Associate Director of Healthcare Economics

UnitedHealth Group

  • Dublin
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. 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.In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, we want to make healthcare work better for everyone. This depends on hiring the best and brightest. With a thriving ecosystem of investment and innovation, our business in Ireland is constantly growing to support the healthcare needs of the future.Our teams are at the forefront of building and adapting the latest technologies to propel healthcare forward in a way that better serves everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, we use the most advanced development tools, AI, data science and innovative approaches to make the healthcare system work better for everyone.As the Associate Director of Healthcare Economics, you will help drive efficiency and optimise processes using advanced analytics and new technologies, enhancing our capabilities to improve accuracy and completeness. The successful candidate will have a passion for innovation and a desire to make a significant impact on the healthcare industry.Schedule: Full-time position with standard working hours of Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm.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:
  • Develop and maintain models and reporting to provide actionable insights that support decision-making processes at the executive level
  • Act as a main point of contact for key matters related to assigned customers. This involves communicating actionable strategies, deliverables and timelines to key customers and business stakeholders. Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key customers
  • Contribute to ongoing innovation of analytical capabilities, including refining financial models, conducting pilots, gather customer feedback to inform future analytic development life cycle
  • Ensure the quality and integrity of all analytical capabilities by monitoring key metrics and trends. This includes periodic reviews of existing analytics and processes to identify opportunities for improvement and ensure they meet the changing needs of the business
  • Lead adhoc analysis and projects as needed
  • Collect and understand business requirements for dataset creation for research projects
  • Analyze large operational and/or financial data sets
  • Integrate data from large databases
  • Develop and/or maintain dashboards and reports
  • Other duties as assigned
You will be rewarded and recognised 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Administration, or a related field
  • Proven extensive experience in financial analysis, data analytics, or a related field, including significant experience in leadership positions managing healthcare data or analytics teams
  • Intermediate (or higher) level of proficiency in major statistical and data analysis tools such as SQL
  • Familiarity with applicable regulations and standards in risk management relevant to the industry (e.g., financial services, healthcare)
  • Experience managing complex business/operations and financial analyses, both at the business and individual client level
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Advanced understanding of global risk regulations, especially if the company operates internationally or in highly regulated sectors
  • Advanced proficiency in data visualization tools and knowledge of big data technologies
  • Evidence of having successfully influenced analytics strategic policies and practices at an organizational level
  • Ability to manage a complex system of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reporting deliverables effectively and accurately as required by internal stakeholder and external business customers
Soft Skills:
  • Verbal and written communication skills, capable of effectively communicating risk management strategies and findings to various stakeholders
  • Analytical, problem-solving mindset and data analysis skills
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.All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the 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 marginalised 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: 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. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.#RPO

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