Senior Data Analyst

Senior Data 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. 

About the Role:

As a Fortune 5 business, we’re one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you’ll have or the challenges you’ll encounter. 
We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we’re on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams.

The UHC Stars Business Intelligence team is committed to utilizing modern reporting technologies on timely, accurate and complete data to drive effective Stars quality improvement initiatives, thereby improving health outcomes for our members. As a Senior Data Analyst within the team, you will collaborate closely with our business partners to understand their needs and priorities, leading the development of innovative reports and analytics.

Primary Responsibilities of the Senior Data Analyst: 

•    Collaborate with our business partners, SMEs, and BAs to ensure a shared understanding of business requirements.
•    Create wireframes to explore and confirm business requirements.
•    Plan and manage the ingestion of source data into the Cloud platform.
•    Develop efficient, well-structured, and maintainable ETL processes.
•    Build responsive and user-friendly reports while adhering to style guides and UI best practices.
•    Develop and maintain technical and user documentation.
•    Comply with design and coding standards, policies, and procedures.
•    Communicate with various functional areas, translating technical concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences, both verbally and in writing.
•    Leverage new technologies to drive innovation in data analytics as applied to healthcare and meet emerging customer requirements.

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 of the Senior Data Analyst:

•    Technical undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.
•    Proven experience performing and leading significant data analysis and report development with accountability for work presented to senior management.
•    Strong SQL experience, including experience with various database technologies such as Snowflake, MS SQL Server.
•    Extensive experience with data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI, Power BI Report Builder/SSRS, Tableau.
•    Strong design skills to understand user needs and provide visual solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

•    A strong portfolio showcasing Power BI or Tableau projects.
•    Experience orchestrating pipelines using tools such as Airflow, Azure Data Factory.
•    Programming experience, e.g., Python.
•    Experience leading and implementing data quality initiatives.
•    Experience with Agile methodology.
•    Core design skills, including the ability to establish visual hierarchy, layout, typography, and color.
•    Experience working with healthcare analytical products or datasets.

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. © 2023 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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