Principal Business Systems Analyst, Data Warehouse - Remote

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 startCaring. Connecting. Growing together. 

Optum's Growth Strategy and Operations (GSO) team is a diverse team of highly motivated, experienced, and disciplined leaders working across the organization delivering technology, services, and best practice programs to support growth. Technology is essential to enabling growth, as it creates simple and efficient connection points across the sales and client lifecycle. Our growth technology team is made up of skilled engineers, developers, and architects, informed by capability owners for each growth technology owned by the Growth Strategy and Operations team.

We are seeking for an energized, organized, and collaborative team member who can skillfully partner across various growth, functional and business partners to inform our Data Warehouse strategy and delivery.  You will join a team of data scientists, engineers, and growth analysts to design, build and maximize the value of Optum's information assets with emphasis on the Growth BIG Data Warehouse.  The warehouse is the source of truth for Optum enterprise client and growth data by bringing together data from over 70 sources to enhance our understanding of our clients and prospective clients.

This role will help constituents better understand the information that supports their business activities, while working to provide powerful insights to a large growth organization.  Our team culture is built on trust, transparency, and collaboration.  We give our team the space they need to set priorities, deliver results and the environment to ensure they can have fun doing it.

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

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Working directly with stakeholders to define and/or analyze their business requirements, documenting functional specifications and creating mock-ups and prototypes where needed
• Contribute to the design, configuration, acceptance, and delivery of the warehouse capabilities
• Represent stakeholders in the agile environment acting as the voice for the business users with an ability to fully articulate their business needs and the value associated with the delivered features and capabilities
• Fully contribute to iteration planning, backlog maintenance, sprint planning, product demonstrations and retrospectives
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with partners and business owners in an environment of open and trusted communication
• Develops and maintains product roadmap and models designed to ensure achievement of enterprise growth goals and enabling strategic growth initiatives
• Develop and maintain high quality and accessible product documentation methods and standards
• Establish and apply quality objectives, criteria, and standards using appropriate quality management methods including stakeholder input and measurable key performance indicators
• Understands where data resides and how best to leverage data sets by recommending solutions to present actionable data insights utilizing a broad knowledge of data technologies including big data and relational databases

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: 

• 7 years project, program, or product management experience with emphasis on using data to inform business insights and decisions
• 7 years demonstrated analytical and reasoning skills
• 7 years of demonstrated verbal and written communication skills with excellent presentation abilities
• 7 years of comprehensive and detailed business analysis, data flow and technical requirements documentation skills
• 7 years of experience in gathering, compiling, interpreting, and harmonizing complex data sources and structures
• 7 years of experience working with complex data environments across multiple data platforms

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Snowflake Data Warehouse technology
• Experience with Tableau or similar business intelligence and analytics technology
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools
• Familiarity with both 'Dimensional' and 'Data Vault' Data Warehouse modeling methodologies
• Proven critical thinking abilities with a demonstrated aptitude for effective negotiation and conflict resolution using a diplomatic and fact-based approach and demeanor
• Demonstrated ability to identify barriers and provide solution-oriented support to drive resolution
• Proven confidently able to write and interpret basic SQL queries, with a strong understanding of data granularity and join techniques
•  Proven solid communication and leadership skills and experience presenting to multiple levels of leadership

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $101,200 to $184,000 per year. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. 

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy 

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.    

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment