Senior Data Scientist Consultant – Remote

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.

We all know that there’s a lot more to come in the changes sweeping through the health care industry. But if change is going to shape our world, it’s comforting to know that we’re shaping the change.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. 

Primary Responsibilities:

Data Scientist Senior Consultant in this role will lead the development and implementation of predictive models and data science solutions focused on health disparities, health equity related initiatives, and social determinants of health risk models. Responsibilities include:

• Applying data transformations to support actuarial and predictive modeling within the Medicare, Medicaid, and/or Commercial lines of business
• Leading the design and development of data science solutions tailored to client needs
• Leading the development of advanced machine learning classification and regression algorithms
• Developing and implementing model monitoring processes to ensure the accuracy and reliability of predictive models
• Applying technical skills to perform complex analyses and draw key insights that reflect an understanding of the overall consulting engagement. Emphasis and knowledge base in health equity, public health and value-based care and alternative payment models type projects
• Creating visually appealing, client-ready, and accurate deliverables
• Lead client facing conversations and presentations 
• Analyze different data sources to determine analytic value and make recommendations on feature engineering 
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with broader team, while supporting ad-hoc analytics 
• Maintain high quality documentation of predictive models, data definitions, transformations, and processes to ensure data science governance and security
• Take accountability for work within a fast-paced consulting environment and manage multiple projects at once 

You’ll 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of direct healthcare industry experience in at least 2 of the following domains:
  • Population health analytics 
  • Value based care analytics
  • Actuarial analysis 
  • Health equity and/or health disparity analytics 
• 2+ year experience working in a consultancy, healthcare payer, or research institution in a data science role
• 2+ years in R, Python, and SQL
• Experience leading feature engineering 
• Experience leading the design and development of predictive models 
• 1+ year experience with Cloud environment like Azure 
  • Expertise in various business deployments with at least 2 of the following methodologies: 
  • Regression
  • Classification
  • NLP
  • GenAI
  • Deep Learning
• 1+ year experience in a client facing role; leading presentation development and client interactions 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience at Optum/UHC/UHG 
• Experience with health care claims and/or pharmacy claims (i.e. understanding of costs, expected claims, diagnosis codes, procedure codes, pharmacy terminology, etc.) and/or experience with UHG and/or Optum data and analytical products
• Proven analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to handle changing priorities/requirements/deadlines

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy 

The salary range for this role is $89,800 to $176,700 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.