Senior Manager, Data Science

Job title:

Senior Manager, Data Science

Company:

UnitedHealth Group

Job description

Senior Manager, Data Science – Dublin/Letterkenny HybridOptum is a global organisation 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.About the Role:As a Fortune 5 business, we’re one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you’ll have or the challenges you’ll encounter.
We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we’re on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams.As the Senior Manager of Data Science, you will be responsible developing a cutting-edge analytic platform and deploying advanced machine learning models to improve health outcomes for our members. You will be working on innovative AI projects driving and supporting various advanced analytic solutions aimed to improve healthcare delivery. As a Senior Manager Data Science, you’ll be leading the Data Science team focused on innovation; developing predictive models that leverage data in new and exciting ways. In addition to having impact on a great team, you’ll also discover the career opportunities you’d expect from an industry leader.Primary Responsibilities of the Senior Manager Data Science:

• Set strategy for and drive day-to-day execution of the Data Science team in support of business stakeholder goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their analytic needs, propose & deliver business solutions and drive change.
• Work with autonomy and in partnership with other Data Scientists, Business Analysts, Data Engineers, and BI Developers to find solutions to complex problems.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies with the Scrum Team and project stakeholders.
• Leverage technical / analytical expertise across the enterprise to architect, deploy and oversee analytics and technology solutions.
• Research, develop and apply new innovative analytics methods and technologies from other domains to healthcare data.
• Ability to articulate and paint a vision, with strong communication and presentation skills, as well as strengths in translating highly complex concepts, results, models and technologies in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences.
• Have experience with Commercial environments and/or Products (not just internal focused)
• Be a leader for a variety of projects including proofs of concept, new product / component development, and reengineering initiatives among others.

You will be rewarded and recognised 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.Required Qualifications of the Senior Manager, Data Science:

• Undergraduate degree in relevant field (analytics, mathematics, economics, business, statistics, engineering, or finance) or equivalent experience
• Core knowledge of statistics, machine-learning and numerical / computational methods with experience in the application of these methods to business problems
• Demonstrated experience using programming to solve complex technical problems
• Demonstrated experience accessing data from various data environments
• Basic proficiency in data visualization, leveraging tools like Excel, Tableau, PowerBI
• Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely in writing and orally to individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds and skill sets
• Stakeholder management and partnership building experience
• Fluent in English both written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications Senior Manager, Data Science:

• Masters degree pr PhD in a technical field (e.g. computer science, science, engineering, math / stats, physics etc.)
• Extensive programming experience with Python/Pyspark or other analytics languages
• Experience working within a software development team and using version control systems such as Git..
• Experience of large-scale distributed computing environments (Hadoop, Hive, Databricks etc.)
• Experience developing analytical solutions on cloud computing platforms i.e. Azure
• Experience applying deep learning methods to business problems using TensorFlow, Keras etc.
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised learning methods for model build and deployment
• Experience applying computational algorithms and statistical methods to structured and unstructured data
• Experience working with Agile methodology
• Experience of the US Healthcare sector

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.For more information on our Internal Job Posting Policy, click here.All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.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 marginalised 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.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2024 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.#RPO

Expected salary

Location

Dublin

Job date

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:23:24 GMT

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