Data Analysis, Health - VP of Applied Analytics & Data

Paychex Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Medical benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Training

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

U.S. News & World Report is seeking a market-facing analytics leader to own the analytics behind licensed data products, benchmarking tools, and client-facing dashboards.

This role will supervise data analysts working with patient-level claims data, apply method outputs to client-facing metrics, and drive the evolution of AI-enabled health data solutions. The position leads a team of data scientists, collaborates with product and tech, and shapes the data strategy for analytics that support

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in healthcare analytics, business intelligence, or client-facing data/analytics roles.
• Prior experience at a healthcare benchmarking, analytics, consulting, or data-licensing company.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience required.
• Strong SQL and BI tool fluency (Tableau, Power BI, or similar); comfortable owning dashboards and data pipelines for commercial products.
• Experience translating complex or technical data into client-ready deliverables — reports, presentations, self-service tools.
• Track record supporting sales, business development, or client success teams with custom analysis under time pressure.
• Team leadership experience managing data scientists and analysts
• Experience with healthcare quality measurement concepts (risk adjustment, benchmarking, percentile rankings) sufficient to use methodology outputs correctly — without needing to design or defend the methodology itself.
• Experience building or scaling a licensed data product from early-stage to broad commercial adoption.
• Familiarity with hospital sales cycles and how health-system data/quality departments evaluate benchmarking tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the analytics behind licensed data products, benchmarking tools, and client-facing dashboards.
• Direct and supervise data analysts working with patient-level claims data both inside and outside the CMS VRDC environment.
• Translate methodological outputs and entire data sets into client-facing metrics that are intuitive.
• Scope new analytics-driven offerings based on client demand and market gaps.
• Define new analytics use cases for data outside the rankings pipeline and determine product/form.
• Identify data assets worth acquiring or partnering for and build the business case.
• Own the data pipeline requirements and prioritization that the engineering team executes against.
• Evaluate vendor and data-partnership options (build vs. buy) with legal/compliance and product/engineering.
• Track data investments by usage, client value, revenue and sunset or reprioritize as needed.
• Lead development of new analytics and AI/ML/Data Science solutions across healthcare markets.
• Track competitive use of AI in benchmarking and provide leadership with recommendations.
• Manage a team of data scientists and analysts and represent Applied Analytics in roadmap planning.
• Support sales with custom analyses and benchmarking cuts during the sales cycle.
• Build reusable analytic assets for prospecting and client success teams.
• Field client questions about performance and drivers, escalating methodology validity when needed.

Skills

Healthcare analytics

Leadership

SQL

BI tools

Client communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

We reach millions of people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations such as Healthcare of Tomorrow .

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming and inclusive workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest.

Your Role in helping us shape the future:

U.S. News' Health franchise is expanding its footprint in healthcare data and analytics — building benchmarking tools, predictive insights and data products that are built on top of the industry leading ratings and rankings foundation. This role will help to lead that evolution: owning the analytics that make rankings and health data usable to health systems and adjacent segments, and setting the data and AI strategy for everything the business builds beyond the core rankings pipeline.

This is a market facing analytics leadership role. This role decides what data assets and analytics use cases will fulfill the market’s unmet needs, prioritizes them against commercial value, and coordinates with product and tech to define requirements and build. The role is the voice of the customer and is deeply embedded in the healthcare industry.

Are you up to the challenge?

Commercial Data Products

Build and maintain the analytics behind licensed data products, benchmarking tools, and client-facing dashboards. Direct and supervise data analysts working with patient-level claims data both inside and outside the CMS VRDC environment.

Work across product and methodology teams to translate methodological outputs and entire data sets (risk-adjusted rates, composite scores, percentile rankings) into client-facing metrics that are intuitive without misrepresenting what they mean.

Partner with Product Management to scope new analytics-driven offerings based on client demand and market gaps.

Be the voice of the customer to define new analytics use cases for data outside the rankings pipeline: what should exist as a client-facing product, an internal insight tool, or a future bet, and in what order.

Identify and prioritize new data assets worth acquiring or partnering for (claims, SDOH, consumer/behavioral, KOL data) based on what would unlock new products, client value, or competitive advantage — and build the business case for them.

Own the data pipeline requirements and prioritization that the engineering team executes against.

Evaluate vendor and data-partnership options (build vs. buy, licensing terms, data quality), working with legal/compliance, methodology teams, product and engineering on execution.

Track which data investments are actually paying off — usage, client value, revenue — and sunset or reprioritize ones that aren't.

AI Strategy & Acceleration

Lead the development of new, innovative analytics and AI/ML/Data Science solutions (predictive, prescriptive, and real-world-evidence models) across healthcare markets, building the business case for each against non-AI alternatives.

Track competitive use of AI in healthcare benchmarking/ratings and bring point-of-view recommendations to leadership on where U.S. News should lead vs. follow.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Manage a team of data scientists and analysts focused on market demand, client deliverables, and data strategy.

Represent Applied Analytics in product roadmap planning as a standing voice, not a downstream builder — surfacing both market-driven and data-driven opportunities.

Represent Applied Analytics during methodology review and planning as voice of the market — surfacing both market-driven and data-driven opportunities.

Support sales and business development with custom analyses, benchmarking cuts, and "what does this number mean for us" briefings during the sales cycle.

Build reusable analytic assets (templated peer comparisons, trend analyses, gap-to-target reports) that sales and client success can deploy across prospects and accounts.

Field client questions about their own performance and what's driving it, escalating anything that touches methodology validity rather than answering it directly.

Position Requirements

You should definitely have:

• Minimum 10 years in healthcare analytics, business intelligence, or client-facing data/analytics roles, ideally supporting data products.
• Prior experience at a healthcare benchmarking, analytics, consulting, or data-licensing company.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience required.
• Strong SQL and BI tool fluency (Tableau, Power BI, or similar); comfortable owning dashboards and data pipelines for commercial products.
• Experience translating complex or technical data into client-ready deliverables — reports, presentations, self-service tools.
• Track record supporting sales, business development, or client success teams with custom analysis under time pressure.
• Team leadership experience managing data scientists and analysts
• Experience with healthcare quality measurement concepts (risk adjustment, benchmarking, percentile rankings) sufficient to use methodology outputs correctly — without needing to design or defend the methodology itself.
• Experience building or scaling a licensed data product from early-stage to broad commercial adoption.
• Familiarity with hospital sales cycles and how health-system data/quality departments evaluate benchmarking tools.

What it’s like to work with us:

Talent is our best asset!

We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News’ dedication to our consumers.

• Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity
• Focus on fostering personal and professional growth
• Competitive benefits including paid vacation time, medical, tuition reimbursement, and training
• Collaborative Work Environment ~ Fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers

Other Job Info:

• These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
• U.S. News & World Report strongly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated (including boosters).
• New York or Washington, DC metro area based applicants to work a hybrid schedule in those office locations.
• The anticipated base salary for this position is $200,000 to $250,000 plus bonus opportunity. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, interview performance, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time

Number of Openings 1

About the Organization

U.S. News & World Report is a publisher of news and information that empowers people to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives.

EOE Statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.