Unlock Your Potential as a Data Scientist
You have the opportunity to make a significant impact on healthcare by joining our team as a Principal Data Scientist. In this role, you will be responsible for building scalable solutions to business problems and collaborating with internal partners to deliver actionable, innovative analytic solutions.
About the Role
This is a full-time position with standard working hours of Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm. You will have the flexibility to split your monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Responsibilities:
* Implement analytic activities to support decision-making for UnitedHealthcare Payment Integrity (PI); analyze medical spend and identify PI cost-saving and/or avoidance opportunities.
* Use data analytics/science techniques to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement in medical spend and/or reduction in provider abrasion.
* Analyze performance data to help identify areas for improvement and make data-driven recommendations.
* Collaborate with different lines of business to understand their analytic needs, propose & deliver business solutions and drive change.
Requirements:
* Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in relevant field (data science, analytics, mathematics, economics, business, statistics, engineering, or finance).
* Extensive experience working within technical and business professionals in a matrix management environment.
* Proven track record of leading analytics projects.
* Expert level of proficiency in SQL, and at least one scripting language such as SAS, R, or Python.
About Us
We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, age, location, or income. Our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone.