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
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OptumHealth is currently seeking a Data Scientist II with a solid data science background who wants to join our team. You will be part of the Optum Health Marketing Performance team. This team is responsible for providing insights, analytics and personalization services to product marketers. You should be an exceptionally well disciplined and self-motivated individual with predictive modeling experience and proven experience delivering business impact on a portfolio of projects. This person will have analytical mindset and yet will be adept at translating highly technical information to a non-technical audience.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities
- Create predictive models & consumer segmentation models using demographic, psychographic, econometric, and statistical data to enable personalized marketing
- Ability to work with imperfect data. Navigate and analyze complex, incomplete and sometimes unreliable data sources, applying statistical and rule- based approaches to clean and validate data
- Investigate discrepancies in marketing datasets, troubleshoot anomalies, and collaborate with data engineers to improve data reliability and accessibility
- Identify trends in member behavior and engagement
- Collaborate with marketing stakeholders to optimize campaigns, apply customer segmentation and drive personalization strategies
- Undertake rigorous and meticulous data analysis to extract and distill key population insights that will be consumed by functions such as marketing, product and client relations
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
- 3+ years of statistical modeling experience in applications such as but not limited to R, Python, DataBricks, or SQL
- 3+ years of experience extracting and developing key consumer insights within a population
- 3+ years of experience distilling insights and presenting to business leadership
- 3+ years of experience utilizing both qualitative analysis (e.g., content analysis, hypothesis testing) and quantitative analysis techniques (e.g., cluster analysis, inferential statistics)
- 3+ years of experience creating and maintaining data models tailored for marketing analytic use cases
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated problem solving mindset: excited by the opportunity to work in a complex, messy data environment, solving ambiguous problems and translating analytics into actionable strategies. Not taking no for an answer, and instead willing to find compromise or drive towards uncovering a solution when no one else will. Results driven mindset in a constantly changing environment
- All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
The salary range for this role is $71,600 to $140,600 annually based on full-time employment. 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.
