Sr Analytics Consultant - Health Economics

Corporate Strategy Division; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

HCSC's Health Economics Team seeks a Senior Analytics Consultant to lead analytic engagements for major Commercial clients. You will leverage SQL, Python, R and BI tools to deliver insights on population health and plan costs.

Expect to design data layers, present to C-Suite, and drive internal scaling of high-impact client engagements. Hybrid role located in Chicago or Richardson; relocation not offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years in health care services, statistics, or insurance economics, or equivalent experience.
• Expert querying of healthcare data sources including claims, EMR, provider databases, and public databanks.
• Strong SQL/Python/R and ability to build dashboards in Tableau/Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytic engagements for HCSC's largest Commercial clients and internal stakeholders.
• Design data layers, coding standards, and documentation for analytics projects.
• Present findings to C-Suite and translate insights into action.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scale impactful client work.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Tableau/Power BI

Data storytelling

C-suite presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a health-related field

6+ years experience or 4 years with Master's or 2 years with PhD in healthcare analytics

Tools

Databricks

Git/version control

Project management methodologies

Job description

At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers.

Join HCSC and be part of a purpose-driven company that will invest in your professional development.

The Health Economics Team (HET) is seeking a candidate to fulfill the Senior Analytics Consulting position. The Senior’s primary responsibility is to leverage strong technical skills (SQL, R, Python, and Tableau/PowerBI) and healthcare industry knowledge (payor, provider, pharmacy, public health, epidemiology, etc.) to support and enhance client-facing engagements with HCSC’s largest Commercial customers, specific responsibilities will include: This role is responsible for the analytic support and consultancy for HCSCs largest Commercial Clients and advisory for internal senior‑leader stakeholders related to population health and insurance. This position requires an extensive background in healthcare consulting with an emphasis on expert-level understanding of medical claims and related datasets. As a senior member of the organization, the candidate will have the responsibility to lead both external client engagements and internal team projects by holistically understanding the business problem at hand and how to efficiently work towards an end goal. This position requires communicating with and presenting to C‑Suite stakeholders with the ultimate goal of elevating their understanding of plan cost and health drivers, and collaborating internally to address them. Additionally, in partnership with management, this role will look to scale and help internally market impactful client engagements for broader impact. As a technical subject matter expert, it is expected that experience in designing and maintaining standard data layers, developing coding standards and documentation for organizational use cases, and troubleshooting challenges that arise during analytic development, is evident in prior work experience.

NOTE: This hybrid role can be located in CHICAGO IL or RICHARDSON TX ~ relocation will not be offered; sponsorship is not available including if you are currently on OPT.

Required Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics or related field OR Master’s degree with 4 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics or related field OR PhD with 2 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics or related field OR 10 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics or related field
• Expert understanding of and highly proficient at querying a wide variety of healthcare data and related population data (medical/pharmacy claims, behavioral health claims, health care management (HCM) records, electronic medical records (EMR), provider databases (AMA, NPI, DEA, etc.), member/patient demographic data, and publicly available databases (U.S. Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, NIH, etc.)
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in computer languages, such as SQL, Python, R, etc.
• Ability to create a dynamic and visually engaging dashboard leveraging data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
• High degree of business intelligence and understanding how to take a business case from inception to customer or partner execution.
• Experience leading an analytic initiative to success.
• Performance excellence in presenting to and influencing the decision making of C‑Suite Executives
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Performance excellence in championing initiatives and collaborating with multiple stakeholders to bring the initiative to life.
• Ability to work under pressure and delivery high quality output to senior leadership to decision making within short timeline.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Masters and 5 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics including 3 years’ experience in analyzing medical claims data
• Employing techniques such as a case‑control study, regression analyses, principal component analyses, clustering exercises, propensity scoring, classification, ROI calculation, etc. to produce actionable insights.
• Experience with Databricks.
• Experience with project management methodologies.
• Experience with version control/collaborative tools

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Compensation: $84,400.00 - $152,300.00

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location

HCSC Employment Statement:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where the unique differences of our employees are respected and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of drug screening in accordance with applicable law.

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