Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The People Analytics team at Optum provides insights and perspective on our employees and workforce trends, enabling better decision making and business performance.
Responsibilities
- Consult with senior leaders on the People Team and Labor Relations Team to understand key priorities and utilize data to help them make better decisions
- Utilize internal and external data to identify opportunities to identify risks, improve employee experience and performance
- Simplify complex data into actionable insights
- Discover and communicate meaningful patterns in data and provide context, insights, and analytics
- Business Intelligence & Domo/PBI Dashboard Development
- Proactive engagement with Labor Relations and People Business Partners to track and improve employee-related metrics to measure the return on HC investments
- Compile presentations to effectively synthesize and communicate results and implications of data findings and trends
- Establish standardized KPIs and governance framework for Labor Relations
- Develop predictive models to proactively address engagement concerns
- Drive digital transformation initiatives within the Labor Relations Team
- Assist with the build of a predictive health engine
- Model and measure the effectiveness of interventions with post-intervention trend analysis
- Construct site health index
- Executive reporting and visualization
Skills
- 5+ years of experience analyzing business, financial, People Team or clinical data to provide insights
- 4+ years of experience performing exploratory data analysis, data profiling, and feature engineering on large structured and unstructured datasets
- 4+ years of experience with relational databases, data structures and data languages such as SQL
- 4+ years of experience with programming/statistical languages such as Python, R, Scala, and others
- 2+ years of experience in dashboard development (Tableau, Domo, Power BI)
- Advanced knowledge of statistics, machine learning, programming, data modeling and advanced mathematics
- Experience influencing and communicating both verbally/written with technical and non-technical high-level leaders
- Demonstrated ability to turn raw data sets into themes and action plans
- Experience in leveraging Generative AI technologies to design and develop solutions
- Experience deploying ML pipelines and models (logging, monitoring, alerts), cloud experience is a plus
- Familiarity with human capital metrics / measures
- Consulting / client facing / client management experience
- Understanding of UnitedHealth Group businesses
- Healthcare industry knowledge
- High emotional intelligence and a growth mindset
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
Company Overview
- Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.optum.com/.
Company H1B Sponsorship
- Optum has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 73 in 2026, 648 in 2025, 559 in 2024, 620 in 2023, 851 in 2022, 593 in 2021, 438 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.