Principal 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.

As our Principal Data Analyst, you will join an established Product team within OptumRx responsible for delivering external facing Pharmacy Data Services. You will provide analytics and insights related to prescription conversion across the 5 Optum owned pharmacy network.
Within the role, you will build relationships with our partners across many functions, including Network Relations, Pharmacy Operations and Clinical. 

We’re looking for someone with a quantitative mindset, a solid aptitude for complex problem solving and process improvement with well-developed communication and technical skills.

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 office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities:

• This role is an individual contributor position
• Driving analytical projects, from ideation to product
• Actively consult with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to ensure appropriate business content is incorporated into analytic approaches. Anticipate stakeholder needs and proactively develop solutions to meet them
• Rapidly develop new insights and iterate upon those insights to drive business decisions
• Create annotated Data Bricks code and documentation describing analytics methodologies, data product designs using layman’s terms that will serve as the documented technical requirements for IT partners to scale and productionize analytics solutions
• Efficiently deliver on ad-hoc analysis requests from a wide range of stakeholders as required

You will be rewarded and recognized 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 discipline with solid analytical focus (analytics, mathematics, statistics, engineering etc.)
• Proven SQL or Python data analysis experience
• Demonstrated ability to own solution delivery with solid organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Proven solid analytical skills including the ability to understand complex problems, break them down into manageable components, and apply analytical techniques to find actionable solutions
• Ability to be comfortable analyzing and interpreting large volumes of data from disparate data sources
• Ability to have a quantitative mindset and ability to understand complex processes
• Proven experience in creating rapid prototypes (ETL, Analytics logic, ad-hoc analysis)
• Proven solid communication skills, able to work with stakeholders from multiple levels and disciplines

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven MS Azure & Machine Learning experience
• Proven work experience with FMCG, Pharma or any Retail experience 
• Proven experience in delivering predictive and/or prescriptive analytics in an industry setting that yielded real business value
• Proven experience working in health informatics or within the healthcare industry or prior experience with Clinical data

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.

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.

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.