Senior Business Analyst - Telecommute - Washington, D.C.

At this point in your career, you know that great data is the first step in developing great insights.  But we can add another component because our challenges come complete with, important, meaningful purpose. UnitedHealth Group is a Fortune 6 leader that's shaping a new vision for health care performance as we help improve the lives of millions of people. We have abundant, rich data that rises out of our expanding global operations and the analytical challenge of finding insight is critical. But so is the ability to challenge yourself; making the most of the tremendous support and technology tools we can provide as you work among colleagues who are out to make a difference every day.

As a Senior Business Analyst at UnitedHealth Group, you'll be at the helm of a variety of key client initiatives and strategic projects involving client meetings, conference attendance, research, analysis, review, and data forecasting in support of our operational and business planning, business development, and strategic sales for the State Government market. The State Government team serves millions of Americans, including some of the most vulnerable populations. Your ability to analyze and interpret complex stores of both qualitative and quantitative data, interact with clients to understand their challenges and effectively present your recommended solutions will drive your success and ours.
 
This is incredibly challenging work.  You'll need to understand and work with constantly evolving technology in ways that impact your recommendations and meet the intense expectations of internal and external customers.
 
Primary Responsibilities


Interact with clients to understand market challenges, trends, and present solutions

Attend industry conferences and develop and maintain relationships with state and county clients and other key industry stakeholders

Support the research and analysis needs  of the Director of State Strategy and the State Government Front Office behavioral health and population health management services team, particularly by providing the client perspective  

Meet with state, county, and local government representatives to advance business development efforts and discuss Optum solutions

Conduct client-specific research and analysis in preparation for client meetings and presentations

Conduct state policy, budget, and strategic research needs and projects in connection with client management and outreach activities to support and maintain the State Account Coordination profiles and Executive Client Management team

Assist with state-specific demographic research needs, materials to support strategic state profiles, documentation and research for cross-Optum state business opportunities - particularly relating to client management and outreach

Complete deal-specific research and analysis requests: budget research, price - to - win support,  specific competitive research requests, market research, and proposal analysis, particularly related to ongoing client management and outreach activities

Coordinate sales planning and development efforts via Salesforce and EDGE processes: support sales team with EDGE, Salesforce maintenance, pipeline tracking and reporting

Create deal review meeting materials, bid memo materials, bid tracking, and related reporting needs, and win / loss analysis Support reports and document development as needed for Growth Office Initiatives

Research support for ad - hoc requests from sales teams, Capture and Solution teams

Prepare OCEO meeting materials - review and support OCEO reporting

Required Qualifications:


Bachelor's degree or Master’s Degree in Healthcare, Business, Public health, or related field

2+ years of experience in business analysis and research involving process improvement, workflow, benchmarking and / or evaluation of business processes                                                                                                                    

Intermediate level of proficiency with PC based software programs and automated database management systems (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Ability to Travel up to 50% of the time

Ability to think critically, to problem solve and to balance multiple priorities and projects effectively

Ability to maintain strong client relationships

Strong research and analysis skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills
 
 
Preferred Qualifications:                                                                                                                                                           


Salesforce or Govwin experience

Healthcare industry experience

State / county / local government 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: 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.

 
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