Senior Healthcare Data Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Lead intricate healthcare analyses independently, from defining business questions to delivering actionable recommendations.

• Examine medical, pharmacy, eligibility, provider, and member data to uncover trends, opportunities, and performance drivers.

• Create and implement analyses that evaluate clinical, operational, provider, and member engagement initiatives.

• Design statistically robust comparisons, cohorts, and methodologies to evaluate outcomes and effectiveness.

• Discover opportunities for cost reduction, utilization improvement, quality enhancement, risk adjustment, and population health advancement.

• Validate analytical outputs and clearly communicate data limitations, assumptions, and uncertainty.

• Extract, transform, and analyze extensive healthcare datasets utilizing SQL.

• Employ R and/or Python for statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and data exploration.

• Build reusable analytical frameworks and methodologies.

• Collaborate with Data Engineering and Business Intelligence teams to enhance data quality, documentation, and reporting practices.

• Uphold analytical integrity through established governance and validation standards.

• Work in partnership with leaders across Clinical Operations, Population Health, Provider Performance, Finance, Compliance, Quality, and Executive Leadership.

• Convert ambiguous business inquiries into structured analytical methodologies.

• Provide project updates related to status, timelines, assumptions, dependencies, and risks.

• Deliver findings and recommendations in a clear, concise manner suitable for executive presentations.

• Act as a trusted analytical advisor and thought partner to business stakeholders.

• Suggest new methodologies, approaches, and analytical techniques.

• Stay updated on best practices in healthcare analytics, Medicare Advantage performance metrics, and emerging analytical tools.

• Contribute to the development of scalable analytical capabilities within the Enterprise Reporting & Analytics team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, Public Health, Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science, or a similar quantitative discipline.

• Experience with Medicare Advantage.

• At least five years of experience in healthcare analytics, medical economics, population health analytics, provider analytics, or related analytical roles.

• Advanced proficiency in SQL, including complex joins, window functions, and performance optimization.

• Experience with R and/or Python for statistical analysis and data modeling.

• Strong knowledge of healthcare claims, eligibility, pharmacy, and provider data.

• Experience in designing and interpreting comparative analyses, cohort studies, and program evaluations.

• Proven track record of independently managing analytical projects from inception to stakeholder presentation.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to convey complex analytical findings to non-technical audiences.

• Experience with Stars, HEDIS, Risk Adjustment, or Provider Performance metrics.

• Understanding of causal inference, predictive modeling, regression techniques, or experimental design.

• Familiarity with analytical visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar software.

• Advanced degree in Statistics, Economics, Public Health, Data Science, Biostatistics, or a related field.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.

• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.