Associate Manager Data Scientist

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

Primary Responsibilities:

Here are some areas where based on your choice & experience you would be working on:

• Create innovative ideas to address the business needs in the areas that are relevant to the NLP / ML in Healthcare Industry
• Implement NLP proofs of concept and prototypes to evangelize the ideas
• Always keep abreast of the latest developments in our areas of research and stay ahead
• Build/Enhance NLP/ML / Deep Learning models for various business segments
• Each day you will be expected to move as needed between designing scientific approaches and architecture, writing or contributing to scientific publications, mentoring, and development in
• Python, all in the service of creating the best new NLP capability possible
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in Data Science / AI/ NLP Research field
• Experience of working on NLP problems and working knowledge of various tools/frameworks used for building solutions in NLP space
• Excellent coding skills in Python
• Proven to be self-motivated. Desire to pursuit very high-quality work
• Proven solid problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms
• Proven ability to learn new tools/languages quickly and continue expanding knowledge on latest advances in ML/AI
• Proven ability to undertake preprocessing of structured and unstructured data
• Proven ability to analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
• Proven ability to build predictive models and machine-learning algorithms
• Proven ability to combine models through ensemble modeling
• Proven ability to present information using data visualization techniques
• Proven ability to propose solutions and strategies to business challenges

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.