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Senior Product Data Scientist - Remote

UnitedHealth Group

Eden Prairie, MN
Full Time
Senior
110k-189k
9 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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. Join our team at Optum Insight, where we are leveraging cutting-edge AI and machine learning technologies to revolutionize healthcare delivery, enhance customer engagement, and drive innovation across our digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Champion the strategic vision for AI adoption by aligning initiatives with organizational goals to unlock value, drive competitive advantage, and ensure responsible, transparent, and impactful outcomes.
  • Lead the ethical transformation of business processes and culture through AI integration that enhances efficiency, innovation, and decision-making.
  • Lead end to end product lifecycle: discovery, requirements, prototyping, delivery, and post launch optimization.
  • Translate customer problems and market signals into clear product strategies, roadmaps, and narratives.
  • Define and own KPI frameworks (e.g., adoption, engagement, accuracy/quality, latency, reliability, ROI) and establish data contracts and telemetry with engineering.
  • Build scalable analytics and reporting: specify event taxonomies, own dashboards, conduct deep dive analyses (SQL/BI), and communicate insights to executives.
  • Partner with data science to set evaluation plans, interpret model results (at a product level), guide labeling/evaluation needs, and translate findings into user facing improvements.
  • Run experiments (A/B, pilots, shadow tests); ensure clean baselines and statistically sound decisions.
  • Drive cross functional execution and launch readiness; manage trade offs and organize work for timely GA and iteration.
  • Ensure compliance/readiness with internal governance processes; maintain clear documentation and decision logs.
  • Contribute to product culture: crisp writing, clear decision making, customer obsession, and outcomes orientation.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in data science or analytics discipline OR 3+ years of product management owning definition, delivery, and post launch optimization for analytics or AI enabled products.
  • Experience defining metrics and instrumentation, partnering with engineering on event schemas/telemetry, and making roadmap decisions from data.
  • Experience with experimentation methods (A/B tests, pilots) and interpreting results for product decisions.
  • Demonstrated analytical fluency: structured problem solving, comfort querying data (SQL) and using BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Looker, Tableau); ability to create self serve dashboards and weekly business reviews.
  • Proven solid product writing (PRDs, PR/FAQs, business cases) and stakeholder communication.
  • Proven cross functional leadership with engineering, data science, design, and operations.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with applied analytics in a regulated or complex domain (e.g., healthcare, fintech, insurance).
  • Familiarity with ML productization and model evaluation at a product level (e.g., precision/recall trade offs, error analysis, data quality gates).
  • Background with enterprise integrations, data interoperability, and event driven architectures.
  • Proficiency with scripting (Python or R for ad hoc analysis/visualization) and feature telemetry best practices (latency SLOs, quality bars).

Qualifications

  • Educational background is not explicitly specified, but experience in data science, analytics, or product management is required.

Benefits & Perks

  • A comprehensive benefits package.
  • Incentive and recognition programs.
  • Equity stock purchase and 401k contribution.
  • Salary range from $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment.
  • Additional benefits and incentives subject to eligibility.

Working at UnitedHealth Group

Optum emphasizes a culture guided by inclusion, customer obsession, outcomes orientation, and clear decision making. The company values innovation, ethical AI adoption, and a collaborative environment that fosters talent development and community impact.

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Job Details

Posted AtSep 12, 2025
Job CategoryData Science
Salary110k-189k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeRemote
ExperienceSenior

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About UnitedHealth Group

Website

unitedhealthgroup.com

Company Size

10000+ employees

Location

Eden Prairie, MN

Industry

Direct Life, Health, and Medical Insurance Carriers

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