Senior Health Care Economics Consultant - Remote

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.

As a Senior Health Care Economics Consultant in the Health Care Economics organization, you will lead data-driven studies to tell the story of how Specialist Management Solutions (Lantern) makes a difference and develop innovative models to drive future growth and efficiency. Your role will include developing measurement approaches, building statistical and machine learning models, analyzing complex data, and interpreting and presenting findings. You'll work closely with business leaders and other researchers to develop innovative analytic solutions to help Optum fulfill its mission.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

Join a team of health economists and data analysts to measure performance and drive enhancements of population health management and network programs

Develop and apply statistical methods to evaluate economic and clinical program performance

Identify and deploy appropriate analytic techniques to solve complex business problems and overcome measurement challenges

Build statistical and machine learning models to model outcomes and improve program performance

Perform analytic dataset creation and statistical modeling, and summarize results

Work closely with stakeholders to understand business needs, explain methods, and interpret findings

Manage multiple priorities, work independently, and meet non-negotiable deadlines

Anticipate customer needs and proactively develop solutions to meet them.

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:

5+ years of UHG internal experience, specific data sets with UDW, Galaxy, and network databases

4+ years of experience in health care analytics and working with large medical claims data sets

4+ years of experience with SAS programming

Experience/proficiency with statistical techniques such as logistic regression, predictive models, multivariate analysis, and linear models

Experience with R, Python, or similar

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 $91,700 - $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 a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.