Principal Financial Data Modeler

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.

Optum is looking for an experienced, curious and self-motivated individual to join a team that will be responsible to partner with the business, build strong relationships, collaborate on opportunities, and provide subject matter expertise in terms of Reporting, Analytics and Business Intelligence solutions. 
The successful candidate will contribute bringing reporting solutions to our customers and support our organization creating and maintaining clear, strategic vision and a plan for bringing actionable, innovative analytics and reporting solutions to market.
We are looking for people who can collaborate cross-functionally, demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, have proven experience, and the ability to operate flexibly in a rapidly changing work environment. 

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 in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities:

•    Ability to apply modelling techniques to specific therapeutic classes, individual clients and at a macro level for all clients.
•    Collaborate with various internal teams to ensure accurate rebate calculations and payments
•    Work with other departments to align modelling methodologies across our business. 
•    Embed forecasting models to predict future trends in drug utilization, costs, and savings.
•    Provide insights into market dynamics that impact rebate strategies.
•    Continuously improve forecasting accuracy through advanced statistical techniques.
•    Design predictive models to anticipate future healthcare trends, patient behavior, and treatment outcomes.
•    Utilize machine learning algorithms to enhance model performance.
•    Interpret model results to inform strategic decision-making for our organization and our clients.
•    Conduct comprehensive data analysis using large datasets from various sources (claims data, clinical data, etc.).
•    Identify patterns, trends, and insights that drive business value
•    Develop dashboards and visualizations to communicate findings effectively.
•    Present findings and scenarios in a clear manner to internal and external audiences.
•    Conduct in-depth analysis of different therapeutic classes to inform drug coverage options.
•    Understand and evaluate the clinical effectiveness and economic impact of pharmaceutical products.
•    Provide recommendations based on evidence-based medicine principles.

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 or equivalent. 
•    Proven ability to work collaboratively across a matrix environment to deliver business goals.
•    Experience in working with and analyzing diverse datasets to develop business insight and strategy.
•    Proven ability to work on projects with accountability of work to senior management level stakeholders.
•    Understanding of competitive landscape and familiarity with pharmaceuticals or healthcare industry.
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to speak clearly and concisely, conveying complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret complex information.
•    Very good knowledge of at least one data modelling, scripting or statistical language such as R or Python 
•    Advanced data modelling and data manipulation skills and proficiency in at least SQL and Excel 

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Experience in managed health care or pharmacy benefit management
•    Master’s, M.B.A., or PhD in a relevant field 
•    Business Acumen, customer facing mindset and/or relevant experience 
•    Ability to operate flexibly in a rapidly changing work environment 

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. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.