Senior Business Analyst - Remote

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Hartford
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.Optum State Government Solutions implements and operates a range of business services supporting State Governments. Client engagements include multiple Optum services that are internally provided by different teams and delivered in a matrix environment. The Business Lead role is designed to ensure alignment of the overall solution with the State client's requirements and goals, using the Implementation team and Optum State Government resources.Optum is currently seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support our State of Connecticut Medicaid Data and Analytics project within our State Government Solutions Data and Analytics practice. The ideal candidate has extensive experience as a delivery professional managing relationships with State or Federal government executives in both implementation and on-going operations phases of large government health services contracts. This candidate will be an established leader with operational credibility and experience in the areas of implementing business service operations and Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) or Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW), and leading efforts that bring best possible solutions to the marketplace.You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.Primary Responsibilities:

• Establish and implement appropriate team structure to complete program implementation
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with the client's executive leadership
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with various Optum and UnitedHealthcare delivery teams
• Establish and manage the JAD process, driving alignment on requirements and functionality
• Solicit, review, analyze, and create business requirements
• Developing Business Requirements and upkeeping requirement documentation
• Deliver results with efficiency, quality, and customer value; measure and report result to the client and to Optum stakeholders
• Engage client and Optum stakeholders to manage risks and timely resolution of issues
• Ensure in scope deployments are completed on time and per contract requirements
• Ensure operational services are delivered with quality and within KPI and SLA requirements
• Prioritize multiple demands and ideas based on available resources and client commitments
• Support decisions and act quickly and effectively to sustain progress
• Navigate and influence multiple cross-functional teams (both clients, Optum and United Healthcare) in a complex work environment
• Foster and support business development opportunities while engaged with the clientYou'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
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