Enterprise Data Warehouse, EDW - Data Analytics Manager - Remote

About the Company

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.

Functions will include planning/managing project deliverables, problem solving, day-to-day oversight of team project deliverables and giving direction on data analytics products, quality of care measures, and visual analytics. Development and implementation of master data management or advanced data 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 five to ten analysts/developers 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.

• Manage the Enterprise Data Warehouse data analytics and master data management projects
• Lead as a functional/business specialist or subject matter between the customer business team and technical project teams with emphasis on master data management and data analytics
• Serve as a key resource on complex and/or critical issues
• Support in meeting the Management by Business Objectives (MBOs) to achieve employee experience, customer loyalty, financial/revenue growth, and innovation goals
• Review work performed by others; provide recommendations for improvement
• Forecast and plan resource requirements
• Authorize deviations from standards
• Lead functional or segment teams with motivation and inspiration
• Provide explanations and information to others on complex issues
• Manage customer relationships and anticipate customer needs to proactively develop solutions
• Support growth to the project/program
• Work with end users/customers to understand and develop requirement
• Organize and lead project related meetings with customers, development staff, and sponsor level staff
• 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

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.

• 5+ years of project manager experience for data analytics/reporting projects, especially with project scheduling, scope, resources, risk/issues management, communication, and stakeholders' management
• 3+ years of business experience working/leading projects with healthcare analytics and reporting in a multi-vendor environment
• Experience leading complex and demanding DDI projects with Business Intelligence/Data Analytics for decision support systems
• Solid technology background with knowledge/experience in large DBMS, data, ETL, BI tools
• Proven client-facing skills, excellent written, verbal communication skills, and presentation skills to executive teams
• Proven solid project/program management experience applying PMI knowledge area, and performance…