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. 

The Data Visualization Analyst will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining technical processes and visualizations that help support and facilitate business efforts. This position supports the business team as the technical process subject matter expert & improvement resource. The candidate must enjoy thinking outside of the box, have excellent multi-tasking skills around report creation via SQL, Alteryx or Tableau, and running QA and process verification. This team member will also work with business analysts with BRD development, work with stakeholders to answer questions, help define the operational impact of proposed modifications, perform UAT, and any other related ad hoc work as  requested.

The job duties are: report creation via SQL, Alteryx or Tableau, and running QA and process verification.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain SQL and SSIS efforts that help support and facilitate business efforts
• Work with business to understand their requirements and need, design an appropriate solution, build out processes as needed, and maintain technology processes to support business efforts
• Building report queries
• Data staging & managing data enablement for the application
• Identify best practices and key areas for improvement
• Monitor and report on program performance and outcomes
• Maintain a thorough understanding of operating infrastructure to efficiently analyze and report
• Improve existing processes to better align with changing operations and business needs
• Develop innovative ways to address and appropriately prioritize the varying information needs of markets
• Perform analytics to identify best business practices based on current and historical data
• Serve as a liaison between Business SMEs, Business Analysts, and ensures that requirements and proposed solutions are understood
• We work in an Agile Scrum environment, which means our work is collaborative and reacts to  customer needs

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 equivalent
• 4+ years of experience performing data analytics, process documentation, and process improvement
• 3+ years of experience writing SQL queries, tables, and stored procedures
• 3+ years of ETL experience
• 2+ years of Tableau
• Experience leading projects and building strong relationships across a variety of stakeholders
• Proven ability to prioritize tasks, multi-task, and solve problems under tight deadlines

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 1+ years of Alteryx experience
• 1+ years of PowerBI experience
• 1+ years of SalesForce experience
• Experience in handling and managing large volumes of data.
• Experience in healthcare, understanding of Medicare Advantage/Risk Adjustment, Affordability/Medical Savings and Quality/STARS/HEDIS
• Intermediate knowledge working with VBA or .NET
• Intermediate knowledge working with TFS / Visual Studios
• Knowledge of managed care and government pay for performance programs
• Solid knowledge of CMS Risk Adjustment
• Proven highly analytical, curious, and creative

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $67,800 to $133,100. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. 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.

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

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.