Principal Data Scientist

2 days ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland UnitedHealth Group Full time

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.

About the Role

The Principal Data Scientist will partner with Pharmacy business units to build scalable solutions to business problems. The role requires strong collaboration with internal partners to set the analytics direction and to deliver on identified opportunities. The successful candidate will contribute to creating and maintaining clear, strategic vision and a plan for bringing actionable, innovative analytic solutions to fruition.

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 office and telecommuting from a home-based office.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Direct and implement analytic activities to support decision-making for UnitedHealthcare Pharmacy
  • Build scalable data solutions for core business functions
  • Collaborate with different lines of business to understand their analytic needs, propose & deliver business solutions and drive change
  • Anticipate customer needs, proactively develop & deliver solutions to meet them, and forecast/predict the impact of business strategies
  • Implement process improvement initiatives and automation for efficiency where appropriate
  • Research, interpret, and analyse diverse and complex data and communicate findings to influence the business direction
  • Utilise a broad range of analytic approaches including predictive analytics, issue detection, trend analysis, and data visualisation to best address the business priorities

Requirements:

  • Degree Qualified (BA, BS) in relevant field (analytics, mathematics, economics, business, statistics, engineering, or finance) or equivalent experience
  • Significant experience in data analytics or data science, ideally with experience working with financial or healthcare-related data (e.g. pharmaceuticals, medical claims)
  • Proficient in researching, interpreting, and analysing diverse and complex data
  • Extensive data manipulation skills across structured and unstructured sources/repositories such as relational and non-relational databases, CSV's, API's, text, Excel, etc.
  • Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language such as R or Python
  • Demonstrated effective project ownership, management, drive & delivery
  • Stakeholder management experience, dealing with multiple stakeholders, and forming effective partnerships
  • Strong business acumen, with the ability to strategically consult with the business
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely in writing and orally to individuals and groups

Desired:

  • Proficiency in a visualisation tool like Excel, Tableau, PowerBI or QlikView/QlikSense etc.
  • Experience or knowledge with cloud-based data analytics e.g. (AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks)
  • Masters and/or PhD in Finance, Analytics, Economics, Mathematics, Econometrics, or other relevant field of study
  • Experience in healthcare industry, either from a pharmaceutical background or consulting firm
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