Join Optum as a Senior Principal Data Scientist
Optum, a global leader in healthcare services and innovation, is seeking a Senior Principal Data Scientist to join our dynamic team. This role is based in Dublin or Letterkenny, Ireland, with a hybrid work model that allows for a combination of on-site and remote work.
About Optum
Optum is part of the UnitedHealth Group family, dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making the health system work better for everyone. We leverage cutting-edge technology and the world’s largest healthcare database to improve healthcare delivery, quality, and efficiency.
Role Overview
As a Senior Principal Data Scientist, you will be at the forefront of our data science initiatives, driving proof of concepts, rapid prototyping, and research and development activities. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business challenges and provide expertise on data and data products that support our goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business challenges and provide data-driven solutions.
- Lead data analysis to understand data capabilities, patterns, and insights.
- Recommend data set attributes for use in data products and analytics.
- Use advanced statistical techniques, machine learning, and deep learning approaches to create products and analytics.
- Mentor and guide teams in the use of data science for various use cases.
- Develop proof of concepts and prototypes to demonstrate the value of data-driven solutions.
- Stay updated with the latest research on methodologies and modeling advances.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree or PhD in computer science, mathematics, machine learning, statistics, or a related field.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Scala.
- Expertise in machine learning frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
- Experience with big data and cloud data technologies.
- Proven ability to lead data science projects from conception to deployment.
- Strong ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent collaboration skills in a matrixed, multi-team environment.
Why Join Us?
At Optum, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. We are committed to advancing health equity on a global scale and offer flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance.
Join us to start caring, connecting, and growing together. Be part of a team that is making a significant impact on the communities we serve.
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.
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- Flexible work arrangements
- Career development opportunities
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