

You believe data can help reshape the future, and you find yourself loving the thrill of diving into challenging analysis. At UnitedHealth Group, you'll find an organization that will recognize those talents and have lots of growth potential. Here, you will be empowered, supported and encouraged to use your analysis expertise to help change the future of health care. Does the challenge intrigue you?As a key member of the Analyst team, you will be part of UnitedHealth Group's mission of helping people live healthier lives. As a Senior Business Analyst, you will grow and develop as you conduct and manage outcomes of various studies. You will be challenged to analyze, review, and forecast data for operational and business planning. As part of this elite team, you will be empowered to impact the health care system through the analysis and interpretation of data, and presenting recommendations for business solutions. Join us! There's never been a better time to do your life's best work.(sm)Primary Responsibilities:

Partner with Directors and Associate Directors of Enterprise Readiness to build requirements for Operational Readiness dashboards, metric scorecards, and other reporting & analytic work to support Optum Readiness, dedicated Peak Season programs, and Accelerate New Product launches
Lead User Acceptance Testing, communication, and training plans to support the deployment of dashboards, metric scorecards, and other reporting & analytics work
Project manage the development teams to ensure on - time delivery of development work to support Optum Readiness, dedicated Peak Season Programs, and Accelerate New Product launch deadlines
Work cross - Enterprise Readiness to develop an end - to - end prioritization of key needs as it relates to enabling technology and reporting
Lead or support initiatives requiring data and analytics to drive process improvements by analyzing results across the Enterprise Readiness portfolio of projects
Continue to evolve the capacity model and incorporate the latest capability / SLA performance and supporting analytics to ensure general availability launches are executed on time and with high quality

Required Qualifications:

BA degree
Perform trending and statistical analysis to make tough business decisions
Business Analyst and Project Management background
Utilize data to influence key process decision makers
Skill set to facilitate cross functional team through major process and business changes
Excellent judgment, problem resolution, team building, negotiation, conflict resolution, budgeting, decision - making, & experience working under continual deadline pressure
Minimum of 5 - 10 years of experience in a fast paced application development environment that includes technical design, business process analysis, business application implementation and associated skills
Excellent time management & scheduling skills
Experience working with Tableau and SharePoint development
Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system 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: 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.
 
 
Job Keywords: business, data, analyst, analytics, project management, Tableau, SharePoint, Eden Prairie, MN, Minnesota