Principal Data Analyst

3 weeks ago


Ireland Optum Full time

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. 

About the Role:

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. 

The Principal Data Analyst is a senior role in the Clinical Solutions - Risk Adjustment Team and will be accountable for the development and implementation of advanced reporting, analytic approaches, and tooling. You will work closely with other leaders to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the entire organization. We are seeking a thought leader who thrives on designing new solutions to solve intricate challenges and to help us on our mission of helping people live healthier lives. 
The successful candidate will collaborate cross-functionally with various business and data analytics teams, have proven business analysis experience and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively and adapt to changing business needs.
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 offices and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop a deep understanding of data and business processes related to Chart Review, Targeting Analytics, and Risk Adjustment. Serve as an SME in chart targeting while participating in creating integrated data solutions across the organization.
• Research and develop innovative analytics and data engineering processes to generate value for Optum and our clients.
• Use data expertise to analyze data and provide solutions to optimizing the performance of operations and data processing tasks utilizing PySpark.
• Drive strategies for targeting analytics, chart review business processes, and back end data operations.
• Lead reengineering initiatives to modernize legacy analytics and work with stakeholders to understand new features and enhancements.
• Design data integration processes with automation, process controls, and monitoring tools to ensure data quality.
• Validate data pipelines and provide design inputs to build scalable data and analytics processes/data flows.
• Provide accurate data to reporting teams to enable them to build elegant dashboards and reports for complex analytic results.

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:

• Undergraduate degree in a data engineering or similar quantitative field 
• Extensive experience in complex data analysis with relational and non-relational (NoSQL) databases, mining large datasets, including advanced proficiency in SQL/Python or any transferable programming language. 
• Demonstrated ability to drive data driven business solutions in a complex data environment.
• Basic familiarity with big data and cloud technologies 
• Ability to drive change and influence individuals at all organizational levels through technical discussions and analytical insights.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and build strong networks in a multidisciplinary environment.
 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Experience mentoring and leading other data analysts.
• Knowledge of data architecture, ETL, data warehouse design and large-scale data processing.
• Experience in a healthcare organization in a data-centric role and knowledge of Risk Adjustment.


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. © 2024 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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