Senior Director Network Pricing Analytics – Hybrid

There’s never been a time that was more right for people who want to lead. Health care is changing and evolving at a pace that few could have predicted. Technology, ideas and bold vision are taking companies like UnitedHealth Group to new levels of performance. This is the time and the opportunity that can bring your impact to a whole new level.

As a leader within our Network Pricing Analytics team, you’ll help with setting effective drug pricing within our provider networks to meet client and pharmacy contract guarantees through financial and network pricing modeling, analysis and reporting. As you do, you’ll find that you can make a real impact while enjoying the resources, backing and opportunities that you’d expect from a Fortune 6 leader.

Ready for a challenge? You will need all your leadership skills and creativity as you manage and develop provider networks that achieve performance objectives. As a result, there is a high level of visibility and accountability for results.

About You

You’ve been working your way to this opportunity for some time now. Now that you’ve learned to lead and build a deep analytics expertise, it is time to set your sights on having an impact in more ways. Join our leadership team and help UnitedHealth Group meet the challenge of shaping where health care will go.

Careers with Optum offer hybrid work arrangements and individuals who live in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to regularly work from home (remote). Here at Optum we use the office space to promote community, enhance collaboration and foster innovation.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data analytics experts developing pricing models and algorithms applied to effectively manage drug cost for clients and deliver value for the enterprise
• Develop robust, scalable analytics in response to needs of internal stakeholders, clients and the external market, and business partners (pharmacies)
• Be able to develop complete network pricing strategies capable of covering the vast majority of use-cases likely to arise in the business, sometimes from incomplete specifications
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in IT and the business
• Implement governance processes for backlog intake on analytics requests and effectively manage resource allocation within the team to meet business goals
• Partner with key stakeholders from Network Pricing Products, Pharmacy & Client Contract Management, Operations and Strategy on solution design and task prioritisation
• Influence leadership decisions that impact business direction on pricing initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Experience leading analytics teams covering visual analytics, descriptive/diagnostic analytics, and more advanced data science
• Experience managing peoples workload and throughput
• Ability to collaborate with a decentralized cross-functional team, ability to lead and influence without authority to advance complex programs and deliver outcomes
• Experience with financial forecasting and operational and financial acumen, discipline and rigor
• Very comfortable with change and ambiguity given the ever-evolving nature of the business
• Strong communication skills, able to work with stakeholders from multiple levels and disciplines
• Demonstrable experience leading analytics projects, with accountability of work to senior management level stakeholders
• Undergraduate degree in a numerical subject (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, or Economics)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in a technical discipline
• Experience with advanced analytical modelling, time-series forecasting, rationales
• Experience working with large volumes of transactional data
• Experience working in industries such as Healthcare, Financial Services, Banking or Telco

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.

Careers with Optum. Here’s the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world’s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life’s best work.SM

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the Optum Ireland Telecommuter Policy.

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.