Manager, Healthcare Transformation - Remote

Primary Responsibilities

• Oversee detailed data analytics and financial projections (e.g., MicroStrategy, Excel), and translate findings to operational stakeholders
• Perform project / program management activities, such as monitoring client scope, creating and tracking deliverables, creating status reports, identifying and mitigating risks, managing resource plans, and monitoring successful achievement of project goals
• Manage multiple clients and/or complex workstreams simultaneously in a rapidly changing environment
• Define and manage the creation of artifacts or deliverables that effectively summarize findings, support fact-based recommendations, and provide appropriate detail to substantiate conclusions
• Present final deliverables to client executives and sponsors
• Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams, internal and external, on project approach, strategies, and work plans
• Lead the design and implementation of recommended solutions
• Develop sales pursuit materials and other business development activities (e.g. proposals, pricing, and Statements of Work)
• Identify opportunities for client account growth and perform a leadership role in conjunction with the sales leaders to close add-on business
• Lead as a brand ambassador for Optum's full suite of products and services to meet client needs
• Oversee and manage Optum Advisory team members either directly or through a matrixed, client-based environment
• Communicate clear direction and delegate responsibilities to team members when needed, providing management and coaching
• Build and manage relationships with client stakeholders, executives, and decision-makers, leading with influence to drive change

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in management consulting
• 5+ years of experience in project management, including building and creating project / program deliverables with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams concurrently
• 5+ years of experience managing workplans, budgets, and tracking metrics to assess initiative progress and overall project health
• 5+ years of advanced Microsoft Office expertise, specifically Excel and PowerPoint
• 3+ years of provider healthcare consulting experience and/or process improvement experience in a provider environment
• 3+ years of experience leading cross functional teams and mentoring team members
• 3+ years of experience identifying key issues, analyzing data, and solving complex business-related problems
• Ability to travel up to 80%

Preferred Qualifications

• Lever six sigma certifications
• Experience with industrial and/or systems engineering
• Experience in clinical transformation solution design and implementation resulting in significant recurring financial benefit
• Experience with data management tools and/or BI tools (e.g., Tableau, MicroStrategy)
• Experience in a client account growth and relationship expansion role
• Experience with project turnaround/remediation
• Hospital operations, case management and/or clinical variation consulting experience