Senior Medical Economics Analytics Specialist

Highmark Health; Augusta (ME); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid or remote work

Job summary

Highmark Inc. is seeking a finance and analytics professional to lead the financial reporting for its strategic cost of care savings program.

You will gather data from multiple partners, perform quality checks, and deliver executive-ready reports with insights on program impact. The role requires strong SAS/SQL/R skills, experience building dashboards, and the ability to communicate complex analytics to senior leadership in a clear, concise manner.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Health, Economics, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences or related area.
• 5 years of Medical Economics, Healthcare Analytics, Informatics and/or Actuarial Services in the health care payer sector.
• Strong coding background (R, R Shiny, Python, SQL).
• Experience building dashboards in Tableau, Power BI, or R Shiny.
• Healthcare industry experience with knowledge of emerging trends and challenges.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/tactical insights into emerging medical cost trends and present findings clearly.
• Extract, summarize and analyze large datasets via SAS, SQL or similar tools.
• Coordinate savings projections and post-implementation savings measurements.
• Develop improved business case and savings estimate capabilities for projections.
• Drive medical cost analytics and present insights to key business partners.
• Collaborate across departments to develop the full analytical story.

Skills

Analytical ability

Technical data skills

Stakeholder communication

Healthcare industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Tableau

Power BI

R Shiny

Excel

Job description

Highmark Inc. is seeking a finance and analytics professional to lead the financial reporting for its strategic cost of care savings program.

You will gather data from multiple partners, perform quality checks, and deliver executive-ready reports with insights on program impact. The role requires strong SAS/SQL/R skills, experience building dashboards, and the ability to communicate complex analytics to senior leadership in a clear, concise manner.