Remote Health Economics Researcher

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Health unit seeks an Health Economics Researcher to build rigorous models evaluating pharmaceutical therapies, interventions, and programs. You will partner with clinical, data analytics, and leadership teams to inform affordability, quality, and patient outcomes decisions across a matrixed organization.

The role demands advanced quantitative modeling, strong communication, and the ability to influence stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in health economic evaluations (cost-effectiveness, budget impact).
• Ability to design and validate economic models and decision frameworks.
• Strong literature appraisal and CER/RWE background.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-benefit and budget impact models.
• Perform health economic evaluations using diverse data sources.
• Support formulary decisions and National V&T Committee activities.
• Communicate insights to executive leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Health economics

Budget impact analyses

Evidence-based medicine

Statistical literacy

Communication to leadership

RWD/RWE analytics

Project management

Programming in R/Python/SAS

Education

PhD or Master in health economics/related field

Tools

R

Python

SAS

Job description

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Health unit seeks an Health Economics Researcher to build rigorous models evaluating pharmaceutical therapies, interventions, and programs. You will partner with clinical, data analytics, and leadership teams to inform affordability, quality, and patient outcomes decisions across a matrixed organization.

The role demands advanced quantitative modeling, strong communication, and the ability to influence stakeholders.