[Remote] Healthcare Director, Data Analytics (CMS/CMMI) - Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum, through The Lewin Group/OptumServe Consulting, provides healthcare and human services consulting and policy analysis. The Director, Data Analytics will lead quantitative analysis for Medicare and Medicaid payment models, develop client relationships, and apply statistical, machine learning, predictive modeling, and data visualization methods to health policy projects. The role also involves mentoring staff, managing analytical workflows, ensuring data quality, and overseeing the adoption of artificial intelligence into technical activities.


Responsibilities

  • Independently perform a broad range of quantitative analysis to inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of Medicare and Medicaid payment models
  • Develop strategic working relationships with clients
  • Design payment calculations, conduct financial and trend analysis, calculate quality metrics, and perform fast-paced ad-hoc analysis to quickly address client needs
  • Efficiently query large databases of healthcare claims and eligibility data
  • Apply machine learning, econometrics/statistics, predictive modeling, return-on-investment analysis, simulation, and data visualization methods to support the development of health policy
  • Mentor other staff to develop their technical and analytical problem-solving skills
  • Write detailed specifications and documentation of data processing and analytical steps
  • Write effective and efficient code both independently and under the guidance of project managers using best practice quality control procedures
  • Maintain a consistently high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in all tasks
  • Work effectively and cooperatively as a member of a project team
  • Help to oversee adoption of artificial intelligence into technical activities

Skills

  • • 8+ years of experience using SQL, Python, R or SAS in a research, consulting, or business environment
  • • 6+ years of experience working on federal health policy issues, including Medicare and Medicaid value-based payment, working in multiple areas serving as a subject matter expert
  • • Experience working with Medicare or Medicaid healthcare claims and enrollment data
  • • Experience working with and advising clients
  • • Experience in managing personnel
  • • Extensive knowledge of healthcare data/payment concepts (e.g., claims data structure/contents, claim types, payment concepts)
  • • Experience managing and working directly with teams operating in Snowflake and/or Databricks environments
  • • Experience incorporating AI into technical workflows
  • • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate analyses and findings to clients
  • • Academic coursework in advanced statistics or econometric modeling
  • • Experience supporting multi-year payment model implementation contracts
  • • Experience leading statistical analysis to inform health policy
  • • Experience with databases having complex structures and relationships, such as the Integrated Data Repository, Chronic Conditions Warehouse, or similar data environment
  • • Experience working with Github
  • • Familiarity with Medicare payment methodologies

Benefits

  • A comprehensive benefits package
  • Incentive and recognition programs
  • Equity stock purchase
  • 401k contribution
  • Flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.

Company Overview

  • Optum provides primary care and optical care services. It was founded in 1985, and is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Optum has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 185 in 2026, 648 in 2025, 559 in 2024, 620 in 2023, 851 in 2022, 593 in 2021, 438 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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