Healthcare Cost Analytics Strategist

Highmark Health Company

Colorado Springs (CO)

On-site

USD 79,000 - 127,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a seasoned Healthcare Cost Analyst to transform large datasets into strategic insights on medical cost trends. You will craft executive-ready presentations and work with cross-functional partners to drive value through analytics and storytelling.

Responsibilities include leveraging SAS/SQL/R/Tableau/Excel to analyze data, developing savings projections, and advancing business cases.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

Provide strategic insights into emerging medical cost trends and create executive-ready presentations.
Extract, summarize and analyze large datasets via SAS, SQL or similar tools.
Offer opportunity assessments and coordinate savings projections with business areas.
Develop improved business cases and savings estimates to enable deeper projections.
Present analytics and insights to key partners in a matrix environment, enabling strategic decisions.
Support dashboards and analytical storytelling with Tableau, Power BI or R Shiny.