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Senior Consultant, Payer Performance
Location
United States
Posted
10 days ago
Salary
$91.7K - $163.7K / year
Seniority
Senior
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Senior Consultant, Payer Performance
UnitedHealth Group
Role Description The Optum Health Enterprise Payer Team is responsible for owning, driving, and optimizing Optum Health’s payer portfolio to achieve sustainable value-based care relationships. The Senior Consultant, Payer Performance will play a critical role in proactively managing and identifying remediation and growth opportunities to improve the payer portfolio. This individual will be expected to: - Influence payer strategies in a fast-paced, performance-focused environment - Provide quantitative and qualitative interpretation of payer performance to help advance Optum Health goals - Partner to develop and create data centric tracking and reporting on key organizational priorities - Foster relationships with cross-functional partners to solve critical business initiatives - Proactively identify problems and develop recommended solutions This individual will need to be able to function in a diverse environment with senior level stakeholders across internal and external stakeholder groups, abstract and fluid environments, and simultaneous deadlines. The position requires an ability to comprehend local markets’ strategies while demonstrating awareness of broader systems across the enterprise, both strategically and tactically. Organizational agility will be required – building meaningful relationships and facilitating decision-making to continue achieving Optum Health’s value-based care growth agenda. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. Qualifications - Ability to convey findings in a cohesive story, including summarizing insights - Experience working with all levels of management across multiple functions and business partners - Proven record of managing competing priorities and a rapidly changing business environment - Ability to anticipate and make recommendations that resolve key operational or functional gaps - Passion for collaborating with external and internal constituents, gaining consensus/support, and managing stakeholder input/approval Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Analytics, Finance or a related field - 5+ years of relevant experience in healthcare operations, strategy, growth, or consulting roles - Experience building financial models and translating data into actionable business insights - Demonstrated problem solving, analysis, and resolution at strategic and functional levels - Proven critical thinking skills with experience managing multiple priorities and resolving data inconsistencies - Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and readiness to take on leadership responsibilities - Self-starter with comfort navigating ambiguous situations and problems Preferred Qualifications - Experience and understanding of value-based care and different risk constructs - Solid understanding of payer and provider relationships in the healthcare industry - Understanding of Medicare Advantage and/or Medicare Original Products - Solid financial acumen and ability to analyze financial, clinical and/or operational data - Solid Excel skills with financial & return on investment modeling Benefits - Comprehensive benefits package - Incentive and recognition programs - Equity stock purchase - 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements) 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.
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