Remote Healthcare Economics & Analytics Lead

Highmark Health; Baton Rouge (LA); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Inc. is seeking a skilled professional to oversee financial reporting for the strategic cost of care savings program. You will gather data from multiple partners, perform quality checks, and deliver executive-level reports with insights on program impact.

The role emphasizes dashboard development, tracking program outcomes, and providing strategic recommendations to health plan leadership. Ideal candidates bring strong technical analytics, experience with SAS/SQL/R, and a proven ability

Qualifications

• 5 years in Medical Economics, Healthcare Analytics, Informatics or Actuarial Services.
• Experience building dashboards in Tableau, Power BI or R Shiny.
• Ability to communicate outcomes with business partners.
• Healthcare industry knowledge of trends and challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic insights into emerging medical cost trends.
• Extract, summarize and analyze large datasets via SAS, SQL or similar.
• Coordinate savings projections and post-implementation measurements.
• Develop analytical stories and present findings to leadership.
• Collaborate across departments to build the analytical narrative.

Skills

Analytical skills

Technical data skills

Healthcare analytics

Healthcare industry experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Highmark Inc. is seeking a skilled professional to oversee financial reporting for the strategic cost of care savings program. You will gather data from multiple partners, perform quality checks, and deliver executive-level reports with insights on program impact.

The role emphasizes dashboard development, tracking program outcomes, and providing strategic recommendations to health plan leadership. Ideal candidates bring strong technical analytics, experience with SAS/SQL/R, and a proven ability