Remote Life Sciences Strategy Analyst

Optum; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum Insight is seeking a Strategy Analyst to support the Strategy & Enterprise Development organization as growth priorities across data assets, AI-enabled solutions, and platform modernization evolve. The role emphasizes analytical support, market assessments, and executive-ready materials.

You’ll work across functions to synthesize information, prepare presentations, and track initiatives, with remote flexibility within the U.S.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in strategy, market research, business analysis, consulting, or related fields.
• Experience creating presentations, reports, and business recommendations.
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting deadlines.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes.
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint; strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market, industry, competitive, client research to support strategic priorities.
• Organize and synthesize information into clear findings and actionable insights.
• Support market assessments, business cases, and opportunity evaluations.
• Prepare decks, executive summaries, and status updates.
• Assist with evaluation of opportunities in life sciences, analytics, AI-enabled solutions.
• Support tracking by maintaining work plans and milestones.
• Coordinate inputs across strategy, product, technology, data, finance, and operations.
• Contribute to multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities.
• Support reporting, data visualization, and dashboard activities.
• Apply enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows and improve outputs.
• Ensure AI use complies with data privacy and tool requirements.

Skills

Strategy

Market research

Business analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Optum Insight is seeking a Strategy Analyst to support the Strategy & Enterprise Development organization as growth priorities across data assets, AI-enabled solutions, and platform modernization evolve. The role emphasizes analytical support, market assessments, and executive-ready materials.

You’ll work across functions to synthesize information, prepare presentations, and track initiatives, with remote flexibility within the U.S.