Project Manager /Business Analyst - Minnetonka, MN

As part of our elite team, you will play a pivotal role in the system development cycle and consult with end users to evaluate business requirements into design specifications. You will work with all levels of the business, ensuring IT deliverables align with business requirements, with measurable results. There's never been a more exciting time to work in health care where performance and innovation can fuel your life's best work.(sm)

The Optum Data Management (ODM) Business Engagement team is seeking a highly motivated individual that is interested in taking the next step on their career path. We are looking for an individual to step into a critical business engagement role. This role requires excellent knowledge of Healthcare domain, including experience with healthcare data warehousing and analytics capabilities, and requires exceptional customer communication & presentation skills. This role requires a strong Business Analyst that also has expert project management skills. Candidates must enjoy working in an evolving, fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
 
 
The Project Manager Business Analyst is ODM's first line of contact with our UHC and Optum business partners.
 
Primary Responsibilities:


Collaborating with internal partners to usher a project through the engagement process including:


Overview of business need

Confirmation of solution feasibility

Coordination of project estimates across multiple delivery groups

Creation / documentation of Statement of Work (SOW) and other key engagement artifacts

Meeting with partner customers to define, understand, and document project requirements

Partner with architecture teams to ensure that the high level solution aligns with the business requirements

Identifying and documenting design considerations, assumptions, and dependencies

Identifying risks and working with ODM and business partners to mitigate those risks

Regular communication with business partners; act as a liaison between internal customers and ODM technical teams during the engagement phase of a project

Coordinate tasks and tight timelines across multiple teams leading to timely engagement delivery

Ability to multi-task and handle several engagement projects concurrently
 
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Required Qualifications:


Bachelor's degree in computer, healthcare, or business, or equivalent work experience

5+ years of US Healthcare IT experience working in a large, complex, organization with healthcare data warehouses, data analytics, reporting, and systems

Excellent written and verbal skills, including 5+ years of experience with customer communications, requirements gathering via formal sessions (e.g., JADs), presentation of RFPs or requirements documents, PowerPoint presentations, and extensive meeting facilitation

Subject matter expertise in the Healthcare Industry and related data; well-versed and current on industry trends and priorities

Excellent customer relationship skills and customer focus orientation
Preferred Qualifications:


Experience working in or with Optum Data Management teams

Exposure across multiple types of healthcare entities - e.g., payer, provider, population management, pharmacy
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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