Vice President, Advanced Analytics and AI

BCBSM, Inc.; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota seeks a strategic leader for Advanced Analytics and AI. This role shapes data, analytics, and AI use across the enterprise, partnering with product, engineering, finance, and legal to drive measurable business outcomes and improved affordability and quality of care.

The VP will recruit and mentor top analytics talent, govern AI use, and communicate insights to senior leaders and the Board, while guiding budgeting and strategy for the analytics function.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced analytics and AI governance experience preferred.
• Proven leadership of BI, data science or advanced analytics at scale.
• Strong storytelling to translate data into actionable insights for executives.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate enterprise analytics and AI strategy aligned with business value.
• Lead transition to self-service analytics and embedded analytics across the organization.
• Oversee AI/ML deployment, data pipelines, and analytics platforms for reliability and cost efficiency.
• Recruit and develop a high-performing analytics team and communicate findings to the Board.

Skills

Executive leadership

Analytics storytelling

AI/ML governance

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

BI platforms

Data pipelines

AI governance programs

Job description

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who share our vision of transforming healthcare. As a Blue Cross associate, you are joining a culture that is built on values of succeeding together, finding a better way, and doing the right thing. If you are ready to make a difference, join us.

The Impact You'll Have

The Vice President, Advanced Analytics and AI will shape how Blue Cross uses data, analytics, and AI to make better business decisions and create meaningful impact for our members. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, this leader will guide the enterprise analytics function across business intelligence, advanced analytics, population health, and AI execution and governance. This role is about more than producing insights. We’re looking for a leader who can dig into the business, understand the questions behind the data, and turn complex information into a clear story leaders can act on. You’ll partner across the organization to help teams understand what the data is telling us, where opportunities exist, and how analytics can improve affordability, quality of care, business performance, and our position in the marketplace.

What You'll Do

• Sets, executes and communicates the enterprise analytics strategy in alignment with the AI strategy, prioritizing work based on business value and organizational readiness.
• Drive the transition of reporting and insight delivery toward modern, self-service, and embedded analytics approaches.
• Acts as a bridge between technical teams and business leadership, ensuring that AI and analytics initiatives deliver measurable outcomes.
• Oversee data pipelines, analytics platforms, and AI/ML model deployment to ensure reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Provides strategic and operational leadership to the Advanced Analytics team, including trend analysis, analytic methods, and population health analytics that support affordability, quality, and clinical strategy.

How You'll Do It

• Owns the AI governance and execution agenda for analytics, establishing responsible-use standards, prioritizing use cases, and overseeing the execution of AI/ML-enabled analytic solutions.
• Work with product management, engineering, finance, legal, and customer success teams to integrate AI and analytics into products and operations.
• Builds a best-in-class, customer-centric analytics organization that differentiates the company in the marketplace and is recognized as a trusted partner by business stakeholders.
• Collaborates with data governance, technology, actuarial, clinical, network, and finance leaders to ensure analytics has the data, tools, and infrastructure needed to deliver - without owning those functions directly.
• Collaborate with key functions across the organization to establish and evolve a strategy for analytics and business intelligence that drives business strategy and performance.
• Build out analytic functions to support current and future enterprise strategic priorities, including a comprehensive review of current capabilities, an assessment of gaps relative to future‑state business needs, and development of a plan to close those gaps.
• Develops and executes rigorous, industry-informed analytic methods and identifies relevant benchmarks for evaluating analytic results and outcomes.
• Recruits, develops, and retains a high‑performing team of analytics leaders, data scientists, and analysts; builds a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Communicates analytic findings and recommendations to senior leadership and the Board in a clear, compelling, and decision‑oriented manner.
• Manages the annual operating budget for the analytics organization and assures the quality, comprehensiveness, and timeliness of all analytic deliverables to internal and external stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of related professional experience, with 5+ years of management/leadership experience.
• All relevant experience, including work, education, transferable skills, and military experience, will be considered.
• Demonstrated experience leading Business Intelligence, Data Science, or Advanced Analytics functions at scale.
• Experience applying emerging technology and analytic techniques to structured and unstructured data (e.g., predictive modeling, artificial intelligence, machine learning), including establishing AI governance practices.
• Knowledge of the healthcare industry, health economics, and population health / trend analytics is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of building and leading high‑performing, customer‑centric analytics teams in a matrixed environment.
• Strong executive presence with outstanding oral, written, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex, data‑driven topics for non‑technical audiences; strong storytelling that allows the data to drive appropriate decisions.
• Excellent modeling, analytical, problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills.
• Strong, independent decision‑making skills and the ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and balance resources across multiple functions.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Master's degree in a quantitative or healthcare‑related field such as statistics, data science, informatics, mathematics, computer science, or econometrics.
• Experience in a managed care or healthcare services organization, with exposure to population health, trend, and risk‑based analytics.
• Direct experience standing up or scaling an AI governance program.

Role Designation

Hybrid Role designation definition: Teleworking is working full time remote. Hybrid is a minimum of 2 days onsite. Onsite is full‑time onsite. Anchored in Connection Our hybrid approach is designed to balance flexibility with meaningful in‑person connection and collaboration. We come together in the office two days each week – most teams designate at least one anchor day to ensure team interaction. These in‑person moments foster relationships, creativity, and alignment. The rest of the week you are empowered to work remote.

Compensation and Benefits

$300,000.00 - $312,500.00 - $325,000.00 Annual Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including skills, ability, and knowledge the selected individual is bringing to the specific job. We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include: Medical, dental, and vision insurance Life insurance 401k Paid Time Off (PTO) Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO) And more To discover more about what we have to offer, please review our benefits page.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. Blue Cross of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an Affiantive Action plan, as required by Minnesota law applicable to state contractors. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on any legally protected characteristic. Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply, please contact us at: [e-mail]. Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota and Blue Plus® are nonprofit independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Physical requirements. Chartered in 1933 as Minnesota’s first health plan, this company is one of the most recognized and trusted healthcare brands in the world. It has more members, the largest network of doctors, and more products and services than any other health plan in Minnesota. Headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota.