Advisory Services Consultant - EDS - Remote

Advisory Services Consultant - EDS - Remote Advisory Services Consultant - EDS - Remote

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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.

The Advisory Services Consultant - EDS - Remote is part of the Optum Advisory - Enterprise Delivery Services (EDS) consulting practice. Enterprise Delivery Services (EDS) is a rapidly growing business that serves clients across the health care ecosystem. We provide on-demand access to consulting talent with unparalleled experience and combine it with premium customer care and flexible contracting, allowing clients to focus on their core capabilities and create an agile workforce that scales with the demands of their business.

Our Consultants Are Engaged To Support Both Internal Teams Within United Health Group And External Commercial Clients In One Or More Of The Following Areas

• Project and Program Management
• Agile based consultant roles
• Business Analysis
• Product Management
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Quality Assurance
• Data Analysis and Reporting
• Communications
• Training

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

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and technology teams to identify issues, establish objectives, develop recommendations, and implement solutions for our clients
• Perform project management duties including the creation of status reports, work plans, and presentations to client leadership
• Monitor and document project milestones and outcomes throughout the project lifecycle
• Develop, communicate, and implement project risk and issue management plans and strategies
• Drive outcomes without direct authority, engaging team members in a cross-functional environment
• Conduct research studies that may include collecting, analyzing, trending, and presenting data and recommendations to management
• Define, develop, and document business requirements to ensure clients’ needs are captured and delivered
• Work closely with Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, Architects, Business Partners, and other Technology teams to ensure requirements and design are completely understood
• Assist in quality assurance and user acceptance testing by writing test scripts, executing test cases, and documenting defects
• Effectively build and maintain relationships with internal and external clients
• Provide clear communications (oral and written) and share knowledge at all levels of the organization

Limited travel may be required for this role (less than 25% on average over a year’s time but may involve Monday through Thursday travel for multiple concurrent weeks to satisfy specific client project requirements). Consultants who are not local to an Optum office facility work from a home office when not at the client site.

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

• 2+ years of experience in Project and/or Product Management role within a healthcare environment
• 2+ years of Process Improvement experience
• 1+ years of building/creating project deliverables with the ability to manage complex work-streams in a client facing role
• 6+ months of experience working in an Agile environment
• Based in greater Minneapolis, MN OR ability to relocate at own expense to Minnesota OR ability to travel up to 25%

Preferred Qualifications

• Agile / Scrum certified
• Experience working in a professional consulting organization or working in a healthcare leadership…