Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

This candidate will be part of a 43-person team made up of Project Managers, Teradata and Web Developers, Data Modelers, DBAs, Business Analysts and Report Analysts.  Must be able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with programmers, analysts, immediate supervisor, management, system users, operations, other State agencies and the private sector.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as the liaison and Subject Matter Expert between the business users, Medicaid program area, and technical teams
• Ensure understanding of priorities, business needs, schedule, status, and deliverables amongst members of the business, program and technical teams
• Manage day-to-day communication and ensure rapid resolution of requests and questions from business users and technical teams
• Facilitate sessions with business, program and technical teams to understand business needs, identify and design solutions, and develop use cases
• Create formal documentation for Business, Functional and Technical requirements, Functional and Technical Design, and Use Cases
• Lead development of formal Test Plans and test data in collaboration with the business, program and technical teams
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing sessions with Business Users
• Validate and test web application and reporting functions
• Facilitate and document business User Acceptance Testing
• Prepare necessary forms and documentation for implementation
• Analyze and recommend process improvements
• Must be able to work independently
• Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills

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:

• 5+ Years of Business Analyst Experience 
• 5+ Years’ Experience facilitating business requirements gathering, technical documentation, test plan creation
• 5+ Years’ Experience working on a technical team as an integral team member to develop web- based solutions
• 5+ Years’ Experience with all phases of SDLC
• 2+ Years of Business Analyst Experience with State Government Medicaid business areas
• Work onsite in Lansing, MI
• Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive  VoiceResponse (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe.  Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained
• You will be asked to perform this role in an office setting or other company location

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical study
• 2+ Years Training Experience
• 2+ Years SQL Assistant Experience
• Business Analyst Experience preferably in Web Applications in a Data Warehouse
• Experience working with business partners to proactively identify value add solutions
• Experience with Report Development
• Experience with Analytical Tools

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world’s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer 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.

Job Keywords: systems analyst, analyst, business, technology, Lansing, MI, Michigan