Senior Medical Cost Analytics Strategist

Highmark Health; South Dakota Park (SD); On-site; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a senior analyst to transform large healthcare cost data into strategic insights. You will work with matrix partners to evaluate medical cost trends and the value of business solutions.

The role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in SAS/SQL, and experience communicating findings to executives. Travel up to 25% may be required in a matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area is required.
• Minimum 5 years of medical economics / healthcare analytics in the health care payer sector.
• Master's degree in a related area is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends and present executive-ready findings.
• Extract, summarize and analyze large datasets using SAS, SQL or similar tools.
• Assess savings opportunities and project post-implementation savings with robust business cases.
• Develop medical cost analytics and communicate insights to key business partners.
• Present clear analytics through verbal and executive-quality presentations.

Skills

Analytical ability

Technical data skills

Communication with partners

Healthcare industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Health/Economics/Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a senior analyst to transform large healthcare cost data into strategic insights. You will work with matrix partners to evaluate medical cost trends and the value of business solutions.

The role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in SAS/SQL, and experience communicating findings to executives. Travel up to 25% may be required in a matrix environment.