Mgr, Cogito - Sr

Quest Diagnostics; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Diagnostics is seeking a Cogito Analytics Manager to lead analytics initiatives across all applications, with a strong emphasis on project management and cross-team coordination.

You will drive data governance, security, and reporting strategies, mentor analysts, and translate complex data into actionable insights for senior leadership while collaborating with business partners. Travel up to 25% domestically.

Qualifications

• Extensive Cogito Suite knowledge or extensive Quest data & analytics knowledge.
• Advanced SQL proficiency including ability to write, optimize and troubleshoot complex SQL queries against Epic’s relational and data warehouse database (Clarity & Caboodle).
• 3–5 years of direct managerial leading a team of analysts, report writers, or Business Intelligence Analysts.
• Extensive experience in leading complex technical data into clear, actionable business insights for senior leadership.
• 7 years experience in healthcare IT, data analytics or reporting with significant portion focused in Epic.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and coordinating triage of analytics needs and the corresponding build.
• Setting overall build, security, and data segregation strategies.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining an enterprise-wide Cogito security policy.
• Working with analyst sponsors to stand up and facilitate your data governance committee.
• Establishing and enforcing processes for requests, triage, prioritization, testing, publishing, and validating data requests.
• Facilitating communication to close gaps between analytics teams and Cogito.
• Coordinating with training to ensure end-user comfort with data and tools.
• Establishing processes for Analytics Catalog use and request tracking.
• Identifying and managing the scope of reporting implementation.
• Driving analytics implementation to meet organizational goals and initiatives.
• Measuring ongoing success and making adjustments post go-live.
• Monitoring Cogito team productivity and performance.
• Reviewing upgrade documentation and dissemination/training changes.
• Assisting BI Developers in selecting the right solution for each request.

Skills

Cogito Suite knowledge

SQL proficiency

Team leadership

Data storytelling

Healthcare IT experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Clarity & Caboodle

Job description

Job Description

The Cogito manager is responsible for the overall success of analytics and for coordinating analytics tasks across all applications. They spend most of their time on project management.

Job Description

The Cogito manager is responsible for the overall success of analytics and for coordinating analytics tasks across all applications. They spend most of their time on project management.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and coordinating the triage of analytics needs and the corresponding build.
• Setting overall build, security, and data segregation strategies.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining an enterprise-wide Cogito security policy.
• Working with analyst sponsors to stand up and facilitate your data governance committee.
• Establishing and enforcing processes, including request, triage, prioritization, testing, publishing, and validating data requests.
• Facilitating application and Cogito team communication to close gaps.
• Coordinating with the training team to ensure end-user comfort and happiness with data and tools.
• Establishing a process for use of the Analytics Catalog and request tracker.
• Identifying and managing the scope of the reporting implementation.
• Driving the analytics implementation to meet organizational goals and initiatives.
• Measuring ongoing success of analytics after go-live and making necessary adjustments.
• Monitoring Cogito team productivity and performance.
• Reviewing upgrade documentation related to analytics tools and content and determining how to implement, disseminate, and train the changes.
• Assisting the Business Intelligence Developers in identifying the right solution for each request.

Required

QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive Cogito Suite knowledge or extensive Quest data &analytics knowledge
• Advanced SQL proficiency including ability to write, optimize and troubleshoot complex SQL queries against Epic’s relational and data warehouse database eg Clarity and Caboodle.
• 3-5 years of direct managerial leading a team of analysts, report writers, or Business Intelligence Analysts.
• Extensive experience in leading complex technical data into clear, actionable business insights for senior leaderships.
• 7 years experience in healthcare IT, data analytics or reporting with significant portion focused in Epic.

Preferred

• Experience establishing and enforcing data governance policies, including security, data segregation strategies
• Experience contributing to or defining the overall enterprise analytics strategy ensuring Cogito solutions align with organizational KPIs and strategic goals.
• Experience with underlying infrastructure eg Microsoft Azure, GCP, AWS
• Experience with advanced analytics concepts, machine learning, or predictive modeling
• Worked within Agile environment

Work Environment

• Work requires handling light and simple weight material and equipment. Visual activity requires the ability to tolerate prolonged periods of close computer screens. Work requires speed, accuracy and adeptness to operate in system application. Fast-paced work environment. After hours, weekend and holiday work will occasionally be required as determined by the Application Mgr to support software/hardware patches, upgrades, downtimes and potential disasters.

Travel Required

• Domestic travel up to 25%.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Required Technical Training Or Professional Licensing

• Cogito Certification and Cogito Suite including Reporting Workbench, Radar/Dashboards and SlicerDicer

Preferred Technical Training Or Professional Licensing

• Cogito Project Manager training track
• Cogito Tools Administration if the CPM will be the primary or secondary person responsible for system maintenance of Cogito
• SAFe Agile or Scrum certification

English Language required.

About The Team

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