Principal Data Engineering – Remote

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.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain relationships with key client stakeholders, Epic and/or other 3rd party vendor representatives, internal EHR personnel, and internal development teams to support and position all parties for success
• Foster innovation and coordinate with Epic, internal teams, and clients to integrate beneficial new functionality, workflow enhancements, and upgrades within reasonable timelines
• Design and execute interface environment strategy, objectives, and roadmap alignment in support of business goals and with minimal disruption to care delivery organization operations
• Collaborate with internal development teams to evaluate interface environment strengths and weaknesses, identify and recommend enhancements
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) to create, interpret and apply organizational processes and recommend improvements to improve coordination of efforts between EHR vendors and internal development teams
• Conduct meetings and presentations to communicate information effectively and in the appropriate form to customers, business users, and technical staff
• Monitor and track multiple projects and the associated tasks simultaneously and cope with rapidly changing information and circumstances
• Prepare documentation as needed, which may include Business Requirements Documents, Current State and Future State Process Flow and Data Flow diagrams, Product Roadmap illustrations, as well as PowerPoint Presentations
• Develop measurements are used to detect internal problems before they result in user-visible outages or data quality issues
• Maintain high-quality documentation of data definitions, transformations, and processes to ensure data integrity and security

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:

• Undergraduate degree or 7+ years of equivalent experience
• 7+ years of work experience in the healthcare environment working directly with business stakeholders and technical development teams
• 5+ years Epic Bridges and experience in one or more Epic modules: EpicCare Ambulatory, Healthy Planet, or MyChart
• Hands-on experience with Rhapsody interface engine, Bridges, CorePoint, and data exchange format (HL7, FHIR, APIs, JSON, etc.)
• Experience with clinical workflows and healthcare business processes and messages (ADT, ORM, ORU, etc.)
• Experience with APIs / FHIR resource types
• Legally authorize to work in the US without any restrictions. Proof will be required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Comfortable working with a wide variety of stakeholders, including internal development and technical teams, senior leaders and executives, and external third-party vendor development teams
• Proficient with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

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

The salary range for this role is $106,800 to $194,200 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 

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.