Full-Time Data Scientist

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and apply retrospective statistical methods to evaluate healthcare products and programs targeting medical expense reductions including but not limited to emergent events, in-home care, post-acute care, and transitional care.
• Develop study methods, analyze complex data with statistical and visual techniques, and interpret and present findings
• Develop data queries and extracts necessary for population health data science initiatives
• Perform predictive modeling, clustering, or other data science methods to help healthcare programs identify and improve key clinical measures
• Conduct propensity to succeed analyses using data science methods to identify key factors to increase program engagement and financial success
• Interpret and analyze clinical data including insurance claims, electronic medical records, and various other data sources

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:

• 2+ years of experience in health care analytics using large medical claims data sets
• 2+ years of experience writing SQL queries with intermediate level proficiency
• 2+ years of experience using statistical methods in data science modeling or in statistical studies (linear regression, logistic regression, predictive modeling, cluster analysis, retrospective models, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience in R; experience with Python, SAS, or similar statistical programs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medicaid, Medicare, or commercial health insurance experience
• Experience translating analytic results into expected financial returns
• Experience developing, interpreting and presenting analytics results to stakeholders
• Proficiency working with MS Excel including formulas, calculations, charts, graphs, etc.

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