Health Analytic Consultant – Remote in NE Region

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

The Health Analytic Consultant provides year-round strategic consultative services with an integrated focus on the UnitedHealthcare Value Story by diving deep into the analytics of health plan performance to further support UnitedHealth Group’s position as a trusted advisor and carrier of choice. 

If you are located in NE Region from Maryland to Maine, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Supports complex employer groups with 1000+ subscribers, generally within specific geographic areas
• Extensive analysis and interpretation of complex healthplan performance analytics from multiple data sources
• Synthesize complex datasets to understand risk and opportunity of proposed/implemented solutions in support of both short- and long-term customer strategic needs
• Quantification of member and plan value of both in-force and recommended solutions
• Presentation of these data-driven insights and solution proposals to senior level leaders of both external customers and internal business partners through storytelling
• Develop strategic analytic deliverables focused on member impact and the value of UnitedHealth Group product & product integration, as well as member decision-making
• Presentation of strategy at least twice a year with proactive client interactions throughout the year
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of enterprise-wide capabilities, products, and tools to meet customer-specific consultative analytic needs
• Develop and foster relationships across highly matrixed organization at all levels of leadership to ensure alignment on priorities and goals, both on mutual clients and enterprise initiatives
• Collaborate with AMTs and other internal business partners to solve complex customer analytic needs and serve as a strategic analytic subject matter expert
• Deeply involved in the development and continuous improvement of consultative analytic value story, including providing feedback, suggestions, and solutions
• Support consultative strategic needs in the RFP bid process for new business and renewals, where applicable
• Negotiate complex and sensitive situations internally and externally, including non-negotiable timelines, with a win-win attitude
• Communicates information openly and in an articulate and professional manner as a strategic consultative subject matter expert
• Serves as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to internal and external customers, including senior leaders, on strategic consultative analytics related to healthcare cost and quality as well as integrated value of UnitedHealth Group products and services

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years in a customer-facing role, preferably within a sales, account management, TPA, or consulting environment
• Knowledgeable of healthcare cost and quality topics, as well as able to speak to emerging industry trends
• Intermediate or higher skills within Office 365 applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated presentation skills, preferably with a director-level and higher audience

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience in data analytics, data science, or statistics 
• Demonstrated clear and concise written & verbal communication skills; successful virtual presentation experience 

Travel

• Travel may be required 25% of the time depending on customer needs.

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy 

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.   

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.