Data Scientist Associate — Healthcare Analytics (Hybrid)

aah; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts

Educational Assistance Program

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a data analyst/scientist to apply advanced statistics to healthcare data, deliver insights, and drive cost and quality improvements across the organization. The role emphasizes scalable analytics, model development, and cross-functional collaboration with senior leaders in a hybrid, day-shift environment.

The candidate will translate complex results into actionable business solutions, create visualizations, and partner with SVP/EVP stakeholders while managing multiple

Qualifications

• Requires MS in Statistics, Epidemiology, Health Services Research, Economics, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or closely related areas; PhD preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• With minimal guidance, use advanced statistical and computational methodologies to deliver insights and strategic opportunities to improve the quality, patient experience, and cost of healthcare
• Establish scalable, efficient, and automated processes for large scale data analyses and model development, validation, and implementation
• Proactively monitor and analyze complex systems to understand, diagnose, and continuously improve key performance indicators
• Expertise in problem definition, i.e., able to translate business/research questions into analytical questions and translate analytical results into business/research solutions
• Write statistical methodology and results for technical reports and publications
• Manipulate, combine, and refine large databases to produce information suitable for analysis
• Develop algorithms for data analysis and write computer code to implement them
• Create graphics for data visualization and information display
• Develop metrics and scorecards
• Partner with senior leaders (SVP, EVP) across the organization to assess needs and define business questions
• Able to take leadership of multiple projects concurrently and accommodate frequent interruptions and changing priorities
• Able to influence senior leaders (SVP, EVP) to take action based on analytical insights
• Creates timelines for project management with little or no assistance. Ensures successful completion of assigned projects on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with System standards and ethics
• Ability to translate advanced methodologies and complex results for non-technical audiences
• Conduct effective meetings with customers, including senior leaders

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

SAS

R

Healthcare data

Education

MS in Statistics

PhD preferred

Tools

SAS

R

Enterprise Miner

SQL

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a data analyst/scientist to apply advanced statistics to healthcare data, deliver insights, and drive cost and quality improvements across the organization. The role emphasizes scalable analytics, model development, and cross-functional collaboration with senior leaders in a hybrid, day-shift environment.

The candidate will translate complex results into actionable business solutions, create visualizations, and partner with SVP/EVP stakeholders while managing multiple