Senior Data Analyst

UnitedHealth Group; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group's Optum team in Ireland seeks a quantitative Analytics professional to support contracting and underwriting analytics. You will forecast, model, and deliver insights using SQL, Python, Databricks, and Power BI, across major accounts and healthcare-related datasets.

Hybrid work model with Dublin or Letterkenny options; collaboration with internal stakeholders and data teams to enable solutions and improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Experience in SQL, Databricks and/or Python for querying across multiple tables.
• Proficient in Power BI and MS Excel.
• Experience in financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytics support to internal teams for client and vendor strategies.
• Ensure data stewardship and available formats are accurate and up to date.
• Handle data analysis queries with robust QC.
• Review and reconstruct data sets and tools as required.
• Build dashboards and data visualizations in Power BI (or equivalent).
• Translate stakeholder requirements into actionable analytics and visuals.
• Train business users on dashboards and data tools.

Skills

SQL

Databricks

Python

Power BI

Excel

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in analytics, mathematics, economics, business, statistics, engineering, or finance

Tools

Tableau

Tableu

Databricks

Job description

Optum is a global organisation 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.

As a Fortune 5 business, we're one of the world's leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you'll have or the challenges you'll encounter.

We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we're on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams.

As a member of the team, you will provide financial analytics and modelling to support Optum Rx Network Contracting and Underwriting teams and other internal teams.

This team is responsible for analysis and data interpretationthat impact OptumRx'sclients, pharmacy partnersand the broader business, offering financial modelling and analysis and insightsrelated to all major accounts, identifying key drivers of client financial outcomes and profitability, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to implement effective solutions.

Principal duties include performing financial forecasting and modelling, leveraging data analytics to deliver insights into financial performance, trend drivers and supporting contracting through analytics.

Additional duties can include but are not limited to supporting improvement projects for Data tools and AI implementation .

We're looking for someone with a quantitative mindset, a strong aptitude for complex problem solving, industry experience, and well-developed communication and stakeholder 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 and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide dedicated analytics support to internal teams, supporting client and vendor strategies, recommendations, and development of solutions
• Support the data stewardship, ensure accurate and up to date is available in the appropriate formats
• Fulfill data analysis queries and provide quality control support on to ensure robust data
• Review and reconstruct data sets and tools as required
• Support process improvement projects3+ years' experience building dashboards and data visualizations in Power BI (or equivalent tools)
• Proven ability to deliver reliable data outputs and reporting to internal customers, with strong attention to accuracy and QC
• Experience gathering requirements from stakeholders and translating them into clear, actionable analytics and visuals
• Experience supporting and training business users on dashboards and data tools
• Proven ability using analytical tools such as SQL and/or phyton in softwares such as Tableu, Databricks or other similar products

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 relevant field (analytics, mathematics, economics, business, statistics, engineering, or finance) OR equivalent experience
• Experienced in SQL, Databricks and/or Python, with the ability to perform effective and efficient querying involving multiple tables and subqueries
• Advanced level of proficiency with Power BI
• Advanced level of proficiency with MS Excel
• Experience in financial modelling

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare, Insurance, Financial,PBM or Pharma experience
  • Or
• Experience in finance or consulting or strategic advisory roles

Soft Skills:

• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Communication skills, able to collaborate with stakeholders from multiple levels and disciplines
• Collaborative mindset who works closelywith stakeholders from multiple levels and disciplines
• Ability to communicate technical information to non technical recipients
• Proven experience of identifying and solving problems

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.

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.