At UnitedHealthcare, the business problem is to simplify the health care experience, create healthier communities, and remove barriers to quality care, by leveraging advanced data analytics to inform strategic initiatives and drive improvements in member care and Quality performance.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience in developing analytical solution using techniques such as machine learning, text mining/analysis, simulations, hypothesis testing, etc.
- 3+ years of professional experience with Python
- 3+ years of professional experience applying data analysis to solve business problems
- 2+ years of professional experience communicating analytic results to stakeholders
- Experience with Medicare Advantage products or the healthcare industry
- Solid communicator - this role will need to be comfortable presenting program objectives, process, and performance in multiple setting
- Solid Relationship building skills with internal and practice teams to drive goal alignment
Responsibilities
- Perform advanced data analytics to uncover insights that inform strategic initiatives and drive improvements in member care and Quality performance
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed analytics into business strategies and deliver data-driven solutions to complex challenges
- Communicate analytical findings and recommendations clearly to stakeholders across technical and non-technical domains
- Support data acquisition, integration, and preparation to enable robust and scalable analytics workflows
- Analyze and interpret drivers of quality trends, including observation bias, metric changes, operational shifts, and industry developments
- Initiate and foster innovative approaches to problem-solving, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement
- Integrate diverse data sources with domain knowledge in healthcare and government policy to develop and present impactful business recommendations
Other
- Self-motivated and demonstrates an innate ability to absorb new concepts, technical frameworks, program paradigms while employing them creatively to solve complex analytical problems
- Critical thinker- this position will need to evaluate merits of new and innovative ideas and make sound decisions
- All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy
- Comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable
- Pass a drug test before beginning employment
