Business Intelligence Analyst Lead

Geisinger; Danville (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lead BI Analyst at Geisinger Health Plan partners with Pharmacy to leverage analytics, data modeling, and statistics to enable data-driven decisions. You will lead complex data analyses, design reporting solutions, and mentor junior BI developers, translating findings for non-technical stakeholders with clarity and influence.

You will independently guide projects, oversee analysis approaches, and communicate opportunities for strategic improvement while maintaining strong customer

Qualifications

• Uses data analysis techniques to answer business questions and identify improvement opportunities.
• Applies statistical methods to data and interprets results for non-technical stakeholders.
• Communicates findings clearly in written and oral form, including presentations.
• Mentors junior BI developers and provides training in areas of expertise.

Responsibilities

• Consults with stakeholders to gather requirements and define project scope.
• Designs analytic studies and reporting solutions to support business needs.
• Plans projects and provides time and effort estimates.
• Develops and executes complex queries for advanced data analysis and reporting.
• Presents analyses and recommendations to internal customers and stakeholders.

Skills

Data analysis

Statistics

Communication

Mentoring

Presentation skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary

The Lead BI Analyst serves as a partner to the Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) Pharmacy and will use analytic expertise including knowledge of data structures, programming, and statistics along with critical thinking and an understanding of their assigned subject area/business to help the organization make data-driven decisions. The Lead BI Analyst makes significant contributions to the organization by collecting, cleaning, and interpreting data sets to answer questions or solve a problem including identifying and effectively communicating improvement opportunities and supporting the evaluation of existing processes and strategic improvement efforts. Lead BI Analysts consistently act, independently, as the analytics expert in meetings and discussions with their stakeholders while also provide guidance and strategic vision during the full analysis. Must be highly articulate in both oral and written communications, including presentations with the ability to translate analyses and opportunity insights to non-technical stakeholders. Lead BI Analysts must exhibit diplomacy, tact, initiative, and organizational skills, as well as possess the ability to inspire trust and confidence to maintain outstanding customer relationships. Lead Bi Analysts mentor junior BI developers by offering project feedback, participating in code reviews, and providing training in areas of expertise.

Job Duties

• Independently consults with stakeholders to gather project requirements and define scope on projects of all sizes including those that are system-wide, highly visible, and of strategic importance.
• Collaborates with stakeholders in the design and development of analytic studies and reporting solutions to support business needs.
• Plans projects and request completion tasks.
• Provides time and effort estimates based on requirements gathering. Strong experience independently managing multiple projects is also required.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of relevant source systems needed to support primary stakeholders and proficiency with related databases/data marts within first year in role. Must stay abreast of current industry trends and become facile with the various business intelligence software systems used at Geisinger.
• Leads the development of analysis approach and reporting needed based on business questions, requirements, and initial analysis findings.
• Develops, validates, and executes complex queries to complete sophisticated data analysis resulting in reports that answers very challenging business questions. Interprets results and makes recommendations to business areas based on findings. Leads efforts when multiple analysts involved.
• Clearly presents analysis and reports to internal customers and stakeholders. Mentors junior analysts by demonstrating how to create engaging presentations and presenting in front of various audiences.
• Routinely uses statistical methods during analyses and considers how best to visualize data that accurately reflects the intended message including the limitations.
• Reports and helps troubleshoot data quality issues when performing data profiling, testing, or validation.
• Collaborative and eager to share knowledge with team members.
• Responsible for participating in and advising strategic departmental initiatives.
• Actively seeks out opportunities to mentor more junior analysts and aid in the development of training.
• May participate in and/or lead industry advisory and/or user groups.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to be precise and clear when describing results of data analyses.
• Shares important and relevant information with the team. Proactively offers suggestions, provides resources, volunteers for assignments, and removes barriers to help the team accomplish its goals.
• Follows all department's policies and procedures including request intake/fulfillment, change management, and data governance practices.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. *Relevant experience may be a combination of related work experience and degree obtained (Associate’s Degree = 2 years; Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years, Master's Degree = 6 years).

Position Details

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)

Experience

Minimum of 10 years-Relevant experience* (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.