Associate Director Healthcare Economics - Telecommute in Irvine, CA - 2016803

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

This position is responsible for providing leadership of quantitative analytics of utilization, healthcare costs data. Identifies potential areas for medical cost improvements and alternative pricing strategies. Manages execution and drives operational excellence. Owns end-to-end analytics and reporting processes. Provides data in support of actuarial, financial and utilization analyses. Daily responsibilities include managing team and engagement production, developing project scope, conclusions and recommendations, working with clinical and operational teams to drive financial performance of clinical programs, meeting departmental turnaround times, ensuring accurate and timely completion of deliverables. Additional responsibilities involve strategic trend identification, monitoring medical cost trend, issue resolution and technical solutions related to data, data flow and algorithm development.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

Manages affordability analytics in support of medical cost reduction, quality of care improvement, and patient satisfaction

Develops full understanding of clinical programs being measured and sets performance goals

Identifies and implements appropriate analytic approaches and methodologies

Performs statistical analyses to determine effectiveness of clinical programs (e.g., pre-post analysis, clinical results)

Works with clinical teams to identify areas of opportunity to drive performance of programs and develops conclusions and recommendations

Designs, produces and supports development of clinical dashboards and key performance indicator reports to meet customer requirements (e.g. local markets, external customers)

Identifies trend drivers, medical cost trends, membership trends, and distributes forecast reporting for decision making

Leverages and coordinates enterprise-wide capabilities to meet business specific needs

Participates in the planning, development, and deployment of business strategy

Communicates results to relevant audiences and incorporates results into forecasting process and reporting

Works with internal teams (e.g., HCE, DS, IT) to build ongoing reporting needs into the production environment

Provides analysis and consultation to our local markets, clinicians and leaders to provide optimal, affordable care in conjunction with our analytics partners across Optum

Researches and investigates key business problems through quantitative analyses healthcare data. Provides management with statistical findings and conclusions

Leads initiatives in support of operations, project work, and innovative/exploratory analyses

Provides team leadership to and is accountable for supporting the performance of the HCE team

Develops functional, market level, and/or site strategy, plans, productions and organizational priorities

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:

Graduate degree in Economics, Statistics, Finance, Health Administration, Mathematics or related field, or bachelor’s degree in relevant field with 6+ years of healthcare experience

7+ years of work experience in team and/or program management

6+ years of experience in health care analytics

Proficient with MS Word, and PowerPoint and advanced MS Excel skills for data analysis, presentation and reporting

Proficiency with SQL

Proficiency with Tableau

Demonstrated solid verbal and written communication skills, including ability to present ideas and concepts effectively

Proven ability to work with and manage large amounts of data

Demonstrated a solid facilitation, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making and analytical skills

Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects

Demonstrated ability to present to Sr. leadership audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

Proficiency with SAS and/or other statistical programs

Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance

UnitedHealth Group requires all new hires and employees to report their COVID-19 vaccination status.

Careers with Optum . Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.