Senior Conversion Analyst/Developer – Remote

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.   

We are searching for an innovative Senior Conversion Analyst / Developer to join our team, who will be responsible for analyzing, mapping, cleansing, converting, and validating healthcare coverage and related data sets to ingest them into our system. Using an in-depth understanding of healthcare data and analysis strategies, this individual will be accountable for becoming very familiar with various UHC Clinical Services data sets to determine what needs to be done to ingest them into our policy management system and build the conversion jobs to do so. To succeed, this position will analyze, map, cleanse, convert, and validate crucial data utilizing solid data collection skills, which will allow for seamless incorporation into our solution. 

This individual will need to have a natural desire to dig into large data sources and apply statistical rigor to gain an in-depth understanding of the data so that it can be mapped and converted accurately.  The ideal candidate will have a knack for detailed data analysis and the ability to build technical solutions to convert data into a production system.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Access, extract, and merge data from different data sources, formats, platforms and systems; utilize data scrubbing techniques to ensure data accuracy, including parsing, data transformation, duplicate elimination, and statistical modeling 
• Collaborate with non-technical business subject matter experts in a clear and concise manner to work through the build out of conversion logic that will address data anomalies
• Author and maintain documentation surrounding the mapping and cleansing of source data as it is transformed into our policy management system
• Design, build, test, deliver and maintain conversion jobs that cleanse and transform data from various source data sets into our policy management system
• Systematically verify and document that all source data is accurately converted, validated, and accounted for as it is transformed into our policy management system
• Participate in meetings with client teams to present conversion / validation results

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:

• 4+ years of experience as a Conversion Developer or similar role, building code to cleanse, transform, and enhance data sets as they are converted from one format (system) to another
• 3+ years of experience as a Data Analyst or similar role, facilitating and documenting requirements (such as mapping documents, process flows, test cases, and/or business requirement documents) gathered from both business and IT counterparts
• 2+ years of experience working with Databases, SQL
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Access
• Proven solid organizational skills, time management and critical thinking skills
• Proven solid verbal and written communication skills, ability and comfort presenting to leadership and client teams
• Proven to be extremely collaborative; proactive; high integrity; highly reliable

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of conversion specific experience
• Experience working with data in multiple formats, from flat files to JSON files to relational database structures
• ETL process and tools experience 
• Knowledge of healthcare administrative data (coverage / benefits, prior authorizations, medical claims, enrollment, provider data) 
• Advanced proficiency with Structured Query Language (SQL) 
• Proficiency and understanding of IT management, data storage structures

Soft Skills:

• Intuitive, self-starter with solid problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Versatility / flexibility – our work is ever evolving – not static – and requires someone who can flex and shift with changing priorities and business needs

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

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $89,900 to $160,600 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.