Senior Data Analyst Population Health

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.

Optum applies evidence-based approach in provision of exceptional patient care. This role works with Population Health leaders to drive strategies and objectives by designing analytical tools for clinical management and staff productivity; as well as directly supporting various employed and contracted specialties that provide wraparound services for our patients. Focus include program and intervention performance assessment, development of metrics, reporting to leadership. This position reports into the Sr. Manager of Population Health Analytics and involves significant exposure to Optum's regional VP-level leaders, Senior Medical Directors, as well as the Chief Medical Officer.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Consistently exhibits behavior and communication skills that demonstrate our company's commitment to superior customer service, including quality, care and concern with each and every internal and external customer
• Uses, protects, and discloses our patients' protected health information (PHI) only in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards
• Develop and maintain data models and analytics that help us understand current state of impact to patients
• Develop and/or maintain key performance indicators used by directors and managers to improve processes and maintain a pulse of daily operations. Emphasis on development and maintenance of operational reports
• Partners with Population Health Directors for Affordability planning and reporting
• Become the lane leader and thought partner for our Ops and Medical Directors
• Lead alignment of methods and strategies between various parts of Optum CA and with Optum National teams
• Develop all data and data tools needed to support and track specialty initiatives and expansion of business needs
• Maintain detailed documentation pertaining to routine operational analytics, source of truth and education of the data design with peers to promote cross-coverage and visual aids
• Incorporate industry benchmarks to illustrate baseline metrics and current state when publishing charts, graphs, pivot tables and other diagrams
• Performs additional duties as assigned

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 from a four-year college and/or a professional certification requiring formal education beyond a two year college
• 2+ years of Data analysis experience with high comfort level in MS Excel and SQL; other analytics platforms (e.g. Tableau, Python, PowerBI)
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel
• Proven ability to communicate dense and complex data to senior leaders in a clear and actionable context
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant Master's Degree focused on business analytics, applied analytics, MBA etc.
• Knowledge of other analytics platforms (e.g. Tableau, Python, PowerBI)

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

California Residents Only: The salary range for California residents is $67,800 to $133,100. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.