Optum is a global organisation that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
In healthcare, evolution doesn't just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we're expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We'll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You'll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.
Emisar is looking for an experienced, curious and self-motivated individual who will be responsible for identifying and developing net new business opportunities intended to deliver enhanced financial and operational performance. The successful candidate will report to the VP of Industry Relations, Emisar. We are looking for people who can collaborate cross-functionally with various business and data analytics teams, demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, lead and develop teams, have proven business development experience, and the ability to manage multiple competing business projects at one time.
Schedule: Full-time position with standard working hours of Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Support the development and implementation of pharmaceutical tracking that informs Emisar Industry Relations leads to key opportunities to drive Emisar initiatives and standardization
* Review and monitor pharmaceutical contract deviations to inform standardization
* Help establish objectives, define deliverables, structure work effort, and mobilize cross-functional teams to deliver against Emisar initiatives
* Actively seeks to improve current processes and coordinate organizational procedures for optimized efficiency
* Support the management of industry trend analytics, competitive risks, client and consumer needs, expansion opportunities and internal performance
* Help drive development of market and competitive intelligence to support business planning and strategy development efforts
* Support pipeline development of high-ROI, high-growth opportunities
* Help evaluate new opportunities, including assessment of opportunity size, capabilities and gaps, cost and risk to develop, and buy/build/partner analysis
* Inform the development and evolution of processes to monitor invoicing of Emisar initiatives
You will be rewarded and recognised 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
* Bachelor's Degree (or higher) OR equivalent experience
* Experience in healthcare industry (including but not limited to pharmaceutical industry, PBM - Pharmacy Benefit Management, contracting, etc)
* Experience in working with and analyzing diverse datasets to develop business insight and strategy
* Intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel
Soft Skills:
* Proven ability to support the development of business projects with accountability of work to management level stakeholders
* Verbal and written communication skills. Ability to speak clearly and concisely, conveying complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret complex information
* Ability to work collaboratively across a matrix environment to deliver business goals
Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.
All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
At 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 marginalised 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.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.
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