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The Senior Data Analyst is a senior individual contributor responsible for the strategy, design, development, and continuous improvement of Omni reporting products that measure and help improve consumer, member, and advocate experiences.
This role combines advanced analytics, technical delivery, business partnership, and functional leadership to produce trusted reporting and actionable insights for operational, product, and executive decision-making. The Senior Data Analyst independently leads complex analytics work, anticipates stakeholder needs, translates ambiguous business challenges into scalable solutions, and ensures reporting products are accurate, governed, reusable, and aligned with Consumer Experience Reporting priorities.
Working within the Experience Analytics & Reporting organization, this position partners with product owners, operational leaders, data and engineering teams, and business stakeholders to establish measurement strategies, prioritize reporting capabilities, and deliver sustainable analytics products. The role also provides leadership through influence by mentoring analysts, reviewing analytical work, strengthening team standards, and advancing self-service and AI-enabled analytics capabilities.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:
Analytics Ownership and Strategy
Own complex reporting and analytics initiatives from problem definition and requirements discovery through development, implementation, adoption, and ongoing enhancement
Partner with product owners, operational leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to define measurement strategies, prioritize capabilities, and align reporting roadmaps with objectives for business and consumer experience
Anticipate stakeholder needs and proactively recommend scalable analytics solutions for complex, ambiguous, or high-impact business challenges
Define success measures and evaluate product usage, reporting effectiveness, and business impact to guide future enhancements and investment
Balance immediate reporting needs with long-term product sustainability, enterprise standards, and strategic reporting priorities
Executive Reporting and Storytelling
Develop executive-ready dashboards, scorecards, presentations, and performance narratives that communicate trends, drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions
Synthesize complex, multi-source data into clear and compelling insights for technical and non-technical audiences
Present analytical findings, assumptions, limitations, and recommendations to operational, product, and senior leadership stakeholders
Apply effective visualization and storytelling practices to connect performance measures with member experience, operational outcomes, and business priorities
Data Modeling, Reporting, and Technical Delivery
Design, develop, and optimize scalable data models, semantic layers, analytical datasets, dashboards, scorecards, and reporting products using governed enterprise data
Develop and maintain advanced analytics solutions using SQL and platforms such as Power BI, Intelligence Studio, Snowflake, Databricks, Tableau, or comparable technologies
Translate business requirements into clear data specifications, reporting logic, calculations, acceptance criteria, and sustainable technical solutions
Partner with engineering, data management, architecture, and analytics teams to improve data availability, pipeline reliability, performance, and usability
Build reusable reporting components and analytical frameworks that reduce duplication, improve consistency, and support enterprise-scale reporting
Evaluate technical trade-offs and recommend practical solutions that balance performance, usability, maintainability, governance, and delivery timelines
Metric Governance and Data Quality
Establish and maintain metric definitions, business rules, calculation methodologies, and reporting standards across Omni reporting products
Lead data validation, reconciliation, root-cause analysis, and quality assurance activities for complex or business-critical reporting
Identify data anomalies, assess business impact, coordinate resolution, and communicate risks or limitations to stakeholders
Maintain clear documentation covering data sources, transformations, assumptions, business logic, validation controls, dependencies, and known limitations
Review analytical work for accuracy, completeness, clarity, consistency, and alignment with established standards; provide actionable recommendations for improvement
Support enterprise efforts to standardize measurement practices, strengthen data stewardship, and retire redundant or low-value reporting
Continuous Improvement and Functional Leadership
Identify and lead opportunities to automate recurring reporting, streamline workflows, strengthen preventive quality controls, and improve delivery efficiency
Advance self-service analytics by developing governed, intuitive reporting products and enabling users to interpret and apply insights appropriately
Evaluate AI-enabled and emerging analytics capabilities that can improve insight generation, usability, efficiency, or decision support
Lead functional analytics projects, estimate effort, coordinate dependencies, manage delivery risks, and communicate progress and decisions
Serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter resource on reporting strategy, analytics practices, visualization, metric governance, and data quality
Mentor analysts, share technical and business knowledge, and promote consistent analytical, documentation, and quality practices across the team
You'll be rewarded and recognized 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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 marginalized 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.
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.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
| Location | Brentwood, TN (Remote) |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Salary | $91,700–$163,700 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1977 |
| Website | http://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/ |
UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions worldwide. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a diverse team that shares your passion for helping others.
What we do
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• Caring. Your total health and well-being are important to us. Whatever matters most to you — we have resources to help you be your best at work and at home. The benefits range from free Peloton courses to financial counseling. Learn more about what we offer.
• Connecting. We recognize our collective power to make an impact across our communities because we believe the health of any society is measured by the overall health of its people. Learn more about our culture.
• Growing together. UnitedHealth Group is full of inspiring career stories, and we offer a lifetime of opportunities. Discover all the ways you can learn, grow and develop.
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