Senior Data & Analytics Systems Lead

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services seeks a Senior Data and Systems Analyst to support data analytics, governance, and automated Power BI reporting. The role partners with Facility Services leadership to transform data into actionable metrics for clinical and operational improvement.

Responsibilities include dashboards, ad hoc analysis, and data governance across the division’s data domains.

Qualifications

• Ability to find creative solutions to complex data problems.
• Experience in Power BI and/or Tableau.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office Suite to include - Teams, SharePoint, CoPilot, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of and skill in data analytics, statistics, and informatics.
• Experience developing, defining, and operationalizing program/business outcome measures.
• Experience in extracting data from large and diverse databases and data lakes/warehouses to meet the needs of stakeholders, including experience writing SQL and/or Python code.
• Ability to utilize Enterprise Data Lake/Warehouse to develop dashboards and data visualization.
• Knowledge of business data collection, analysis, and reporting applications and technology.
• Ability to synthesize and translate complex data analysis into easily understood language for diverse audiences.
• Strong and effective inter‑personal communication skills and the ability to interact professionally and establish great rapport with a diverse group of stakeholders, partners, and staff.
• Ability to understand the language and requirements of business/program staff as well as IT/data staff and be able to translate information between those groups.
• Knowledge of state, federal, agency, and/or other regulatory agencies, laws, and standards.

Responsibilities

• Systems Analysis: Supporting systems analysis, of both source systems and Enterprise Data Warehouse, to bolster the division’s access to reliable, valid, and timely data.
• Develop and Analyze Metrics: Working with the division leaders to develop and define new operational and clinical metrics, and find effective ways to utilize existing clinical and administrative data to operationalize and analyze those metrics.
• Data Analytics and Visualization: Leading the development of new Power BI analytical reports that can be kept current through automation programming.
• Ad Hoc Reporting: Responding to ad hoc analysis and reporting requests from the division and agency leadership as assigned by Director of Facility Data Analytics and Evaluation.
• Data Steward: Serving as data steward within the agency data governance framework for data domains under the Facility Services Division.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal communication

Data storytelling

Tools

SQL

Python

Snowflake

Job description

Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services seeks a Senior Data and Systems Analyst to support data analytics, governance, and automated Power BI reporting. The role partners with Facility Services leadership to transform data into actionable metrics for clinical and operational improvement.

Responsibilities include dashboards, ad hoc analysis, and data governance across the division’s data domains.