Senior Data Analyst – Strategy Analyst

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create analytical insights to support market growth, service line operations, consumer experience, marketing, and other related areas
• Analyze and interpret market, demographic, financial, and healthcare data to identify trends, and present findings to key stakeholders
• Collaborate with strategic and service line leaders to understand their business and provide insights to support decision-making
• Ensure effective documentation processes throughout all the entire analytical lifecycle
• Provide ongoing training and guidance to all relevant levels of leadership in order to facilitate the adoption of analytics
• Act as a subject matter expert in one of the following areas: hospital business development, service line operations, consumer experience, marketing, growth, strategic finance
• Create processes and accountability for the continuous rationalization of the strategic and service line analytics portfolio
• Partner with analytical platform teams to ensure accuracy and efficiency in aggregation and alignment of foundational data assets needed to power strategic analytics
• Partner with other subject matter domain leaders to infuse insights into the decision-making process for physician network, population health, value-based care, finance, and other health system analytics focus areas
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of healthcare experience with knowledge and background in health system analytics
• 3+ years of experience of financial modeling and ratio analysis
• 3+ years of experience managing analytics projects or initiatives with minimal guidance
• Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other basic analytical tools
• Advanced Proficiency in PowerPoint or other Presentation tools
• Proficiency in SQL or SAS
• Proficiency with Business Intelligence dashboard tools such as PowerBI, QlikView, Tableau
• Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven excellent communication and interpersonal skills

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.