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Role Description

Optum State Government partners with state and local agencies to help modernize and manage Medicaid, health and human services, and public health programs through data-driven technology, analytics, and operational support—improving access to care, program efficiency, and outcomes for the populations they serve.

• Build the future of data warehousing on the Azure Cloud/Snowflake
• Collaborate closely with the client to build/expand our data warehouse solutions
• Serve as a key subject matter resource on complex and/or critical issues and business solutions
• Review work performed by others to deliver quality; provide recommendations for improvement
• Forecast and plan resource requirements
• Authorize deviations from standards; approve project delivery to production and securing approvals from the customer
• May lead functional or segment teams or projects
• Provide explanations and information to others on complex issues
• Lead, motivate, and inspire other team members
• Manage customer relationships and anticipate customer needs to proactively develop solutions
• Develop and negotiate win/win solutions to project issues
• Work with end users/customers to understand and develop requirements
• Organize and lead project related meetings with customers, development staff, and sponsor/executive level staff
• Develop/maintain formal Project Schedule
• Deliver Project Status Reporting, Project Quality Management, and other PMI PMBOK knowledge areas and performance domains
• Lead Project Resource/Staffing Management
• 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 project quality, people experience, revenue, business growth, innovation/knowledge management, customer NPS goals/MBOs (Management by Business Objectives)

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing complex application development projects, in healthcare within Medicaid projects
• 5+ years managing projects with ten (10) or more resources
• 5+ years of Data Warehousing experience and Business Intelligence (BI) reporting/data analytics project management experience
• 3+ years of experience managing customer relationships
• 3+ years of experience managing a contract for a program value $5+ million in revenue
• 2+ years of professional experience with Cloud (Azure/Snowflake), ADF, Tableau and PowerBI

Requirements

• PMI PMP, CBIP, Agile/Scrum certified
• Federal Reporting Experience (T-MSIS, MARS, PERM, and Quality of Care Core measures)
• State Medicaid Data Warehouse or Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) knowledge/experience
• 3+ years of formal personnel management experience of both direct reports and matrixed resources
• Teradata, Informatica, Business Objects or SAS experience
• Experience with Microsoft Project and MS project online
• Experience with Project and Contract level Change Management
• Experience with Project Risks/Issues Management
• Experience with project development methodology and project management methodology and able to apply methodology in a practical manner
• Proven knowledge of latest developments, trends, and opportunities/threats in healthcare, technology, government, Medicaid, Federal CMS, and security landscape
• Proven solid understanding of Medicaid Program including Program management, Program Integrity, and Federal Reporting (i.e., CMS 64)

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

Company Description

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.

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.