Optum is a global organization 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.

As part of the Optum Insight Life Sciences Data Development and Enrichment Team, the Principal Data Analyst will identify, vet, and develop existing and new data products for Optum Life Sciences that both address critical unmet needs and advance Optum Life Science’s market position. In this role, the resource will receive the guidance form the product leaders proactively and reactively identifying top areas of opportunity for Life Sciences clients based on market trends and the competitive landscape. For existing data and/or targeted new product opportunities, this resource will support the work to develop the data product concept working with a cross-functional team including Finance, Operations, Technology, Marketing, and Sales. This work entails designing and building scalable data products with clearly defined requirements.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management and manipulation of mostly structured data, with a focus on building business intelligence tools, conducting analysis to distinguish patterns and recognize trends, performing normalization operations and assuring data quality
• Develop and write efficient and optimized queries to create end-user reports and extract data from source systems and instruct analytic team members on their use
• Lead consultations with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and determine study requirements. This includes identifying viable technological solutions/options
• Apply and maintain knowledge of study/research designs for meeting customer business needs, particularly those for population health, equity and efficacy studies
• Write and develop the detailed specifications/record layouts and/or workflow diagrams from which reports and extracts will be created
• Perform necessary procedures to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction
• Contribute to the continuous evaluation of data quality, and efficiencies of analytic business processes
• Create specifications to bring data into a common structure, creating product specifications and models, developing data solutions to support analyses, performing analysis, interpreting results, developing actionable insights and presenting recommendations for use across Optum
• Establish relationships with customers and data senders serving as a subject matter expert for clinical and claims data
• Collaborate and support the team in creating business justification and execution for data acquisition
• Good written and oral communication and presentation skills with experience communicating effectively with a diverse audience – across business and technology partners, including senior leadership
• Experience working in Agile manner, writing lean user stories and requirements that drive efficient development with technology partners manner, analytical frameworks or database/ application architects and data scientists
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive environment that supports growth and development.
• Demonstrates full appreciation of and compliance with regulatory obligations

You’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.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience with hands-on product analysis, business analysis, technology consulting in healthcare data
• Proven solid project management experience, delegating and leading complex projects
• Experience developing short and long-term roadmaps and aligning to strategic direction

• Legally authorized to work in the US without any restrictions. Proof will be required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with providing data and analytics solutions to Life Science and/or healthcare organizations
• Healthcare experience, ideally in strategy, new product development or product marketing
• Experience working with Electronic Health Records (EHR Data), NLP technologies

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

The salary range for this role is $106,800 to $194,200 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application 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.

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 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.