Analytics Business Manager

Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Role purpose The Analytics Business Manager (ABM) role is part of Optum's Analytics Center of Excellence (ACOE). The ACOE provides high-quality deliverables and data-driven decision making through a highly scalable and innovative operating model that enables resource specialization and expands our partners' access to analytics talent, best practices, standard processes and technology. This model helps advance the strategic objectives of our partners which are both external health systems and internal operations. The ABM serves as a strategic and operational partner to ACOE leaders and Analytics Client Delivery Leads (CDLs). The role translates partner and organizational priorities into coordinated action, reliable governance, and measurable outcomes by providing the structure, information, and follow-through leaders need to make decisions and deliver results. The ABM partners with CDLs, ACOE leaders, delivery teams, and other stakeholders to create clarity, alignment, and accountability across complex initiatives. The role is accountable for ensuring leaders have decision-ready information, governance and operating practices support consistent execution, business performance is visible, and organizational priorities translate into measurable outcomes and sustained value. The ABM uses business judgment, influence, operational leadership, and executive communication to navigate ambiguity and independently advance work from planning through implementation and adoption. Based on organizational needs, the ABM may support a combination of health system partnership and ACOE-wide leaders and operations. These assignments require solid relationships, enterprise knowledge, and disciplined execution. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. 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.

Strategic partnership and leadership enablement Build knowledge of partner and ACOE priorities, operations, contractual commitments, and analytics needs; anticipate implications and recommend action Translate strategy into priorities, roadmaps, business plans, governance agendas, decisions, owners, and next steps Prepare leaders for governance, strategic planning, and operational reviews by synthesizing priorities, risks, stakeholder perspectives, trade-offs, and decisions needed Build trusted relationships and influence alignment across partner, account, and ACOE stakeholders Connect work across functions and partnerships to reduce duplication, surface downstream impacts, and identify opportunities for enterprise reuse or standardization while recognizing justified partner-specific needs Portfolio, delivery, and governance Maintain an integrated view of commitments, milestones, service performance, capacity, risks, dependencies, decisions, and accountable owners Identify emerging risks, recommend mitigation, and escalate when leadership intervention is needed Design and sustain governance that clarifies purpose, decision rights, inputs, outputs, participants, and follow-through Ensure priorities and governance decisions translate into coordinated execution, measurable progress, and documented outcomes Track contractual and operational commitments, make gaps visible before they become delivery or relationship risks, and ensure final decisions and required documentation remain accessible for future