At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

We invite you to bring your performance, ideas and innovations to an elite team within a culture built for collaboration. At UnitedHealth Group, we seek individuals who have the ability to drive change, take appropriate risks and influence individuals at all levels of the organization. The Principal Data Scientist of Star Ratings Analytics within UHC Medicare & Retirement will lead a team that originally designed and continues to reimagine the foundational metrics and analytics surrounding star ratings at UHG, making them more actionable, transparent, accurate, and flexible. The principal will integrate new relationships around the company, new data sources, and new methods/technologies along the way. As a subject matter expert, the director will recommend best approaches to transform the healthcare industry.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop your team of analysts to provide predictive modeling, prioritization, innovative reporting, and subject-matter expertise
• Build solid relationships within the organization including finance, IT, product, actuarial/underwriting, clinical, and operations
• Initiate and provide structure to long-term and recurring projects
• Continually reevaluate and reimagine operational metrics and reporting
• Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences including senior leaders
• Understand and explain drivers of apparent quality trends (observation bias, metric changes, operational changes, industry trends)
• Initiate and foster unique and innovative solutions and ideas
• Bring disparate data together with knowledge of health care and government policy to develop and communicate sound business recommendations to leaders throughout the organization

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:

• Undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, Economics, or similar
• 5+ years of experience identifying healthcare trends
• 3+ years of academic and/or professional experience conducting statistical regression models
• 3+ years of academic and/or professional experience with large/complex data manipulation, cleansing, storage, and reporting
• Demonstrated experience leading groups
• Demonstrated experience presenting to senior leaders
• Intermediate or higher level of proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supervising or managing analytical staff
• Experience with Medicare Advantage products
• Proven ability to command of data storage theory and design
• Proven critical thinker- this role will need to evaluate merits of new and innovative ideas and make sound decisions
• Proven excellent communicator - this role will need to be comfortable presenting program objectives, process, and performance in multiple setting
• Proven self-motivated and able to demonstrate an innate ability to absorb new concepts, technical frameworks, program paradigms while employing them creatively to solve complex analytical problems
• Proven solid relationship building skills with internal and practice teams to drive goal alignment
• Proven high degree of emotional intelligence
• Proven SQL, SAS, Python, Oracle, Hadoop, Hive, R, Excel, VBA, Linux/Bash, Spark skills

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $101,200 to $184,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. 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.

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

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.