Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum Insight improves the flow of health data and information to create a more connected healthcare system. The Advisory Services Sr Consultant will support payer clients with StepWise implementations, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, training, and client advisory services.
Responsibilities
- Work with the StepWise software to configure rating algorithms, factor tables, and proposal outputs
- Work with the StepWise software to configure user experiences (including health plan sales and underwriting users)
- Work with the StepWise software to create business process / workflow automation
- Use Excel and SQL-based systems to solve clients' business problems
- Present solution design and configurations to peers and clients
- Become a trusted advisor to our clients by:
- Learning, understanding, and adhering to StepWise configuration best practices
- Understanding our clients' business and place within the market
- Being transparent, accountable, and following through on commitments
- Communicating project status and risks often and early
- Acting as a main point of contact both during a project and after implementation is complete
- Assist with StepWise end-user and super-user training
- Assist with project scoping and requirements gathering
- Assist with writing contracts and developing pricing models
- Understand industry issues, changes, and potential impacts and opportunities for the StepWise consulting team
- Direct segments of work and manage deliverables
- Be capable of meeting multiple project deadlines with minimal supervision
- Serve as a subject matter expert for others
- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, is tactful and listens well
- Work with less structured, more complex issues
Skills
- Ideal candidates will have a background in commercial healthcare underwriting or actuarial pricing combined with a solid technical aptitude and a desire to solve complex problems using cutting-edge software tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must; this is a direct client-facing role
- 4+ years of experience working in commercial healthcare insurance
- 2+ years of experience writing SQL queries
- 1+ years of experience healthcare rating systems development
- Advanced level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel - including complex formulas and macros / VBA
- Experience working as an underwriter or actuary in commercial healthcare
- Experience working with the StepWise Suite
- Familiarity with XML / JSON
Benefits
- Flexible remote work from anywhere within the U.S.
- A comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
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