Principal Data Analyst - Provider & Market Performance

Requisition Number: 2371631
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. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
About the role:
The Principal Data Analyst - Provider & Market Performance will develop and maintain provider-level and market-level performance analytics that support performance improvement across Optum Health. This role is responsible for translating complex provider and market data into actionable insights that support provider accountability, contract performance, quality improvement, and operational decision-making.
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain provider performance scorecards and performance monitoring frameworks
• Build provider-level reporting that evaluates quality, risk, utilization, and performance outcomes
• Develop market performance scorecards and performance insights across business segments and regions
• Support provider accountability initiatives through actionable performance analytics
• Develop and maintain provider incentive and performance reporting
• Support risk-based contract performance measurement and performance review processes
• Identify performance variation, trends, outliers, and improvement opportunities
• Analyze provider, market, and operational performance data to generate actionable recommendations
• Produce executive-ready reporting and presentations for leadership stakeholders
• Support quarterly business reviews and performance management activities
• Develop performance frameworks and analytics supporting population health and value-based care initiatives
• Partner with network, clinical, and operational teams to support business performance objectives
• Support market performance improvement efforts through robust reporting and analytics
• Work with BI teams to develop scalable provider and market reporting solutions

You will 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven experience developing scorecards, dashboards, and performance reporting solutions
• Demonstrated solid data analysis and data interpretation capabilities
• Proven experience translating complex datasets into actionable business insights
• Proven experience working with large and complex datasets
• Demonstrated solid stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Proven experience presenting findings to business and operational leaders
• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics tools
• Proven ability to influence business decisions through data-driven recommendations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience in healthcare analytics
• Proven experience supporting provider performance, network performance, population health, or value-based care initiatives
• Proven experience supporting provider organizations, healthcare operations, or performance management functions
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality measures, utilization metrics, contract performance measurement, and provider accountability frameworks
• Proven experience working with clinical and operational stakeholders
• Proven experience working with encounter, claims, provider attribution, or value-based care datasets

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.
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: 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. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.
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