Lead Developer, Business Intelligence - 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 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'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.     

For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Lead Developer, Business Intelligence reports to the Senior Manager, Business Intelligence and is accountable for cross functional UnitedHealthcare Provider Partnership Quality & Value-Based Care Business Intelligence Reporting, enhancements, issue resolution, insight delivery, and supporting operational activities for our field staff working with the providers and members we serve across all lines of business. The practice contracts vary from quality only to quality and total cost of care so knowledge of broad healthcare practices will be invaluable in this role. Specific duties include:

• Work closely with business to gather and finalize requirements, business documents, or user stories
• Design and develop interactive, innovative reports and dashboards providing affordability and quality insight at individual physician level all the way through to national level
• Make solid recommendations based on analysis and provide explanations for reporting results for both internal operations and our business partners
• Analyze data and trends, perform root cause analysis to determine and establish best practices and areas of improvement related to reporting and systems utilized for care coordination
• Develop and document end-to-end reporting and/or business process flows, data flows, system impacts, and procedural task and procedural change issues
• Identify and/or establish appropriate testing metrics/targets to validate that business requirements are being met (i.e., performance metrics, process deliverables, traceability, business value)
• Design, build, and maintain architecture pertaining to data handling/processing
• Responsible for maintaining existing data load process, building blocks and customizations
• Support data processing, preexisting reporting, applications, and customer-facing reports and data

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 working in a business and/or systems analyst role in a managed care organization or healthcare setting 
• 3+ years of SAS, SQL, R, or Python programming experience demonstrating an intermediate or higher level of proficiency
• 3+ years of experience designing and building reports in SSRS, Tableau and/or Power BI
• Experience with the software development life cycle (i.e. Business Requirements, Technical Documentation, Quality Assurance)
• Has previously worked or is currently working as a contractor placed at UHG or one of it's subsidiaries or affiliates
• Self-guided in terms of understating data in physical tables or views, and be able to create/ enhance stored procedures or functions pertaining to report feeds, or any input/output
• Proven ability to develop and manage multiple projects with minimal direction and supervision
• Proven ability to perform system investigation, reverse engineering, and new development while adhering to development standards and good change control practices

• Proven solid communication skills with experience presenting ideas and solutions to business customers

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of working with medical codes or Clinical data
• 2+ years of experience with statistical testing, predictive modeling, and benchmarking
• 1+ years of SMART, UGAP and/or UDW experience
• Experience in Healthcare, Financial Services, or Insurance Industry
• Experience with automating ETL package
• Experience in Snowflake is a plus
• Experience working with structured, unstructured, claims, enrollment, and/or provider data 
• Experience working with Accountable Care Organizations, QFO, or other Value-Based Care arrangements
• Intermediate level of proficiency working with MS Excel including formulas, calculations, charts, graphs, etc.
• Proven solid critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, and analytical skills

*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 $91,700 - $163,700 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.