Senior Payer & Claims Analytics Lead

Vanna Health, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanna Health is seeking a Senior Data Analyst – Payer & Claims Analytics to build analytical capability for health plan relationships and internal teams. This role focuses on translating complex payer data into clear, defensible insights about member populations, program performance, outcomes, and value.

The ideal candidate has healthcare payer analytics experience, strong data querying skills, and the ability to independently investigate business questions from request to interpretation.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years of healthcare analytics experience with health plan data.
• Deep knowledge of healthcare claims methodology and utilization measures.
• Strong communication skills to explain methods to executives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary analytical partner for Vanna's payer relationships.
• Translate payer questions into analytical requirements and analyses.
• Analyze medical and behavioral health claims, eligibility, attribution, utilization, and other payer datasets.
• Develop and validate measures related to enrollment, engagement, utilization, quality, outcomes, and cost.
• Analyze utilization patterns across populations and cohorts.
• Calculate and interpret measures such as member months, utilization rates, PMPM costs.
• Reconcile results with payer-reported data and investigate discrepancies.
• Support recurring client reporting and move towards standardized analyses.

Skills

Healthcare analytics

Data querying

Analytical methodology

Population health

Communication skills

Independent analysis

Payer data expertise

Tools

Databricks

Python

R

Job description

Vanna Health is seeking a Senior Data Analyst – Payer & Claims Analytics to build analytical capability for health plan relationships and internal teams. This role focuses on translating complex payer data into clear, defensible insights about member populations, program performance, outcomes, and value.

The ideal candidate has healthcare payer analytics experience, strong data querying skills, and the ability to independently investigate business questions from request to interpretation.