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For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nDefine and drive the enterprise data warehouse strategy for healthcare data (claims, EMR/EHR, pharmacy, lab, provider, payer)\nLead design of modern data platforms:Cloud DW (Databricks, Azure Synapse, Redshift, BigQuery)\nData lakes / lakehouse architectures\nEstablish scalable data models (star/snowflake schemas, dimensional modeling for healthcare use cases)\nDrive adoption of FHIR, HL7, and other healthcare data standards\n\nOversee ingestion and integration of diverse healthcare datasets:Claims & billing systems\nEHR/EMR platforms (Epic, Cerner)\nPharmacy (PBM), lab, clinical data sources\n\nEnsure interoperability compliance using:HL7, FHIR APIs\nCCD/C-CDA formats\n\nLead enterprise ETL/ELT pipelines and real-time data streaming implementations\nPartner with data science teams to support:Predictive modeling (readmission risk, fraud detection)\nAI/ML healthcare use cases\n\nEnsure strict adherence to healthcare regulations:HIPAA compliance (PHI protection)\nCMS reporting requirements\nHITECH Act guidelines\n\nImplement data governance frameworks:Data lineage\nData quality rules\nMaster data management (MDM)\n\nEstablish audit controls and security protocols\nLead teams of:Data engineers\nData analysts and platform engineers\n\nMentor teams on healthcare data domain knowledge and best practices\nData Quality & Master Data Management\nDrive initiatives to ensure high data accuracy and consistency across systems\nImplement data quality monitoring frameworks\nOversee:Patient identity management\nProvider & member master data\nReduce duplication and improve golden record creation\n\nYou'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.\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience\n10+ years in IT, with solid focus on: Data warehousing, Analytics platforms, Enterprise business systems\n5+ years in leadership roles managing teams and large programs\nProven experience in healthcare domain: Payer, provider, or life sciences environments\nHands-on experience with large-scale DW modernization or cloud migrations\nHands-on experience with managing multi-million-dollar programs and cross-functional teams\nUnderstanding of claims, billing, and reimbursement processes\nUnderstanding of clinical workflows and EHR/EMR systems (Epic, Cerner)\nKnowledge of healthcare data standards: HL7, FHIR, CCD/C-CDA\nExpertise in ETL/ELT tools (Informatica, Talend, ADF, dbt)\nExpertise in workflow orchestration (Airflow, etc.)\nExperience with APIs and real-time streaming (Kafka, event-driven systems)\nSolid experience in Azure, AWS, or GCP ecosystems\nKnowledge of Databricks / Spark-based processing\nKnowledge of data pipeline scalability & performance tuning\nExperience with: Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools\nAbility to support Advanced analytics / ML use cases\nSolid business acumen with ability to translate business needs into technology solutions\nAbility to drive ROI-focused data initiatives\nExperience building Business cases for data platform investments\nAbility to align data strategy with organizational goals\n*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.\nPay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.\nApplication Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.\nAt UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.\nUnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.\nUnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. 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