Strategic Decision Analytics Lead

Highmark Health; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 94,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Inc. seeks a seasoned analytics professional to partner with customers and design teams, translating requirements into decision-support applications and secure data delivery. You will model data flows, develop analytical policies, and lead complex data projects across the organization.

The role emphasizes mentoring peers, presenting findings, and applying SAS, R, SQL and related tools to drive actionable insights for senior leadership and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer/Information Science, Mathematics/Statistics, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or related field
• 7+ years of relevant progressive experience including leading projects

Responsibilities

• Develop and foster internal relationships across the corporation and provide analytic support
• Mentor colleagues on technical and business aspects of projects
• Define how decision support systems provide information for decision making and lead implementation of solutions
• Create new methods of analysis and data modeling to support studies and projects
• Model data sources and ensure secure, precise delivery of knowledge and information

Skills

Mainframe

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Mainframe

PC technologies

Microsoft Office

Business Objects

Cognos

Enterprise Guide

Job description

Highmark Inc. seeks a seasoned analytics professional to partner with customers and design teams, translating requirements into decision-support applications and secure data delivery. You will model data flows, develop analytical policies, and lead complex data projects across the organization.

The role emphasizes mentoring peers, presenting findings, and applying SAS, R, SQL and related tools to drive actionable insights for senior leadership and external stakeholders.