Remote Lead, Data Analytics & AI Strategy

Cardinal Health; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 107,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day with my

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health seeks a Manager, Data Analytics & Decision Science to lead a team turning data into actionable insights across pharma, payer and hub services. You will guide analytics modernization with Databricks, automation, data science, and AI-enabled analytics, partnering across operations, technology and strategy.

The role focuses on driving business outcomes, building scalable data solutions, and communicating findings to senior leaders in a clear, nontechnical way.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience, preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in analytics, data science, statistics, economics, business, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience, preferred.
• Strong ability to translate business problems into analytical questions and recommendations.
• Experience leading and developing analysts or analytics teams.
• Experience with Databricks or a similar modern cloud data and analytics platform.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL and business intelligence or visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience applying AI or generative AI to analytics or business workflows.
• Healthcare, pharmaceutical, patient services, specialty pharmacy, payer, or related industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing analytics team.
• Partner with business leaders to identify the most important questions, decisions, and opportunities analytics can support.
• Deliver insights that improve patient, operational, customer, and financial outcomes.
• Develop analytics that look across businesses and programs to identify trends, benchmarks, leading indicators, and opportunities that may not be visible within individual programs.
• Communicate complex findings clearly to senior leaders and nontechnical audiences.
• Partner with data engineering, technology, governance, and other teams to ensure analytics is built on trusted and scalable data.

Skills

Leadership

Data storytelling

Databricks

SQL

Tableau / Power BI

AI / GenAI in analytics

Healthcare industry experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in analytics/data science/statistics/economics/business/computer science/engineering, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Cardinal Health seeks a Manager, Data Analytics & Decision Science to lead a team turning data into actionable insights across pharma, payer and hub services. You will guide analytics modernization with Databricks, automation, data science, and AI-enabled analytics, partnering across operations, technology and strategy.

The role focuses on driving business outcomes, building scalable data solutions, and communicating findings to senior leaders in a clear, nontechnical way.