Director, Business Analysis - Client Insight

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.

The Director of Business Analysis Client Insight is part of the Clinical Solutions, Risk Adjustment team. This role leads and develops a high-performing analytics team, driving accountability for outcomes, insight, quality, and client impact. The leader will be both strategic and hands-on, leveraging advanced analytics, AI-powered insights, and modern reporting platforms to deliver meaningful, scalable solutions for key clients.

They will translate complex, multi-source data into clear, actionable intelligence, using automation and AI to improve speed, accuracy, and depth of insights. This role is responsible for guiding the team in resolving sophisticated data challenges, identifying patterns, and proactively surfacing opportunities and risks.

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.

What you will do:

• Leading with impact: Set direction, prioritize work, and ensure delivery of high-quality, insight-driven outputs
• Applying AI and advanced analytics: Integrate machine learning, predictive analytics, and automation to enhance reporting and decision-making
• Being hands-on: Personally contribute to complex analyses, data modeling, and executive-level storytelling
• Driving client value: Partner closely with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into data strategies and measurable outcomes
• Navigating complexity: Guide the team in interpreting and resolving intricate data structures, inconsistencies, and dependencies
• Elevating the function: Continuously improve tools, processes, and capabilities to scale analytics impact across the organization
• Frame business-critical analyses, set hypotheses, and drive follow-through from design to delivery
• Enable leaders: Partner with prospective client teams to ensure insights are not just available but usable, empowering leaders to act with confidence
• Drive innovation: Lead efforts to consolidate data points across systems and pioneer new ways to integrate, visualize, and apply insights
• Additional ad-hoc duties 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.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Data Analytics, Statistics, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Proven track record of leading data driven strategy and decision making at enterprise scale, delivering measurable business impact
• Demonstrated deep expertise in analytics platforms and complex data ecosystems, including SQL, Python, Snowflake, Power BI, GitHub, and multi source data environments
• Proven experience leading and developing high performing analytics or business analysis teams, with accountability for delivery, quality, and outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, and automation to improve insights and operational efficiency
• Demonstrated solid executive level communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to present insights in a clear, concise, and compelling manner
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, make decisions, and effectively execute within a large, global, fast paced organization
• Proven experience leading and managing high performing teams, driving accountability, capability development, and consistent delivery of high quality outcomes

Other useful skills and experience include:    

• Proven experience working with AI/ML driven analytics or predictive modeling
• Proven experience in healthcare, Risk Adjustment, or similarly complex, regulated data environments, including working with large scale, multi source datasets
• Demonstrated solid background in modern reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms, with a focus on delivering user friendly, decision ready outputs

What We Offer:

• Opportunities for professional development  
• Inclusive and supportive team culture  
• Key benefits: Private health insurance, wellness programs, matching pension contribution, lunch provided by the company, training opportunities, employee donations matching and others

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. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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