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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.
Serving virtually every dimension of the health system, we work with a diverse set of clients across 150 countries—from those who diagnose and treat patients to those who pay for care, deliver health services, and those who supply the cures. Optum maintains operations across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Our innovative partnerships provide technology and tools that enable unprecedented collaboration and efficiency. As a result, we can tap into valuable health‑care data to uncover insights and develop strategies for better care at lower costs.
About The Role
As our Data Analyst you will join an established team within OptumRx responsible for managing our network pharmacy pricing guarantees. You will provide financial modelling and analytics related to the performance of effective rate pricing guarantees, specific to the Commercial business. You will work with internal stakeholders to drive the best outcomes and ensure alignment with our pharmacy contractual obligations.
Within the role, you will build relationships with our partners and stakeholders across many functions, including Network Contracting, Client Contract Management, Finance, Legal and more.
We're looking for someone with a quantitative mindset, attention to detail, a solid aptitude for complex problem solving, industry experience, and well‑developed communication and technical skills.
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home‑based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities
Support the monitoring and reporting of pricing guarantees for network pharmacies within Optum's Commercial book of business
Produce and maintain financial models and projections, ensuring inputs, assumptions, and calculations are accurate, well documented, and reviewed regularly
Collaborate with internal partners to gather required inputs and ensure models reflect contractual and operational considerations, maintaining a solid focus on precision and consistency in results
Identify data issues, emerging trends, or potential risks and escalate appropriately with clear supporting analysis
Communicate findings clearly through written summaries, reports, and presentations tailored to internal stakeholders
Required Qualifications
Proven solid experience with SQL and/or Python, with the ability to perform effective and efficient querying involving multiple tables and subqueries
Demonstrated communication skills, able to work with stakeholders from multiple levels and disciplines
Preferred Qualifications
Proven hands‑on experience with MS Azure
Proven PBM or Pharma experience
Proven experience in financial modelling
Proven ability to be comfortable analyzing and interpreting large volumes of data
Demonstrated ability to understand complex scenarios and quickly provide effective decisions
Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.
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. xcfaprz
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug‑free workplace.
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