Senior Capability Analyst – Remote

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

 

Positions in this family perform research, design, development, and management of new or existing products or capabilities to support the sale and/or internal use of services, solutions and/or functions. Responsible for delivering and/or reviewing product or capability performance against expectations and facilitates or influences changes to portfolio to improve value, competitive position and optimal performance to meet customer or market needs. Partners with internal or external stakeholders (key customers, partnerships, etc.) to define and drive future product or capability direction.

 

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

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supports a specific set of capabilities by drafting recommended product design and experience requirements with input from operations, technology, and business
• Contributes to documentation to capture vision, scope and for a comprehensive list of capabilities for present build in priority order based on the business and technical sequence considerations
• Supports the development and documentation needs for current and future state workflows to illustrate the process resulting from capability requirements utilizing forward thinking strategies
• Lead competitor and market trend research to understand market/customer needs to identify new opportunities or make adjustments to current product offerings
• Join weekly grooming ceremonies to review feature progress and help address questions related to the capability
• Partner with internal or external stakeholders (key customers, product partnerships, etc.) to define and drive future product direction
• Identifying potential challenges with capability generation and ideating with capability manager to resolve
• Verifying with capability manager that documented business & user requirements embody vision for the capability  
• Generally, work is self-directed and not prescribed
• Works with less structured, more complex issues
• Serves as a resource to others
• 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
• Works with minimal guidance; seeks guidance on only the most complex tasks
• Translates concepts into practice
• Provides explanations and information to others on difficult issues
• Coaches, provides feedback, and guides others
• Acts as a resource for others with less experience

 

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:

• 3+ years of experience with healthcare, managed care and/or health insurance data analysis, business operations, or application development
• Experience and comfort in engaging and managing diverse cross-functional teams
• Proficient in market research & data collection
• Proven understanding of development methodologies
• Ability to explain relationships between functional elements (capabilities), overarching product and business strategy

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven excellent organization, communication, and time management skills
• Proven to be self-motivated with a mindset of continuous learning
• Proven expert ability to clearly articulate problems
• Proven excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills

 

*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 $89,900 to $160,600 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.

 

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.