Remote Healthcare Advisory Consultant — AI‑Driven Delivery

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Incentive programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum Insight is seeking an Advisory Services Consultant - EDS to join a remote-friendly team delivering strategic advisory services across health care clients. You’ll apply project and product management expertise, drive process improvements, and use AI-enabled tools to accelerate delivery.

You’ll collaborate with business and technology teams, manage scope and risks, and ensure outcomes meet client value and financial targets. Limited travel and US-based remote work are supported.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Project and/or Product Management role within a healthcare environment
• 3+ years of Process Improvement experience
• 2+ years of building/creating project deliverables with the ability to manage complex work-streams in a client facing role
• 2+ years of experience working in an Agile environment
• 1+ years of experience with CA Agile, Rally, JIRA, or similar application
• Experience using AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity and deliverables
• Based in greater Minneapolis, MN OR ability to relocate at own expense to Minnesota OR ability to travel up to 25%
• Ability to work core business hours Monday - Friday

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and technology teams to identify issues, establish objectives, develop recommendations, and implement solutions for our clients
• Perform project management duties including work plan development, stakeholder management, and creation of engagement artifacts for clients
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to support and accelerate consulting delivery activities while improving efficiency and outcomes
• Monitor, manage, and document project milestones, deliverables, and outcomes throughout the project lifecycle, proactively identifying emerging issues and driving appropriate actions to maintain project alignment and momentum
• Develop, communicate, and execute comprehensive project risk and issue management plans, including mitigation and escalation strategies to minimize impact and ensure successful delivery
• 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
• Define, develop, and document business requirements to ensure clients’ needs are captured and delivered
• 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
• Ensure that the engagement performs consistent with expected client value and internal financial targets

Skills

Project management

Product management

Process improvement

Agile methodologies

JIRA

CA Agile

Rally

Data analysis

Quality assurance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

JIRA

Rally

CA Agile

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Optum Insight is seeking an Advisory Services Consultant - EDS to join a remote-friendly team delivering strategic advisory services across health care clients. You’ll apply project and product management expertise, drive process improvements, and use AI-enabled tools to accelerate delivery.

You’ll collaborate with business and technology teams, manage scope and risks, and ensure outcomes meet client value and financial targets. Limited travel and US-based remote work are supported.