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**Senior Healthcare Project Manager or Lead Business CA - Location Flexible - Tr Job Opening at UnitedHealth Group in Agoura Hills, CA; Fresno, CA; San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Phoenix, AZ
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| Position: | **Senior Healthcare Project Manager or Lead Business CA - Location Flexible - Tr |
| Company: | UnitedHealth Group
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| Job Location(s): | Agoura Hills, CA; Fresno, CA; San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Phoenix, AZ |
| Start Date: | As soon as possible |
| Employment Term: | Regular |
| Employment Type | Full Time |
| Starting Salary Range: | |
| Required Education: | Bachelor's Degree |
| Required Experience: | 3 to 20+ years |
| Required Security Clearance: | None |
| Related Categories: | Professional and Technical, Finance - Analysis, Project Management |
Position Description
As a Senior Consultant within our organization you will have the opportunity to perform the following types of activities:
Collaborate with business and technology departments to define deliverables and develop solutions that are reusable across the organization
Lead the overall delivery of projects including the direct management of project team members
Create written and oral communication materials that effectively summarize findings, support fact-based recommendations and provides appropriate detail to substantiate conclusions
Maintain work papers, project deliverables and other artifacts that can be recreated and leveraged as intellectual capital
Perform project management duties including the creation of status reports, work plans and presentations to client leadership
Identify and document business process re-engineering opportunities including current and future state process flows
Define, develop and document business requirements to ensure clients needs are captured and delivered
Direct quality assurance and user acceptance testing by writing test plans and managing the execution of testing
Conduct research studies that may include collecting, analyzing, trending and presenting data and recommendations to management
Develop financial models and tools, including cost-benefit analysis, resource utilization models and performance reports
Assess and recommend vendor products to client leadership
Support the creation of sales pursuit materials and other business development activities
Bachelor's Degree in a business or computer-related field preferred
At least 5+ years experience in any of the individual or combined areas:
Program/Project Management, Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Financial Analysis, Statistical Analysis, or Data Modeling, Healthcare Consulting
5+ years project management experience
3+ years healthcare experience with a preference for payer operations
Solid understanding of the Systems Development Life-Cycle (SDLC)
Strong communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Consulting experience on large business process or systems integration projects
Ability to travel up to 80% ** see note
Experience working in a Big 5 or large consulting organization is preferred
Knowledge of software applications, database management systems, and other business related technologies preferred
** CA residents preferred, if you live in CA travel will be less. The ability to travel up to 80% is typical for this role and our associates leave out early Monday and return late on Thursday. Location of residence is flexible for this role; however, travel is a requirement.
Key Words: Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Payer Operations, Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Financial Analysis, Statistical Analyst, Data Modeling.
OptumInsight is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.OptumInsight is one of the largest and fastest growing health information companies. We specialize in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology and consulting services that enable better decisions and results. We integrate workflow solutions that deliver data in real-time, and create actionable insights - processing health information that relates directly to and affects one in four patients in the U.S, one in every three Medicaid dollars and one in every five emergency room visits. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation & Performance.What can YOU do with the right information? At OptumInsight, the possibilities and the impact are limitless. No matter what your role is at OptumInsight, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions and help make the health care system greater than ever. It's always fresh. It's always exciting. And it's never been more important.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/VUnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.
Collaborate with business and technology departments to define deliverables and develop solutions that are reusable across the organization
Lead the overall delivery of projects including the direct management of project team members
Create written and oral communication materials that effectively summarize findings, support fact-based recommendations and provides appropriate detail to substantiate conclusions
Maintain work papers, project deliverables and other artifacts that can be recreated and leveraged as intellectual capital
Perform project management duties including the creation of status reports, work plans and presentations to client leadership
Identify and document business process re-engineering opportunities including current and future state process flows
Define, develop and document business requirements to ensure clients needs are captured and delivered
Direct quality assurance and user acceptance testing by writing test plans and managing the execution of testing
Conduct research studies that may include collecting, analyzing, trending and presenting data and recommendations to management
Develop financial models and tools, including cost-benefit analysis, resource utilization models and performance reports
Assess and recommend vendor products to client leadership
Support the creation of sales pursuit materials and other business development activities
Bachelor's Degree in a business or computer-related field preferred
At least 5+ years experience in any of the individual or combined areas:
Program/Project Management, Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Financial Analysis, Statistical Analysis, or Data Modeling, Healthcare Consulting
5+ years project management experience
3+ years healthcare experience with a preference for payer operations
Solid understanding of the Systems Development Life-Cycle (SDLC)
Strong communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Consulting experience on large business process or systems integration projects
Ability to travel up to 80% ** see note
Experience working in a Big 5 or large consulting organization is preferred
Knowledge of software applications, database management systems, and other business related technologies preferred
** CA residents preferred, if you live in CA travel will be less. The ability to travel up to 80% is typical for this role and our associates leave out early Monday and return late on Thursday. Location of residence is flexible for this role; however, travel is a requirement.
Key Words: Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Payer Operations, Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Financial Analysis, Statistical Analyst, Data Modeling.
OptumInsight is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.OptumInsight is one of the largest and fastest growing health information companies. We specialize in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology and consulting services that enable better decisions and results. We integrate workflow solutions that deliver data in real-time, and create actionable insights - processing health information that relates directly to and affects one in four patients in the U.S, one in every three Medicaid dollars and one in every five emergency room visits. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation & Performance.What can YOU do with the right information? At OptumInsight, the possibilities and the impact are limitless. No matter what your role is at OptumInsight, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions and help make the health care system greater than ever. It's always fresh. It's always exciting. And it's never been more important.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/VUnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.