Senior Director of Analytics, Healthcare Economics

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

The emphasis for this position is on analytics, data science, statistics, and program design, managing complex analytical projects and portfolios. The ideal candidate will have solid stakeholder management experience, along with proven ability to manage engineering teams developing scalable analytics solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with stakeholders to refine business roadmap and high-level business requirements; presenting at weekly and monthly executive steering committee meetings; working with stakeholders to deliver business solutions, drive change, and resolve any roadblocks
• Provide insight and guidance into actionable analytic findings through clear, succinct written and oral summaries, tables, charts, reports or presentations, that can be understood by a variety of audiences
• Set standards related to data, data governance, project planning and execution, define approach and methodology for the team to deliver and exceed client needs
• Architect the analytic solutions; lead programmers in accomplishing the outcomes and take accountability for socializing the change
• Evolve the existing Data Strategy; define how the organization can leverage data in support of making business decisions, and building a workplan that includes people, processes, and technology to make the plan a reality
• Drive innovation by testing new technology and approaches to continually advance the capability of the engineering teams
• Drive efficiencies via standardization of development patterns and building cloud native products
• Identify gaps, quality, process improvement, and automation opportunities, and lead such activities to execution
• Utilize a broad range of analytic approaches including predictive analytics, issue detection, trend analysis, and data visualization to best address the business priorities

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (data science, analytics, mathematics, economics, business, statistics, engineering, or finance) or equivalent experience
• Proven track record of developing strategic plans and deploying analytic products to improve business performance. Extensive experience working with professionals in a matrix management environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to interact collaboratively with internal customers across multiple departments and business segments
• Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely in writing and orally to individuals and groups
• Proven effective data analysis and interpretation skills, able to draw and present quantitative conclusions
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment while demonstrating good level of maturity
• Experience with statistical models, demonstrate understanding of different statistical methods and approaches
• Advanced experience in Machine Learning or AI model development and deployment
• Demonstrated passion for innovation and a desire to make a significant impact on the healthcare industry
• Expert proficiency in SQL, and at least one scripting language such as SAS, R, or Python
• Proven track record in driving change and influence individuals at all levels of the organization and to take appropriate risks
• High degree of proficiency with Data Visualization / Dashboard tools (e.g., Power BI)

Required Qualifications: 

• Master’s Degree or a PhD in relevant field (data science, analytics, mathematics, economics, business, statistics, engineering, or finance) or equivalent experience
• Experience or knowledge of cloud-based data analytics e.g. (AWS, Azure, Snowflake)
• Experience in medical data including hospital, ancillary, and physician

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.

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.

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.