Sr Data Scientist - Remote in EST, CST or MST

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The successful candidate will possess technical proficiency in Snowflake, Databricks, and onboard to adobe and other technology as the organization is evolving. They will work great with peers and internal customers and have a passion for finding creative solutions and creating ad hocs, automated reports, and effectiveness studies analysis that are easy for others to use to improve the business. You are also responsible for the development of reporting and analytics and provide performance and trends; In addition, discover new opportunities to optimize the business through analytics, and use case prioritization. The emphasis for this position is technical leadership and subject matter expertise guiding the development teams through design and complex problem-solving. The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder management experience, along with proven ability to manage technical teams developing scalable analytics solutions.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Apply advanced statistical and predictive modeling techniques to design, develop and deploy machine learning models into production, employing state-of-the-art libraries, and adhering to the organization's established processes for transitioning from development to production environments
• Lead discovery processes with Data Scientists and partner with Marketing to identify the business requirements and the expected outcome
• Create and provide sound statistical analyses and frame business scenarios that are meaningful and which impact on critical business processes and/or decisions
• Collaborates with the data engineer to gather information to be used for analytics and predictive model building purpose and to ensure the data meets the qualification and assurance requirements of the analyses
• Design sampling methodology, prepare data, including data cleaning, univariate analysis, missing value imputation, etc., identify appropriate analytic and statistical methodology, develop predictive models and document process and results
• Communicate analytics results and work with team members to produce models for marketing partners and clients
• Provide on-going tracking and monitoring of model performance and recommend ongoing improvements to methods and algorithms that lead to findings, including new information

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:

• 5+ years of experience in statistical modelling, machine learning, and data analysis
• 5+ years of experience manipulating large datasets
• 3+ years of leading projects/project management experience
• 3+ years of experience leading complex data science projects with a cross-functional team, and developing and deploying machine learning models in production environments
• Demonstrated experience in communicating complex technical results to non-technical audience and stakeholders (this is a key requirement for this role rather than a preferred qualification)
• Has previously worked or is currently working as a employee/contractor placed at UHG or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in programming languages e.g. Python/R and SQL
• Experience with distributed computing technologies such as Spark
• Experience with Git / Github for version control
• Experience with healthcare claims data
• Experience with Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, and/or similar tools
• Proven solid problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity and uncertainty
• Demonstrated leadership and strategical thinking skills
• Natural curiosity to learn more, dig into details, and understand the key drivers of emerging trends and challenges

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

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $89,900 to $160,600 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.