The Role
Serve as a subject matter expert for PBM data analytics, using advanced SQL and large healthcare datasets to develop dashboards, business insights, and scalable BI solutions. Partner with stakeholders and Engineering/IT on workflows, ETL/ELT, UAT, training, data governance, security, and documentation. Resolve complex analytical issues, support self-service analytics, and mentor junior analysts.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2396610
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
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.
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Demonstrated experience working with PBM / pharmacy data ecosystems
- Serve as SME for PBM data analytics, using advanced SQL to answer complex questions
- Translate analysis into business-ready narratives-clear insights, quantified impacts, and practical recommendations
- Work with large datasets received from multiple sources and housed in data warehouses ensure data is usable for reporting and analytical purposes
- Partner with stakeholders to provide training/UAT support to business users on analytic outputs and definitions to increase adoption and reduce rework
- Collaborate with Engineering/IT to design and implement right workflows, ensuring data extracts are migrated efficiently and securely
- Apply solid understanding of dimensional modeling and relational database concepts
- Act as an escalation point for complex analytic issues; provide timely updates to leadership and business partners
- Ensure adherence to governance standards for healthcare data, including privacy, access controls, and secure handling of sensitive datasets
- Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (Business, Computer Science, or related field) or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing scalable BI/analytic solutions and working with relational databases
- Proven hands-on expertise in SQL for analytics and data manipulation; experience with large datasets in warehouse environments
- Experience building and maintaining dashboards in Power BI / Tableau and enabling self-service analytics
- Experience designing or partnering on ETL/ELT processes and maintaining documentation (data dictionaries, metric definitions, lineage)
- Experience applying data security/compliance best practices in healthcare/regulated environments
- Solid analytical/problem-solving skills; solid written and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- Solid proficiency with SQL; ability to profile and validate large volumes of structured data
- Ability to coach/mentor junior analysts and act as a go-to resource for complex analytics
- Solid stakeholder management and ability to influence without authority
- Familiar with PBM Domain Data
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, and implementing scalable BI or analytics solutions with relational databases
- Hands-on expertise in SQL for analytics and data manipulation
- Experience working with large datasets in data warehouse environments
- Experience building and maintaining dashboards in Power BI or Tableau
- Experience enabling self-service analytics
- Experience designing or partnering on ETL/ELT processes
- Experience maintaining data dictionaries, metric definitions, and data lineage documentation
- Experience applying data security and compliance best practices in healthcare or regulated environments
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- Ability to profile and validate large volumes of structured data
- Ability to coach or mentor junior analysts and serve as a resource for complex analytics
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence without authority
- Familiarity with PBM domain data
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is often regarded as generous, with meaningful accrual and flexibility to use it. While practices can vary by team, the overall time-off offering stands out as a relative strength.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with employer matching is available and generally well-regarded for supporting long-term savings. It remains valuable, though candidates should verify the current match formula.
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Parental & Family Support — Programs such as parental leave, family medical leave, and adoption assistance are included as notable elements of the total rewards package. These resources can meaningfully support work-life balance when applicable to the role and location.
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The Company
What We Do
Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, 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. At Optum, we support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Optum Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models, core on‑site (5 days/week), hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote, vary by country, role and location.
Typical time on-site:
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