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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life's best work.(sm)

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support Operational and Product partners with operational insights into performance
• Build and maintain reporting and BI tools to measure client, program, and process performance
• Support environment of collaboration with others, remaining flexible to changing business needs, and is accountable to others with action items and deliverables
• Learn operational documentation and available data for reporting and ad-hoc needs
• Work with business partners to create business metrics and performance indicators
• Creates reporting and gives insights on operational processes to highlight opportunities and drive improvement with operational performance, efficiency, or effectiveness
• Builds, supports, enhances, and maintains reports, dashboards, and data insight tools
• Aggregating Performance Results and Reviews for informal and formal report outs
• Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements
• Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems
• Solves moderately complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex analyses
• Provides explanations and information to others on difficult issues
• Consults and guide others on reporting, data, and analysis practices
• Organized but willing to adjust direction when necessary

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:

• Bachelor's Degree OR 2+ years equivalent experience as a Business Analyst or Data Analyst
• 2+ years of experience using Excel to manipulate and/or report data
• 2+ years of experience designing and developing Tableau reporting
• 2+ years with developing/writing SQL queries
• 2+ years of experience with MS Office Suite (Word and PowerPoint)
• 2+ years of experience in requirements gathering, and developing/writing technical documentation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare industry experience
• Experience with exploring new databases and database update processes

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication, time/project management, problem solving, organizational skills

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, Washington or New York City Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Washington or New York City 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.