Healthcare Economics Consultant - Clinical Analytics & Affordability Reporting

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.

The Healthcare Economics Consultant - Clinical Analytics & Affordability Reporting is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining a high‑quality analytics and reporting suite that supports clinical programs, pharmacy analytics and affordability initiatives. This role partners closely with cross‑functional clinical, operational, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable, accurate, and actionable reporting solutions.

The consultant will execute complex analyses, drive operational excellence, and identify opportunities for medical and pharmacy cost improvement through robust data analysis and visualization. This role requires strong healthcare domain expertise, advanced SQL skills, and experience developing dashboards and reporting products using modern business intelligence tools, including medical and pharmacy claims‑based data sources.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a reporting suite that supports clinical & pharmacy analytics and affordability initiatives, including utilization management, medical expense reduction, operational metrics, and KPIs
• Understand clinical & pharmacy programs and identify appropriate reporting solutions and analytical approaches to support program goals
• Understand data structures and content; perform detailed data analysis; and write complex SQL queries to identify medical and pharmacy cost drivers, utilization trends, membership trends, and other key insights
• Distribute curated datasets and analytical outputs to support forecasting, reporting, and data‑driven decision‑making
• Follow data visualization best practices and create, maintain, and document report development templates and related artifacts
• Ensure high‑quality reporting outputs through detailed validation, reconciliation, and data quality checks; drive report development and validation processes end‑to‑end
• Demonstrate strong analytical and communication skills by developing a portfolio of dashboards and reports that clearly convey insights to stakeholders
• Proactively identify and communicate design, development, or data issues, and recommend effective solutions

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 in Economics, Statistics, Finance, Health Administration, Mathematics, or a related field, or a relevant degree with 4+ years of healthcare experience
• 3+ years of healthcare claims domain knowledge in a data warehouse or analytics environment (medical and/or pharmacy claims)
• 3+ years of SQL experience (Snowflake, SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, or similar), including complex queries and stored procedures
• 3+ years of advanced Excel experience, including Power Pivot, data connections, and queries
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to present ideas and analytical findings to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of data visualization and dashboard development experience using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools
• Experience working with pharmacy data, including pharmacy claims, utilization, or drug spend analytics

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

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.