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Principal Data Scientist

hackajob, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80509

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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. Optum is looking for an experienced Principal Data Scientist to join its Consumer Experience Digital Product Data Science team. This technical Individual contributor role involves tackling large-scale data problems and advancing ML/AI practices to address real-world customer challenges. Responsibilities

Collaborate with product, engineering, and design teams to develop, launch, and lead Gen AI and ML-based data science initiatives Construct advanced analytics solutions ready for production to enhance business decision-making Enhance analytics techniques, such as statistical analysis and complex data mining, to provide quicker, more profound insights that influence the Optum consumer experience Effectively communicate complex ideas at all organizational levels Innovate and share new technical solutions and product ideas with the Optum analytics teams Mentor and guide the data science team Engage in meetings to define data science use-cases and develop detailed work scopes with stakeholders, data professionals, and digital product teams Act as a storyteller, explaining the rationale and methodology behind data-driven recommendations to diverse teams Evaluate internal data and processes to identify opportunities for applying advanced analytics across the division Lead by example, building prototypes and adhering to the ML development cycle, including iterative EDA, prediction specification, feature engineering, and model tuning Act as a thought leader and coach to junior team members on a variety of statistical/machine learning methods Continuously enhance personal knowledge of methods and modeling techniques through research, presentations, and webinars Required Qualifications

3+ years of experience wrangling large datasets with big data tools 2+ years of hands-on experience in developing analytics with machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and/or other related modeling techniques 2+ years of experience using Python 2+ years of experience using SQL 2+ years of experience using Spark 2+ years of experience managing analytical or data science resources 2+ years of experience developing and deploying analytic solutions using AWS/Azure/GCP Preferred Qualifications

Experience building GenAi products 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 with BI/reporting tools such as Tableau or PowerBI Experience of the US Healthcare or Pharmaceutical sectors Core knowledge of statistics, machine-learning and numerical / computational methods with experience in the application of these methods to business problems 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. UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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