Senior Data Scientist - 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 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.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with business to develop and operationalize analytic solutions

• Engage in communications for all important functions including data understanding/exploration, strategizing solutions etc.

• Leverage big data analytics infrastructure comprising Hadoop, MapR, Python, H2O, Spark and Snowflake to solve complex business problems in the healthcare domain

• Collaborate with fellow data scientists, business analysts and subject matter experts to design and oversee the development of working prototypes of data science solutions

• Participate in Sprint Planning and Sprint Review meetings with the Scrum Team and project stakeholders

• Support and drive analytic efforts around machine learning and innovation

• Communicate analytic results and predictive models to business partners

Manipulation and analysis of data in support of a variety of analytic solutions

• Work with vast amounts of data from multiple sources to provide predictive and prescriptive analytics to the enterprise

• Produce innovative solutions driven by exploratory data analysis from unstructured, diverse datasets typically measured in gigabytes or larger

• Applies knowledge of statistics, machine learning, programming, data modeling, simulation, and advanced mathematics to recognize patterns, identify opportunities, pose business questions, and make valuable discoveries leading to prototype development and product improvement

• Uses a flexible, analytical approach to design, develop, and evaluate predictive and prescriptive models and advanced algorithms that lead to optimal value extraction from the data

• Works with analytics and statistical software to perform analysis and interpret data

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 experience as a Data Scientist

• 5+ years of experience with SQL, R, Python, Hadoop, PowerBI

• Experience in analytics / data science in a business or academic context

• Experience using programming to solve complex technical problems

• Experience accessing data from various data environments

• Fluent in English both written and spoken

• Demonstrated solid communication, presentation and influencing skills

• Demonstrated ability to breakdown and clearly define problems

• Demonstrated ability to own and deliver projects that deliver real business value

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of CMS Star Specification and NCQA HEDIS measure requirements knowledge

• Experience with healthcare data

• Experience in working with temporal data

• Hands-on experience with Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Hive, PySpark, H2O, Snowflake) and traditional relational database technologies (any of Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, etc.)

Physical & Mental Requirements:

• Ability to properly drive and operate a company vehicle

• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $88,000 to $173,200 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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.

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.

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.