Associate, Process Improvement

Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring an Associate, Process Improvement to join our Concierge Optimization team.

Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a relentless focus on serving our members. We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family.

About the role:

The Associate, Process Improvement is responsible for working cross functionally with business and technical Oscar stakeholders and representing the needs and interests of the department in company wide strategic initiatives and in solving business problems related to internal processes. You will lead the design, optimization, and implementation of processes and improvements to operations to support achieving organizational goals. This requires collecting and documenting requirements, and managing project plans. It also involves documenting important project decisions, managing project governance, and applying frameworks. Additionally, it necessitates analyzing data and communicating risk mitigation strategies. These efforts must span across different projects and team members at the same time.

You will report into Senior Director Member & Provider Services.

Work Location: This position is based in Tempe, New York, Atlanta or Dallas, requiring a hybrid work schedule with 3 days of in-office work per week. Thursdays are a required in-office day for team meetings and events, while your other two office days are flexible to suit your schedule. team meetings and company events.

Internal applicants living outside of the listed location(s) will be considered for this role provided they meet all job requirements and internal transfer eligibility criteria.

Pay Transparency: The base pay for this role in the states of California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Washington is: $96,876.00 - $127,149.75 per year. The base pay for this role in all other locations is: $87,188.40- $114,434.78 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar's unlimited vacation program and annual performance bonuses.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the end-to-end management of cross-functional implementations/projects, including project plan creation, stakeholder engagement, managing cross-functional relationships to drive collaboration, edge case mitigation, and on-time completion.
• Evaluate overall departmental performance by creating, gathering, analyzing data and assisting in development of departmental metrics and implementation of mitigation strategies.
• Collaboratively works with all relevant partner groups to create proactive implementation, communications, and program strategies for successful change management and risk mitigation programs.
• Mentor team members and promotes colleagues' growth.
• Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree or 3+ years commensurate experience
• 3+ years of work experience in operations, health insurance, data analysis, engineering or consulting
• 2+ years of experience using data software such as Excel, SQL, Python or other data analytics tools
• 2+ years of experience with end-to-end project management
• 2+ years of experience designing and improving workflows and standing up accompanying operating and technical procedures
• 2+ years of experience with process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma or Theory of constraints

Bonus points:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or other related field
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or higher