Senior Health Economics Research - Remote - 2203218

Location

Eden Prairie, MN | United States

Job description

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here’s your opportunity. We’re going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

This role will be responsible for ideation and discovery with profound impact on member experience, outcomes and affordability initiatives in the pharmaceutical space.  This role should have advanced and deep understanding of managed care with experience with P&T committees, governance bodies, comparative efficacy and safety drug reviews, lines of business, and benefit structures. We are changing the face of healthcare with cutting edge ideas and technologies to meet the quadruple aim.  This role will be required to provide pharmacotherapeutic subject matter expertise in all disease areas and be able to contribute to overall clinical content strategy. We develop solutions that have high impacts across UHC, Optum, and Care Delivery Organizations to ensure projects are aligned with core strategies and goals. This role requires a high level of comfort with verbal presentations to various committees, our external markets, and physician leadership.  This role requires advanced communication skills, both written and oral, ability to function in a highly matrixed team environment.  This role bridges pharmaceutical clinical expertise with economic analysis and data research and synthesis supporting the business and affordability mission of the quadruple aim. This role also is required to deliver economic models such budget and cost benefit analysis.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Independently develop and manage evidenced-based clinical pharmacy initiatives or programs across the clinical consistency lifecycle
• Research and develop therapeutic cost-effectiveness models from primary literature resources for the National Value and Therapeutics Committee
• Develop plans to create appealing data visualizations leveraging multiple internal and external data sources (quantitative and qualitative), and drawing insightful conclusions for decisions makers
• Develop plans to create compelling interactive dashboards for internal and external customers to identify, design, recommend and execute solutions to deliver actionable information
• Ability to synthesize clinical EBM to support and drive strategic business opportunities
• Ability to synthesize complex information to present to providers and patients for clinical detailing programs and pipeline monitoring
• Ability to apply prioritization to multiple projects or lead a singular focused complex, cross-business project
• Act as a subject matter expert for functionally diverse project teams to achieve desired end-results on complex problems regarding projects
• Establish lasting internal and external relationships with relevant businesses for strategic alignment to work initiatives
• Ability to work with external pharmaceutical manufacturers to develop relationships while maintaining focus on the OptumCare mission and values for cost-effective and quality care
• Bridge the clinical gap with data analytics to team to develop analysis plans with RWE/RWD to support various strategies cost/benefit, business value, and service targets
• Drives engagement with technology or operations on requirements and approach for desired business outcomes

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.

Years of post-high school education can be substituted/is equivalent to years of experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Post-graduate residency or Master’s degree in health economics outcomes research or pharmacoeconomics
• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Degree required with clinical work experience
• 5+ years of relevant work experience (this may include residency or fellowship in one of the following areas):  Managed Care, Healthcare, Health Plan, or health management consulting
• 5+ years of experience developing/managing/directing large scale projects
• Pharmacoeconomic training or Healthcare economic training
• Proficient analytical skills in pharmaceutical and medical data interpretation with ability to develop the data story; including PowerBI
• Proven and advanced skills in literature searching, retrieval, critical appraisal, clinical study design, and statistical understanding
• Proven ability to effectively present information and interact with senior management including physicians
• Proven ability to summarize information and succinctly communicate analysis verbally and in writing
• Proven ability to think critically, ask good questions, anticipate the customer/leadership ask and act proactively by rapidly acquiring and synthesizing knowledge from past projects to engage in new initiatives
• Proven solid in solving problems and issues in a matrix environment and communicating effectively at all levels of an organization
• Proven high degree of initiative to anticipate the data needs of the department and to research available data sources
• Proven self-starter with ability to drive independent problem solving and develop systemic solutions
• Proven strategic mindset, a self-starter with ability to drive independent problem solving and develop systemic solutions
• Proven solid project management, planning, organizational, and process improvement skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency with MS Word and PowerPoint, advanced skills in Excel (pivot tables, formulas), Access and Visio 

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $104,700 to $190,400 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and 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.   

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

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