Senior Population Health Analytics Leader

WellMed Optum Florida; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

WellMed Optum Florida is seeking a Principal, Population Health Analytics to shape analytical strategy that improves patient outcomes and supports high-quality care across Medicare Advantage and value-based programs.

As a senior individual contributor and strategic advisor, you will translate complex healthcare data into actionable insights, partner with executives, identify at-risk populations, and advance predictive analytics and AI in clinical workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in analytics, statistics, data science, public health, health informatics, or related field.
• 10+ years of healthcare analytics experience, including 5+ years in population health/value-based care analytics at senior/lead level.
• Proven success leading analytics initiatives that improve outcomes, quality, utilization, or cost.
• Deep experience with clinical, claims, utilization, pharmacy, and quality data.
• Expert SQL and advanced Python or R skills.
• Hands-on experience developing risk stratification and predictive models with solid statistical methods.
• Strong knowledge of HEDIS, CMS Star Ratings, care gaps, risk adjustment, and population health.
• Ability to communicate complex findings clearly to executives and influence decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the population health analytics roadmap aligned with clinical, quality, and business priorities.
• Develop risk stratification and patient segmentation for care management and interventions.
• Evaluate clinical programs to measure outcomes, utilization, cost, and ROI.
• Guide analytics for care-gap closure and value-based payment programs.
• Advance predictive modeling and responsible AI to support clinical decisions.
• Establish data definitions, analytics standards, and executive reporting.
• Serve as advisor to senior leaders, mentor analysts, and lead cross-functional initiatives.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Population health analytics

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Analytics/Statistics/Public Health

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Snowflake

eClinicalWorks

Job description

WellMed Optum Florida is seeking a Principal, Population Health Analytics to shape analytical strategy that improves patient outcomes and supports high-quality care across Medicare Advantage and value-based programs.

As a senior individual contributor and strategic advisor, you will translate complex healthcare data into actionable insights, partner with executives, identify at-risk populations, and advance predictive analytics and AI in clinical workflows.