Remote Advisory Services Analyst – AI-Driven Healthcare

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum Advisory - Enterprise Delivery Services is seeking an Advisory Services Analyst to support business analysis, project management, and AI-enabled delivery for healthcare clients. This remote-friendly role offers flexibility to work from anywhere in the U.S., with in-office requirement for the Minneapolis area four days per week, and travel up to 25% as needed.

Limited travel may be required for client projects.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in business analysis, consulting, technology delivery, healthcare, or a related business environment.
• 2+ years of building/creating project deliverables with the ability to manage complex work-streams in a client facing role.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, technology teams, quality assurance, or project delivery teams.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, or advanced analytics platforms) to enhance productivity and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and technology teams to identify issues, establish objectives, develop recommendations, and implement solutions for our clients.
• Support requirements gathering by participating in stakeholder discussions, documenting business needs, and helping translate them into clear functional requirements.
• Assist with process mapping, current-state analysis, and documentation of workflows to identify gaps, dependencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare clear, organized deliverables such as meeting notes, requirements summaries, status updates, and issue logs to support project teams and client stakeholders.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to support and accelerate consulting delivery activities while improving efficiency and outcomes.
• Drive outcomes without direct authority, engaging team members in a cross-functional environment.
• Conduct research studies that may include collecting, analyzing, trending, and presenting data and recommendations to management.
• Work closely with Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, Architects, Business Partners, and other Technology teams to ensure requirements and design are completely understood.
• Assist in quality assurance and user acceptance testing by writing test scripts, executing test cases, and documenting defects.
• Effectively build and maintain relationships with internal and external clients.
• Provide clear communications (oral and written) and share knowledge at all levels of the organization

Skills

Project and Program Management

Business Analysis

Product Management

Process Transformation

Change Management

Quality Assurance

Data Analysis and Reporting

AI-driven innovation

Training and Development

Job description

Optum Advisory - Enterprise Delivery Services is seeking an Advisory Services Analyst to support business analysis, project management, and AI-enabled delivery for healthcare clients. This remote-friendly role offers flexibility to work from anywhere in the U.S., with in-office requirement for the Minneapolis area four days per week, and travel up to 25% as needed.

Limited travel may be required for client projects.