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.
About the Role
As a Principal Data Scientist, you'll help set effective drug pricing within our provider networks to meet client and pharmacy contract guarantees through financial and network pricing modeling, analysis and reporting.
You'll make a real impact while enjoying the resources, backing and opportunities that you'd expect from a Fortune 6 leader. 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 offices and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities
* Work alongside other data scientists and business stakeholders to implement models from end to end, including data ingestion and preparation, analysis, modelling, performance tracking and documentation
* Assist with managing client and pharmacy financial performance by recommending or implementing price updates
* Manage junior team members to progress projects
* Support operational processes with analytics
* Own and maintain in-house reporting and analytics
* Identify and quantify the impact of pricing strategies
* Communicate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand data content and business requirements
* Prepare reports and present these to various levels of internal staff
Required Qualifications
* Significant experience in analytical roles (e.g., business analysis, computer science, data science, data analytics, finance)
* Experience developing production-level code in Python
* Experience in predictive modeling/forecasting and drawing insights from data
* Experience monitoring data quality and building data validations
* SQL programming with the ability to perform effective and efficient querying involving multiple tables and subqueries
* Experience in creating visualizations using all relevant data to inform decisions
* Strong problem-solving, quantitative and analytical abilities
Preferred Qualifications
* Master's or Ph.D. in a heavily technical discipline (e.g., business analysis, data science, data analytics)
* Experience using Python data science/engineering libraries
* Experience with version control tools (e.g., Git and Github)
* Excellent communication, collaboration, and delegation skills
* Experience with people management or mentoring junior staff
* Strong ability to plan and manage numerous processes, people, and projects simultaneously
* Experience with object-oriented programming
* Experience with Azure or other cloud platforms
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.
All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the United Health Group's Telecommuter Policy.
We believe everyone – of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income – deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.
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.