Senior Healthcare Informatics & Analytics Lead

Humana Inc; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 98,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc., through CenterWell Senior Primary Care, seeks a Senior Informaticist to partner with business and analytics teams, translate complex challenges into questions, and deliver grounded recommendations that drive measurable outcomes.

You will work with payer, claims, membership, and financial data, leveraging SQL, Python, Databricks, Power BI, and Tableau while navigating a highly regulated healthcare environment. Remote work with occasional travel is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience solving complex business problems through analytics, operations, strategy, consulting, informatics, engineering, or related disciplines.
• Define problems, establish analytical approaches, and create solutions where no established process or framework existed.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesize information across diverse and incomplete data sources.
• Experience making recommendations in situations where data, stakeholder priorities, or business conditions are imperfect or uncertain.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting complex findings to senior leaders.
• Proven ability to influence decisions through logical reasoning, evidence, and structured problem-solving.
• Experience translating business objectives into measurable analytical approaches and actionable outcomes.
• Track record of using data and analytical reasoning to influence decisions and drive action, rather than simply producing analyses or reports.
• Experience working with healthcare, pharmacy, Medicare, Medicaid, CMS, claims, or population health data.
• Experience utilizing SQL, Python, Databricks, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytical tools.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative, analytical, business, or technical field, or equivalent demonstrated experience solving complex business problems.
• Experience in consulting, strategy, operations research, informatics, product analytics, process improvement, engineering, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated success solving novel business challenges in highly regulated or complex industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, projects with accountability for outcomes, from problem identification through recommendation, implementation, and measurement of results.
• Translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytical approaches and applicable recommendations.
• Synthesize information from multiple data sources, partners, and operational processes to identify causes and solution opportunities.
• Communicate complex findings, assumptions, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
• Develop analytical frameworks, business cases, and decision-support tools that promote informed and transparent decision-making.
• Influence business strategy and operational priorities through evidence-based insights and thoughtful evaluation of alternatives.
• Take ownership of projects, independently determining goals, approaches, stakeholder engagement plans, and deliverables.
• Improve performance by identifying opportunities, challenging assumptions, and driving sustainable solutions.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem framing

Hypothesis testing

Data visualization

Influence decisions

Healthcare analytics

Population health data

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree in quantitative/analytic/technical field

Tools

SQL

Python

Databricks

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Humana, Inc., through CenterWell Senior Primary Care, seeks a Senior Informaticist to partner with business and analytics teams, translate complex challenges into questions, and deliver grounded recommendations that drive measurable outcomes.

You will work with payer, claims, membership, and financial data, leveraging SQL, Python, Databricks, Power BI, and Tableau while navigating a highly regulated healthcare environment. Remote work with occasional travel is required.