Surest Senior Data Analyst

Opportunities with Surest, a UnitedHealthcare Company (formerly Bind). We provide a new approach to health benefits designed to make it easier and more affordable for people to access health care services. Our innovative company is part tech start-up, part ground-breaking service delivery-changing the way benefits serve customers and consumers to deliver meaningful results and better outcomes (and we have just begun). We understand our members and employers alike desire a user-friendly, intuitive experience that puts people in control when it comes to the choices they make and the costs they pay for medical care. At Surest, we pride ourselves in our ability to make a difference, and with the backing of our parent company, UnitedHealthcare, we can operate in the best of both worlds-the culture and pace of an innovative start-up with big company support and stability. Come join the Surest team and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Surest Benefit Analytics team is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to play a key role in advancing the organization's analytics capabilities and scalability. This position is ideal for a highly experienced analytics professional with exceptional data fluency, strong technical expertise, and a demonstrated ability to query and synthesize large, complex healthcare datasets (primarily claims data) to solve meaningful business challenges. The role will focus on developing and delivering analytics through business intelligence tools powered by cloud-based data, supporting teams across Surest with actionable, high-quality insights. The successful candidate will bring deep experience working with data and will excel at partnering with stakeholders to translate business needs into thoughtful analytical approaches and effective solutions. Surest™ values individuals who are collaborative, intellectually curious, execution-oriented, and committed to excellence.

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: 

• Lead the end-to-end development and governance of BI solutions, including Power BI dashboards, Looker reports, and automated Excel tools that accelerate speed to data
• Drive initiatives to improve data quality, reliability, and standardization across analytic processes and platforms
• Set the strategy for automation and novel analytics, reducing manual work and scaling repeatable, self service data solutions
• Oversee integration of diverse data sources-claims, provider, operational-into unified, high quality analytic datasets. Ensuring consistency and alignment across internal analytic outputs, including coordination with UHC/Optum reporting where applicable
• Partner with data science, engineering, and architecture teams to ensure BI capabilities remain performant and align with broader enterprise data strategy
• Communicate insights clearly and with executive presence, tailoring messages to both technical and non technical audiences
• Support preparation and delivery of health analytic deliverables, including regular and ad-hoc consultative/analytic support as defined by the internal and external stakeholders

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:

• 7+ years of highly ADVANCED SQL experience, including expert-level ability to write highly optimized, complex queries; extensive hands on skill with multi table joins (inner/outer), nested subqueries, in line views, window functions, and sophisticated Common Table Expressions (CTEs); and a proven experience interrogating, transforming, and reviewing large-scale healthcare datasets with precision
• 7+ years of experience designing and developing data visualizations and dashboards, leveraging tools such as Looker, Power BI, Tableau, and other modern visualization frameworks to translate complex analytical outputs into intuitive, actionable insights
• 7+ years of experience translating business requirements into deployed analyses
• 3+ years of experience with healthcare claims (medical or pharmacy) and analyzing these claims to tell a story (e.g. ER Utilization compared to UC Utilization, PMPM trend, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience leading and mentoring junior data analysts and analytics engineers, providing guidance on technical development, analytical best practices, and project execution
• Extensive experience in data governance and best practices
• Demonstrated record of high impact cross functional collaboration, with excellent communication skills enabling effective partnership with stakeholders at all organizational levels and across a wide range of technical expertise

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced proficiency with Looker (LookML and derived tables) 
• Experience with Databricks or Snowflake

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 $91,700 to $163,700 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.