(Archived) Senior Healthcare Analyst Boston, MA Top Pay and Benefits

Our Client is a $2.6B integrated health system devoted to the proposition that every person regardless of their social or economic circumstances deserves the best health care. Our mission is to provide Exceptional Care, Without Exception and our vision is to make Boston the healthiest urban population in the world.

The Health Equity team is working on a comprehensive program to further advance our commitment to improving healthcare by holistically addressing all patient needs, including social determinants of health, mental health, addiction, and physical health. We are also committed to doing so in a way that closes any racial disparities in healthcare outcomes. In addition, we are continuing to invest in our analytic/data science capabilities to apply to healthcare challenges facing our System.

The Senior Analyst will report to the Population Health Analytics team and will play a key role in the Health Equity team leading analyses that will guide strategy, investigate performance drivers, and drive innovation that will improve the overall health of our patients. This role is ideal for analysts who have built a strong technical and analytic foundation, and who are looking to grow capabilities in strategic thinking, project management, stakeholder management, and presenting.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key Responsibilities:

• Work independently with business leaders in the Health Equity team to scope and conduct analyses that help the organization understand and monitor performance, break down key drivers, and identify new opportunities
• Lead analytic projects such as development of predictive analytic tools, or segmenting our patients by health and social needs or data validation workstreams
• Act as technical and analytic expert for the Population Health Analytics team
• Create reports and dashboards that effectively communicate performance to operational and clinical leaders and stakeholders
• Translate complex analysis into simple visualizations that can communicate key takeaways to leaders and stakeholders
• Understand health system data sources and support data architecture team to ensure that data is clean, normalized, and accurate
• Establish credibility and trust in data integrity and accuracy across internal and external stakeholders
• Present analyses to senior leaders and multiple stakeholders
• Collaborate across the health system to ensure that assumptions and methodologies are consistent
• Manage multiple projects and analyses simultaneously while meeting key deadlines and deliverables, and prioritizing time and resources
• Identify and elevate key obstacles for intervention that may jeopardize timelines

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree, preference for concentration in economics, math, physics, computer science, data science

Master’s degree in a related field (Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Social Science, Public Health), preferred

EXPERIENCE:

Three to five years of data analytics experience with progressive responsibility, working with large data sets to answer important clinical, operational, or business questions

Preference for experience working with healthcare data, including claims and/or electronic medical records

Prior consulting or professional services experience preferred with some exposure to healthcare clients

Ability to conduct advanced analytics and data manipulation using SAS and SQL; fluent in Excel

Some experience with advanced statistical techniques, including regression analysis, decision trees, machine learning, cluster analysis, segmentation