Risk Adjustment Operations Senior Project Analyst

Datavant; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 103,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking a Senior Project Analyst to build pacing trackers, forecast project volume, and plan capacity across vendors. You will partner with Finance on headcount and downtime, and design dashboards for leadership visibility.

You will develop models, monitor risks, and collaborate across project managers, vendor management, and finance to improve forecasting accuracy and staffing decisions. This role supports remote teamwork and requires strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years of experience in project analytics or related role.
• Advanced Excel skills with complex formulas and modeling.
• Experience building forecasting and capacity planning models.
• Experience with BI/visualization tools (Sigma/Tableau/Power BI/Looker).
• Ability to partner with Finance/FP&A on headcount and capacity modeling.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain pacing trackers to monitor project progress and timelines by vendor.
• Develop forecasting models to project volume, timelines, and staffing needs.
• Collaborate with Finance to plan headcount and downtime.
• Design dashboards to give leadership real-time visibility into project and vendor performance.
• Identify trends and risks in vendor performance and propose corrective actions.
• Support scenario planning for staffing and capacity decisions.
• Present pacing and capacity findings to leadership.
• Maintain forecasting methodologies and data sources for auditability.
• Monitor downtime and utilization trends and incorporate them into models.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Forecasting

Capacity planning

Stakeholder management

Multi-project management

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Remote collaboration

SQL querying

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years experience

Tools

Sigma

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

Job description

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

What We’re Looking For:

The Senior Project Analyst is responsible for building and tracking project pacing by vendor and leading multi-platform forecasting across our project portfolio. This role partners closely with Finance working on the Risk Adjustment Coding Operations team, to build capacity planning models, determine headcount requirements, and plan for downtime, giving leadership clear, data-driven visibility into project health and resourcing needs.

What You Will Do:

• Build and maintain pacing trackers to monitor project progress, milestones, and timelines by vendor.
• Develop multi-platform forecasting models to project volume, timelines, and resourcing needs across concurrent projects.
• Partner closely with Finance to build capacity planning models, including headcount requirements and downtime/idle-time planning.
• Design and maintain dashboards and reports (Excel, Sigma, or similar BI tools) that give leadership real-time visibility into project and vendor performance.
• Identify trends, bottlenecks, and risks in vendor performance and project pacing, and recommend corrective action.
• Support scenario planning and “what-if” modeling for staffing and capacity decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with project managers, vendor management, and finance stakeholders to align on assumptions and outputs.
• Continuously improve tracking methodologies and forecasting accuracy over time.
• Analyze vendor throughput and capacity against forecasted volume, flagging variances early.
• Maintain documentation of forecasting methodologies, data sources, and assumptions for auditability.
• Present pacing, forecasting, and capacity findings to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support headcount and staffing plan reviews in partnership with Finance and Operations leadership.
• Monitor downtime and utilization trends, incorporating them into forecasting and staffing models.
• Maintain data integrity across pacing, forecasting, and capacity planning tools and reports.
• Assist in the development of standardized reporting templates across projects and vendors.
• Support ad hoc analysis requests from Finance, Operations, and executive leadership.
• Track project risk indicators and elevate concerns proactively.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives related to project tracking and forecasting.
• Business related travel as needed (up to 10%).

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree or a minimum of five years of equivalent experience in project analytics, business analytics, or a related analytical role.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and financial/operational modeling.
• Experience with BI/visualization tools such as Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.
• Demonstrated experience building forecasting and/or capacity planning models.
• Experience partnering with Finance or FP&A teams on headcount and capacity modeling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present findings to leadership.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, team environment.
• Flexibility in work schedule to meet departmental needs.
• Ability to analyze data to determine root causes of pacing, capacity, or forecasting variances.
• Must be able to follow instructions, meet deadlines, and work independently.
• Working knowledge of the business use of computer hardware and software to ensure effectiveness, quality, and security of data.
• Experience with risk adjustment methodologies preferred.
• Healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Formal project planning or project management experience/certification (PMP, CAPM, or similar) preferred.
• SQL or other data querying experience preferred.

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

At Datavant our total rewards strategy powers a high-growth, high-performance, health technology company that rewards our employees for transforming health care through creating industry-defining data logistics products and services.

The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on their level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job.

The estimated total cash compensation range for this role is:

$103,000—$121,000 USD

To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case‑case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related medical conditions, and/or religion.

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