Senior Research Consultant - Horsham, PA

Optum is seeking a Senior Research Consultant with excellent healthcare analytics skills to join the team and work on numerous predictive analytic initiatives within Optum. This individual will be key in supporting statistical model development and data analysis via SAS. These methods will be complex in nature and cross a wide range of issues that deal with measuring health care services including cost, utilization, quality and risk.

Primary responsibilities:

• Supporting methodology and statistical modeling creation via SAS


• Ad hoc analysis and data mining


• Collaborating with internal and/or external stakeholders to redesign and/or modify original research plans based on initial findings and results


• Synthesizing/integrating data and information in order to analyze findings and interpret results


• Reviewing results of analyses to assess the validity of findings (e.g., identify outliers or unusual trends)


• Interpreting trends and analyses to draw relevant conclusions and communicate to stakeholders


• Documenting logic and process and summarizing findings of data analysis

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years' experience with analysis work using SAS in the healthcare industry


• BS in Mathematics, Statistics or related field


• Experience in predictive modeling, data manipulation, reporting, and analysis


• Strong knowledge of healthcare administrative data (medical claims, enrollment, provider data) or clinical data systems (Electronic medical records, hospital monitoring systems, etc.)


• Working knowledge of relational databases


• Proficiency in MS Office applications


• Capable of driving business result through modeling and segmentation implementation, analysis and refinement


• Strong written and communication skills; ability to provide concise and clear analysis to management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's in Statistics or related field


• Experience in R programming

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world?s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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

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