Payer Strategy Advisory Manager (Remote)

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Manager, Advisory Services to lead day-to-day engagement management for payer-focused strategy consulting engagements. You will shape approach, manage workstreams, and coach junior staff while partnering with client executives to drive measurable outcomes.

In this role you will guide analyses, build consensus, and maintain executive-facing communication, with remote work flexibility but required Minneapolis/DC in-office time for certain hires.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of external client/customer-facing experience in strategy and management consulting (McKinsey-BCG-Bain/Big 4/Boutique) or equivalent professional services environment
• 2+ years of experience in health care (payer or life sciences)
• 2+ years of experience utilizing formal industry strategy consulting frameworks within a payer or life sciences environment
• 2+ years of experience with project management, developing and presenting deliverables to C-suite executives
• 1+ experience mentoring and upskilling junior staff
• Proven analytical reasoning and solutions-focus problem solving skills
• Ability to drill down to the root cause of issues and develop actionable solutions
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite - Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Ability to travel domestically, up to 50% when required

Responsibilities

• Serve as overall day-to-day engagement manager across various engagement types (predominantly strategy and transformation consulting engagements for payer clients)
• Demonstrate ability to accurately diagnose client-facing issues and determine the appropriate analyses and evaluations to develop solutions
• Responsible for determining overall analytical approach and structure for client engagements and workstreams
• Build consensus among client stakeholders about the accuracy of the solutions and aid them in successful implementation.
• Spend time coaching team members to develop approaches for their individual responsibilities, reviewing and validating their work for accuracy and effectiveness
• Serve as the main point of contact for payer clients and client stakeholders
• Establish optimal communication cadence with clients and demonstrate executive presence
• Prioritize and delegate work to team members and self that meet needs and timelines of client
• Closely monitors actual vs. expected team utilization
• Effectively and appropriately apply both deductive and inductive thinking
• Provide subject matter expertise to other Optum Advisory Services business units related to strategic planning and specific payer client issues
• Communicate effectively and accurately in writing and verbally
• Demonstrate solid relationship management skills and ability to handle challenging interpersonal situations
• Contribute to practice-level initiatives including business development and thought leadership beyond client project work

Skills

Client engagement

Healthcare experience

Strategy frameworks

Project management

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Root-cause analysis

MS Office

Travel flexibility

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

MS Office Suite

Job description

Optum is seeking a Manager, Advisory Services to lead day-to-day engagement management for payer-focused strategy consulting engagements. You will shape approach, manage workstreams, and coach junior staff while partnering with client executives to drive measurable outcomes.

In this role you will guide analyses, build consensus, and maintain executive-facing communication, with remote work flexibility but required Minneapolis/DC in-office time for certain hires.