Senior Medical Cost Analytics Strategist

Highmark Health; Dover; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Inc. is seeking a healthcare cost analytics professional to turn large data into strategic insights on medical cost trends. The role focuses on building clear, executive-ready narratives that influence business decisions.

You will extract, summarize, and analyze datasets using SAS, SQL, R, Tableau, Power BI, and Excel, and present findings to matrix partners to inform program value and savings. The ideal candidate has 5 years in medical economics, a Bachelor's in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Health, Economics, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences or related area.
• 5 years of Medical Economics, Healthcare Analytics, Informatics and/or Actuarial Services in the health care payer sector.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends. Develop executive ready presentations explaining analytical findings in a clear concise manner.
• Proficiency to extract, summarize and analyze large datasets via SAS, SQL or other similar tools.
• Provide business areas with opportunity assessments of their strategic medical cost programs. Coordinate savings opportunity projections and post implementation savings measurements. Develop improved business case and savings estimate capabilities to enable more accurate and deeper projections.
• Leverage analytical experience and knowledge to drive independent medical cost analytics; develop areas of opportunity using a fact-based analysis, present medical cost analytics and insight into claim cost drivers to key business partners.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and executive quality presentations) to present clear, concise presentations of the detailed analytics.
• Work in a matrixed work environment. Partner with other departments in developing the full analytical story.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Highmark Inc. is seeking a healthcare cost analytics professional to turn large data into strategic insights on medical cost trends. The role focuses on building clear, executive-ready narratives that influence business decisions.

You will extract, summarize, and analyze datasets using SAS, SQL, R, Tableau, Power BI, and Excel, and present findings to matrix partners to inform program value and savings. The ideal candidate has 5 years in medical economics, a Bachelor's in