Senior Director, Network Pricing

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 a senior leader within OptumRx's Network Pricing team, you'll facilitate our department in being able to set effective drug pricing within our client & provider networks to meet pharmacy contract guarantees through the development of scalable, analytical, econometric and user-friendly tools. Coupled with this, you will be accountable for understanding & identifying forward-looking opportunities in our pharmacy network spend & contracting, investigating the potential for new & innovative ways of driving value for both our company and the members we serve each day.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of analytics & business experts focused on managing performance across our pharmacy provider network
• Develop & maintain the strategic vision for how we can drive greater optimization & efficiency in how we adhere to our pharmacy network arrangements
• Ability to pivot from detailed planning to high level updating to senior leadership, as required
• Develop & maintain solid relationships with key stakeholders across the organization, with particular emphasis on Finance, Network, Legal & Tech partners
• Lead the business on understanding the implications of future business growth &/or regulatory changes on supply chain value & provider agreements, in close partnership with Underwriting teams
• Implement governance processes for prioritization, backlog intake, SLA's and status reporting
• Influence senior &/or executive leadership decisions that impact business direction on pharmacy pricing initiatives
• Support in broader Ireland OptumRx growth opportunities

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 a numerical subject (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, or Economics)
• Proven experience managing teams of teams
• Proven experience in financial forecasting
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in environments characterized by change and ambiguity
• Demonstrated exemplary communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across multiple levels and disciplines
• Proven experience leading analytics projects, with accountability to senior management stakeholders
• Demonstrated solid business acumen, with the ability to understand how AI/ML solutions can help mitigate or minimize operational challenges
• Demonstrated passion for innovation, experimentation, and delivering meaningful impact

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's or PhD in a technical discipline
• Proven experience with advanced analytical modeling, time series forecasting, and/or data science
• Proven experience working with large volumes of transactional data
• Proven experience working in industries such as Healthcare, Financial Services, Banking, or Telecommunications

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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