Sr. Life Sciences Data Consultant

UnitedHealth Group • Boston, MA

273d • $89,800 - $176,700 • Remote

About The Position

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 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. Optum combines data, technology, and expertise to power modern health care. The Optum Life Sciences Client Solutions team drives the adoption and use of technology solutions by managing, growing and developing relationships with research, scientific, and commercial leaders at life sciences companies through the use of Optum's data assets and technology applications. Optum's industry-leading data assets include clinically robust Electronic Health Record (EHR) data spanning the care continuum, eligibility-controlled affiliate and non-affiliate insurance claims data, a new class of deterministically linked integrated EHR and claims data, and linked profile data including socio-economic information and health risk assessments (HRAs). Optum's data assets enable our clients to enrich their view of the patient and the patient journey through the healthcare system, serving needs across a spectrum of functional areas including real world evidence, health economics and outcomes research, safety and surveillance, epidemiology, and product commercialization. Optum's advanced analytic tools empower our clients to harness intelligence from these data assets with scale. Our wealth of data and tool solutions, combined with our industry expertise, is uncovering novel insights and driving real world change. We're now looking for a dynamic Senior Consultant to support Client Solutions, working closely with our clients across the industry. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience in the life sciences industry, healthcare field, or life sciences management consulting.
• 1+ years of experience supporting client or large projects for internal/external customers, preferably in the life sciences industry.
• 1+ years of experience with patient-level healthcare data (claims, EHR, pharma, etc.) to support internal and external clients.
• 1+ years of experience evaluating data to present findings based on business deliverable/requirements.
• Solid understanding of PowerPoint and Excel (must be able to create and modify PPT's and create spreadsheets, pivot tables).
• Proven ability to independently navigate across multiple internal and external teams.
• Ability/willingness to travel (up to 25%) as business needs dictate.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of or experience with SQL or R.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the analytical data support lead, working with life science proprietary databases to support assigned Optum Life Science clients.
• Conducts research to monitor key developments at LS clients including market updates, drug development pipeline, FDA approvals and other relevant news.
• Creates surplus value for client solutions by actively engaging in a broad range of internally facing operational improvement projects.
• Creates novel slide decks, packaging, case studies, proposals and other resources when required to support service delivery.
• Provides director and principal with assistance by ensuring Optum data delivery team receives clearly defined client specifications.
• Handles TPA tracking and fulfillment, JIRA ticket follow-ups in coordination with principals.
• Provides data summaries, counts and routine checks as required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Incentive and recognition programs.
• Equity stock purchase.
• 401k contribution.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree