Senior Healthcare Analytics Consultant - Remote

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Healthcare Analytics Consultant with 2 plus years of healthcare data experience and solid expertise in SQL to join our growing data team. This role will focus on designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms that support clinical and operational insights. The ideal candidate combines solid engineering fundamentals with an understanding of healthcare data (authorizations, claims, eligibility, etc.) and is eager to contribute to our pursuit of insights within healthcare operations.

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

For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Engineering & Development
  • Design, develop, and maintain stored procedures, views, and queries using Snowflake and modern data tools
  • Build and optimize data models to support analytics, reporting, and downstream applications
  • Develop robust data ingestion frameworks for structured and semi-structured data
  • Ensure data quality, integrity, and reliability through validation and monitoring processes
  • Write efficient queries and implement performance tuning strategies in Snowflake
• Healthcare Data Management
  • Work with healthcare datasets such as authorizations, referrals, claims, provider, member, and clinical data
  • Ensure compliance with HIPAA and other healthcare data regulations
  • Support data standardization and mapping (e.g., CPT, Diagnosis, Provider, Member, etc.)
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate healthcare requirements into technical solutions
• Data Architecture & Platform Contributions
  • Assist in designing scalable, cloud-based data architectures
  • Contribute to best practices around data modeling, governance, and pipeline design
  • Participate in designing data integration patterns across systems
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Partner with data architecture, warehouse, and operations to ensure data is put to action
  • Document data pipelines, models, and architecture clearly
  • Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices

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:

• 2+ years of experience in data engineering, data development, data analytics or similar role
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines (e.g., dbt, Informatica, Airflow, Azure Data Factory, or similar)
• Experience with data visualizations and setting up models within these environments (PBI, Excel, etc.)
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts (star schema, dimensional modeling)
• Advanced SQL skills (window functions, query optimization, complex joins)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of Healthcare analytics experience
• Snowflake experience

*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 requireme