Operational Forecasting Associate, Workforce Planning

Oscar Health; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Oscar Health is seeking an Operations Forecasting Associate to join our Workforce Management team in New York City. The role focuses on building and maintaining forecasts to optimize resourcing and financial planning for production teams.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, learn tools like Workday, Jira, BigQuery and Looker, and report to the Associate Director, Workforce Management. Hybrid schedule with 3 in-office days per week.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of operations forecasting experience.
• 2+ years handling large datasets and delivering insights in a structured way.
• 2+ years experience with SQL; or proficiency in R or Python with Pandas.
• Strong written and verbal communication about reporting impact.
• 1+ years experience using Google Sheets or Excel with VLOOKUP and advanced functions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed operational forecasts for volumetric demand and resourcing, informing budgets.
• Coordinate with stakeholder teams to align forecast models with business objectives.
• Source data from analytics teams and refine for analyses.
• Support periodic planning discussions with business stakeholders.
• Learn and use tools/platforms like Workday, Jira, BigQuery, Looker.
• Use business acumen to work through ambiguity and deliver insights.
• Collaborate with leaders and teams to implement actions and monitor impact.
• Own insights generation for a major business unit and act as a primary point of contact for senior managers.
• Analyze data to support data-driven decisions and tell stories clearly to non-technical colleagues.
• Collaborate across the organization on strategic projects and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Forecasting

SQL

Python or R

Data analysis

Communication

Excel/Google Sheets

Tools

Looker

BigQuery

Jira

Workday

Excel

Job description

Oscar Health is seeking an Operations Forecasting Associate to join our Workforce Management team in New York City. The role focuses on building and maintaining forecasts to optimize resourcing and financial planning for production teams.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, learn tools like Workday, Jira, BigQuery and Looker, and report to the Associate Director, Workforce Management. Hybrid schedule with 3 in-office days per week.