Vice President, Government Health IT Infrastructure Job in Chicago, Illinois US

The Vice President, Government Health IT Infrastructure ("individual"), will have accountability for creating a vision for HIE, Data Warehousing and claims platforms that serve the Government market. The individual will serve as the market group's lead technology visionary and have responsibility for defining roadmaps, leveraging Optum-wide systems, and assuming leadership in planning and decision making as it relates to Health IT Infrastructure across government health programs. The individual will proactively promote and monitor product/solution performance, constantly working to increase revenue, customer satisfaction, and the overall OptumInsight footprint in the marketplace.
The individual will be responsible for working with key business partners (e.g., sales, product management, marketing, technical engineering, operations, consulting) to develop and launch new products/solutions and increase the profitability of existing offerings technology leadership to accomplish business goals.

The Vice President, Government Health IT Infrastructure will ensure best-in-class products/solutions through identification of current and future product strategy and market requirements by coordinating market research, competitive analysis, and capturing requirements from customers and prospects. The ideal candidate will have health care industry experience and the state Medicaid market, specifically. The individual will create passion, excitement and results in others; speak at client, sales and industry conferences; and is acknowledged as the product thought leader by the market. This individual will be able to clearly communicate product value and benefits to customers, prospects, and partners.

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OptumInsight is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

OptumInsight is one of the largest and fastest growing health information companies. We specialize in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology and consulting services that enable better decisions and results. We integrate workflow solutions that deliver data in real-time, and create actionable insights - processing health information that relates directly to and affects one in four patients in the U.S, one in every three Medicaid dollars and one in every five emergency room visits. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation Performance.

What can YOU do with the right information? At OptumInsight, the possibilities and the impact are limitless. No matter what your role is at OptumInsight, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions and help make the health care system greater than ever. It's always fresh. It's always exciting. And it's never been more important.

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