Lead Data Analyst

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together

Positions in this function are responsible for the management and manipulation of mostly structured data, with a focus on building business intelligence tools, conducting analysis to distinguish patterns and recognize trends, performing normalization operations and assuring data quality.

Depending on the specific role and business line, example responsibilities in this function could include creating specifications to bring data into a common structure, creating product specifications and models, developing data solutions to support analyses, performing analysis, interpreting results, developing actionable insights and presenting recommendations for use across the company. 

Roles in this function could partner with stakeholders to understand data requirements and develop tools and models such as segmentation, dashboards, data visualizations, decision aids and business case analysis to support the organization. Other roles involved could include producing and managing the delivery of activity and value analytics to external stakeholders and clients. 

Team members will typically use business intelligence, data visualization, query, analytic and statistical software to build solutions, perform analysis and interpret data.  Positions in this function work on predominately descriptive and regression-based analytics and tend to leverage subject matter expert views in the design of their analytics and algorithms.  This function is not intended for employees performing the following work:  production of standard or self-service operational reporting, casual inference led (healthcare analytics) or data pattern recognition (data science) analysis; and/or image or unstructured data analysis using sophisticated theoretical frameworks.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop software programs and components using VB .NET, C#, SQL, Oracle and other software development tools and technologies
• Debug, test, and troubleshoot written software programs and components
• Study training materials on .NET development, programming standards, application architecture, business processes, and functional areas
•  Adapt to new programming languages, methodologies, platforms, and frameworks to support the needs of future projects
• Adhere to Agile software development methodology
• Identify data abnormalities that are or could have the ability to impact rule development and performance
• Develop and maintain policy and procedure documentation for each project, analytic, and maintain existing documentation for logic changes
• Monitor data loads and initiate automation scripts
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• Monthly analysis of rule performance and savings
• Anticipates customer needs and proactively develops solutions to meet them
• Serves as a key resource on complex and/or critical issues
• Solves complex problems, Performs complex conceptual analysis
• and develops innovative solutions. Also Provides explanations and information to others on the most complex issues
• Reviews work performed by others and provided recommendations for improvement
• Forecasts and plans resource requirements
• Authorizes deviations from standards
• May lead functional or segment teams or projects
• Motivates and inspires other team members
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Eligibility

To apply to an internal job, employees must meet the following criteria:

• Minimum 12 months in the current Role/Grade/Level
• Not on Active CAP at the time of applying for the IJP
• Employees currently at Grade 27 will move to the next grade and Grade 26 (Lateral Movement) can apply for this position
• Last Review rating of Meets Expectations or Exceeds Expectations

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of proven experience in.NET, C# development
• 7+ years of Professional IT experience in a large, enterprise environment
• 7+ years of SQL experience
• 5+ years of Oracle experience
• Process Automation experience
• Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to successfully communicate and present ideas to colleagues, clients, and senior leadership
• Able to effectively engage with internal clients (employees and leaders within other areas of the business)
• Highly motivated and comfortable working in a high-paced production area
• Proven analytical and complex problem-solving skills
• Solid understanding of software development methodologies and principles
• Works independently to perform assigned tasks using established standards and procedures

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.