Manager Quality Data & Analytics

OU Health; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OU Health is seeking a Manager of Quality Data & Analytics to lead the organization’s data and analytics strategy, ensuring accurate reporting and actionable insights for decision-making. This role manages a team of data professionals, guides data platforms, and drives modernization of analytics tools to improve performance.

The ideal candidate will have senior-level analytics expertise, strong communication, and experience with regulatory reporting requirements, positioned within a healthcare

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Health Informatics, Statistics, Data Science, or related field.
• Experience: At least five years in academic medical center or complex healthcare, with three years of progressive leadership.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: strong leadership, analytics, and executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Develops and sustains quality data and analytics infrastructure aligned with goals.
• Leads a team of data analysts with coaching and professional development.
• Oversees data structures, metric logic, and analytics frameworks for quality reporting.
• Represents the analytics function on committees and governance forums.
• Partners with leadership to deploy reporting tools and analytics.
• Oversees regulatory reporting activities to national standards.
• Generates insights to support leadership decision-making.

Skills

Team leadership

Advanced analytics

Executive communication

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Health Informatics, Statistics, Data Science, or related field

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Position Title: Manager Quality Data & Analytics

Department: Quality Data Reporting

The Manager of Quality Data and Analytics provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization's quality data and analytics infrastructure. This role is responsible for developing and executing analytic strategies that quantify clinical performance, ensure accurate reporting, and facilitate decision making around the organization. The Manager is accountable for leading a team of data professionals, overseeing data management platforms, and implementing modern tools that create efficiencies and facilitate data accessibility.

Essential Responsibilities

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities, with or without an accommodation, may result in disqualification from the position.

• Develops, implements, and sustains the organization's quality, safety, and patient experience data and analytics infrastructure aligned with strategic goals and publicly reported performance measures.
• Leads and manages a team of data analysts, including performance management, coaching, mentoring, and professional development planning.
• Oversees team architecture of data structures, metric logic, and analytic frameworks used for quality reporting and improvement programs.
• Represents the quality analytics function on organizational committees, workgroups, and governance forums as appropriate.
• Partners with executive, physician, and sitebased leadership to develop and deploy reporting and analytic tools that advance organizational goals and identify opportunities.
• Prioritizes and oversees regulatory reporting activities, ensuring alignment with national standards and reporting requirements (e.g., CMS, Leapfrog, Joint Commission).
• Leads enterprise insight generation by interpreting complex analyses and performance trends to support leadership decisionmaking.
• Guides organizational readiness for changes in national quality programs, incorporating evolving requirements into analytic and reporting processes.
• Establishes and reinforces standards for analytic quality, documentation, and consistency across quality reporting initiatives.

General Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Health Informatics, Statistics, Data Science, or related filed required.

Experience: At least five (5) years of experience working in an academic medical center or complex healthcare environment, with at least three (3) years of progressive leadership experience required.

Certification/License Requirements: None required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams with multiple high-priority deliverables.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret complex clinical data and develop sophisticated analyses.
• Expert-level analytic, statistical, andvisualizationcompetenciesusing SQL, Python, Power BI, andTableau.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, public reporting, and quality payment programs.
• Executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.

OU Health is an equal opportunity employer. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including PTO, 401(k), medical and dental plans, and many more. We know that a total benefits and compensation package, designed to meet your specific needs both inside and outside of the work environment, create peace of mind for you and your family.