Medicaid Reporting Manager - Remote

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Functions will include planning/managing project deliverables, problem solving, day-to-day oversight of team project deliverables and giving direction on data analytics, reporting, quality of care measures, and visual analytics. Development and implementation of master data management and advanced data warehousing and analytics solutions will be required. This includes providing direction for the solution, ensuring data quality, and oversight of the analytics solution.

This is not a direct-report supervisor position requiring human resource performance oversight. However, this role will lead a team of analysts/developers, subject matters, PMs, architects, and other team members with responsibility of quality project delivery on time and within budget.

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:

• Serve as a key analytics leader for OGS Analytics practice to shape the re-usable solution or direction to product teams related to analytics assets such as OPA, AEP, Symmetry, Federal Reporting, and PI
• Direct and manage the Illinois Enterprise Data Warehouse Data Analytics and Master Data Management programs and multiple projects under it such as Optum Performance Analytics (OPA), Analytics Engagement Platform (AEP), Symmetry, Federal Reporting (PERM, T-MSIS, MARS, QoC), Medicaid Operational Reports, Ad hoc Data Analytics, and Health and Human Services interoperability and reporting
• Provide strategic and tactical directions and plans to the M&O and DDI team on business guidance, solution design, and ensure quality of the reporting deliverables
• Offer project leadership to project teams including project managers, SMEs, analysts, developers, architects, testers, admins, and other roles
• Support as a thought leader and trusted advisor to the customer leadership and other State business partners including sister agencies, Federal CMS, OMI, IAMHP, and vendors
• Manage customer relationships and anticipate customer needs to proactively develop solutions
• Present key insights, recommendations, and advice on solutions to key business problems to the Optum and customer leadership/executive staff
• Keep up to date with industry/market trends and developments especially in the Medicaid space including Illinois legislative requirements, Federal CMS requirements to guide the customer teams
• Coach/mentor the team and support in the career development and backup/succession planning
• Serve as a key resource on complex and/or critical issues
• Provide ideas, solutions, and explanations/information to others on complex issues
• Lead as a functional/business specialist or subject matter between the customer business team and technical project teams
• Partner with business teams or end users/customers to understand and develop requirements.
• Organize and lead key project related meetings with customers, development staff, and sponsor level staff
• Review work performed by others; provide recommendations for improvement
• Authorize deviations from standards
• Lead analytics function teams with motivation and inspiration
• Lead to deliver the project/contractual requirements and actively manage project triple constraints, and risks/issues and action items to manage the needs of the stakeholders
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with programmers, analysts, immediate supervisor, management, system users, operations, other State agencies and the private sector
• Meet with users for clarification and elaboration as necessary to clearly define a problem and conceptualize a development plan
• Recognize, gather, correlate, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, and devise solutions and alternatives; and make appropriate recommendations
• Support in meeting the Management by Business Objectives (MBOs) to achieve employee experience, customer loyalty, financial/growth, quality, and innovation/knowledge management goals
• Support growth to the project/program and overall analytics practice at the OGS level

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:

• 10+ years of IT experience including 5+ years of leadership experience in data warehouse/data analytics/reporting projects, especially with project scope, resources, solution, risk/issues, communication, and stakeholders' management
• 5+ years of business experience working/leading projects with healthcare analytics and reporting in a multi-vendor environment
• 5+ years of technology background with knowledge/experience in large DBMS, data, ETL, BI tools
• 3+ years of proven client-facing skills, excellent written, verbal communication skills, and presentation skills to executive teams
• 3+ years of proven experience leading complex and demanding DDI projects with Business Intelligence/Data Analytics for decision support systems
• Proven solid understanding of Medicaid Program including Program management, Program Integrity, and Federal Reporting (such as PERM, T-MSIS, MARS, and Quality of Care core measures

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMI Project Management Professional certified or Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) certification
• 5+ years of experience with commercial or public healthcare insurance
• Experience with infrastructure management
• Experience or knowledge of Tableau, PowerBI, Teradata/IntelliFlex, Informatica MDM, Verato, SAP Business Objects, JIRA, MS Project, or SAS
• State Medicaid Data Warehouse or Medicaid Management Information Systems experience
• Experience with Agile methodology, Scrum framework, and Agile/Scrum projects
• Experience with Cloud based technology such as MS Azure, Snowflake database, Python, Azure Data Factory, Data Bricks, et al
• Experience with managing complex application development projects with 10 or more resources, especially with Cloud based implementations
• Experience managing customer relationships and stakeholder management
• Reside local to Springfield, IL area or in driving distance to come to State office based on customer need (around 20% travel to Springfield, IL)

*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 $112,700 to $193,200 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.

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