Advanced Analytics Consultant

HCSC•Chicago, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Health Economics Team (HET) is seeking an Advanced Analytics Consultant to provide analytic support and consultancy for HCSC’s largest Commercial clients and advise internal senior-leader stakeholders on population health and insurance. The role uses strong technical skills and healthcare industry knowledge to support and enhance client-facing engagements. It requires a healthcare consulting background and an advanced understanding of medical claims and related datasets. The consultant serves as a thought leader in external client engagements and internal projects, understanding business problems holistically and determining how to work efficiently toward desired outcomes. The role communicates with and presents to C-suite stakeholders to improve their understanding of plan cost and health drivers, and collaborates internally to address those drivers. In partnership with management, the consultant helps scale and internally market impactful client engagements. As a technical subject matter expert, the consultant is expected to have experience designing and maintaining standard data layers, developing coding standards and documentation for organizational use cases, and troubleshooting challenges in analytic development. This is a flex hybrid position requiring at least three days per week in the office and two days remote. Compensation is based on job-related skills, education, knowledge, and experience, and the role is aligned with an annual incentive bonus plan subject to its terms and conditions. The stated base pay range is $76,600 to $138,500 annually.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, insurance industry economics, or a related field; or a master’s degree in a related field and 3 years of such experience; or 9 years of such experience.
Understanding of and high proficiency in querying a wide variety of internal and external data sources to derive meaningful insights.
Performance excellence in computer languages such as SQL, R, and Python.
Ability to create dynamic, visually engaging dashboards using data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
Strong business intelligence and ability to take a business case from inception through customer or partner execution.
Experience leading an analytic initiative to success.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to champion initiatives and collaborate with multiple stakeholders to bring initiatives to life.
Background in healthcare consulting, with an advanced-level understanding of medical claims and related datasets.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree and 3 years of experience in health care analytic services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics, including 1 year of experience analyzing medical claims data.
Experience with Databricks.
Experience with project management methodologies.
Healthcare industry experience in areas such as payor, provider, pharmacy, public health, or epidemiology.
Experience with version control or collaborative tools.

Responsibilities

Provide analytic support and consultancy for HCSC’s largest Commercial clients.
Advise internal senior-leader stakeholders on population health and insurance.
Use technical skills and healthcare industry knowledge to support and enhance client-facing engagements.
Act as a thought leader in external client engagements and internal team projects by understanding business problems and working toward efficient outcomes.
Communicate with and present to C-suite stakeholders to elevate their understanding of plan cost and health drivers.
Collaborate internally to address plan cost and health drivers.
Partner with management to scale and internally market impactful client engagements.
Design and maintain standard data layers.
Develop coding standards and documentation for organizational use cases.
Troubleshoot challenges that arise during analytic development.