Senior Manager – Data Analytics – Remote Nationwide

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.   

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Sets team direction, resolves problems, and provides guidance to members of own team 
• Develop a deep understanding of data and business processes related to external payer data to support Quality programs, initiatives and performance reporting
• Participate in creating integrated data solutions across the organization 
• Identify trends and opportunities for growth through analysis of complex datasets 
• Use data expertise to analyze data and provide solutions to optimizing the performance of operations and data processing tasks 
• Drive strategies for back-end data operations 
• Design data integration processes with automation, process controls, and monitoring tools to ensure data quality 
• Validate data pipelines and provide design inputs to build scalable data and analytics processes/data flows 
• Provide accurate data to reporting teams to enable them to build elegant dashboards and reports for complex analytic results 
• Provide quality checks to ensure high standard and accurate data 
• Build best practice data quality monitoring to ensure all data/report products exceed customer expectations 
• Incorporate quality into the planning/design phases; build quality assurance activities; utilize data audits; identify and fix root causes vs short term solutions 
• Design and review data structures for data management purposes with team 
• Support team members by leading projects, sharing ideas and reviewing work of others. Work with internal business partners to interpret, develop, & document data requirements and specifications, provide data-driven direction & guidance for Stars and clinical quality improvement 
• Anticipate end user data needs, be curious and proactively communicate ideas to stakeholders 
• Utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Pro-actively identifies patterns in issues and research root-cause to improve overall quality

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:

• High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
• 4+ years of experience working with healthcare data and reporting
• 2+ years of Cloud experience using Snowflake, APIs, Kafka, Azure Databricks (Terraforms), GitHub
• 1+ years of previous manager and/or team lead experience

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Database Management, Information Systems, Computer Science or similar
• SQL Proficiency: Advanced skills in SQL (T-SQL PL/SQL, SnowSQL),
• Experience with ETL tools (SSIS, Python, Azure Data Factory)
• Experience with data integration and data modeling techniques
• Experience working with healthcare data and reporting with STARs/HEDIS
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with agile methodology
• Source control proficiency with GitHub
• Ability to work on multiple workstreams in parallel
• Good demonstrable skills in: Analysis, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Organization, Strategy, Persuasion
• Data Architecture experience
• Experience with Alteryx
• Proficiency with Kafka and application programming interfaces (API)
• Performance Tuning: Practical knowledge of performance tuning, database schemas and Experience with SQL Server security

*All Telecommuters 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. 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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