Remote Medical Cost Analytics Lead

Highmark Health; Jefferson City (MO); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Inc. is seeking a senior-level professional to own the financial reporting of the strategic cost of care savings program.

The role involves gathering data from multiple partners, validating accuracy, and delivering an executive-ready report with key insights into program impact. The position focuses on developing dashboards and reports to show total program impact, tracking outcomes, and providing strategic recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Health, Economics, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences or similar required.
• Master's degree in related area preferred.
• 5 years of Medical Economics, Healthcare Analytics, Informatics or Actuarial Services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends and present analytics clearly.
• Extract, summarize and analyze large datasets using SAS, SQL or similar tools.
• Offer opportunity assessments and savings projections for strategic medical cost programs.
• Develop medical cost analytics and identify drivers to inform stakeholders.
• Communicate findings with strong executive-level presentations.
• Collaborate across departments to build the full analytical story.

Skills

Analytical ability

Executive communication

Strategic insights

Healthcare analytics knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Health/Economics/Math

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Highmark Inc. is seeking a senior-level professional to own the financial reporting of the strategic cost of care savings program.

The role involves gathering data from multiple partners, validating accuracy, and delivering an executive-ready report with key insights into program impact. The position focuses on developing dashboards and reports to show total program impact, tracking outcomes, and providing strategic recommendations.