Chief Data Officer (CDO)

United Hospital Fund•New York, NY

8d•$180,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

United Hospital Fund (UHF), an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to creating an effective and equitable health care system for all New Yorkers, seeks a Chief Data Officer to strengthen its use of data, evidence, and insight to understand emerging needs, identify opportunities for impact, and inform policy and programmatic priorities. This new senior leadership role will oversee UHF’s data analytics strategy, priorities, and partnerships; data infrastructure and access; visualization and dashboards; and data governance. The CDO will bring technical depth and strategic judgment to connect quantitative analysis with policy research, stakeholder and community perspectives, and programmatic expertise, translating evidence into insight and action to improve population health outcomes. The CDO is a senior leader in UHF’s Policy & Program division and reports to the Senior Vice President, Policy & Program. The CDO will work closely with the Managing Directors responsible for Medicaid and Practice Transformation, as well as colleagues and external partners across policy, program, clinical, research, communications, development, technology, financial, and operational areas. The role leads UHF’s data and analytics strategy and team, develops analytic capabilities and standards, and ensures appropriate data access, infrastructure, tools, talent, partnerships, and governance. It integrates quantitative and qualitative evidence to identify trends and gaps, assess emerging needs and opportunities, and inform organizational priorities. The CDO also contributes to evidence-based thought leadership, builds relationships with a broad range of health care and community partners, represents UHF externally, and manages relevant budgets, consultants, vendors, partnerships, and resources. The position is based in New York, NY, with a hybrid work arrangement. The listed salary range is $180,000–$210,000. UHF offers health, dental, voluntary vision, life, and disability insurance; a 403b retirement plan; paid time off; a commuting subsidy; and a collegial environment. Applicants are asked to submit a resume and cover letter. The deadline for first-round consideration is November 6, 2026.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in health care data and analytics, health services research, health informatics, public health, health policy, or a related field.
Significant leadership experience and demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary data and analytics teams.
Strong technical foundation managing and analyzing large, complex health care datasets, such as claims and encounter, clinical, quality and performance, population health, health-related social needs, or other administrative data.
Demonstrated proficiency with SQL and familiarity with additional analytic languages and tools such as Python, R, or comparable technologies, with enough technical depth to direct technical staff and evaluate analytic approaches, methods, and outputs.
Experience with data aggregation, integration, modern data platforms, data access and quality, governance, privacy, and security.
Experience translating complex analyses into accessible visualizations and decision-support tools and overseeing relevant business intelligence capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to integrate quantitative analysis with policy analysis, stakeholder and community perspectives, and programmatic findings, and to translate evidence into actionable insights.
Strong understanding of the health care policy and delivery environment, including relationships among policy, payment, quality, delivery-system performance, population health, and health equity.
Proven ability to lead and develop teams, work independently with initiative and ownership, adapt to changing policy, funding, and health care environments, use evidence to inform decisions, and develop practical solutions to complex problems.
Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical information for diverse audiences, collaborate across disciplines, and build productive stakeholder relationships.
Demonstrated ability to lead multiple complex initiatives, establish priorities, manage internal and external resources, and deliver high-quality work on time and within budget.
Demonstrated commitment to UHF’s mission and to advancing an effective and equitable health care system for all New Yorkers.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field; substantial relevant professional experience may substitute for an advanced degree.
Experience leading a data and analytics function within a health care, public health, research, policy, nonprofit, government, or similarly mission-driven organization.
Experience working with state government agencies or other public sector partners.
Understanding of evolving data and analytics technologies, including responsible and equitable applications of AI and other emerging tools.
Experience with Medicaid data.
Familiarity with New York State’s Medicaid program, health care delivery system, and health policy environment.
Knowledge of New York State health care and public health is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

In collaboration with the SVP, set and lead the strategic direction for data and analytics across UHF’s Policy & Program work, aligning priorities and investments with the organization’s mission and evolving needs.
Lead and develop the data and analytics team, setting priorities, roles, standards, and expectations and building technical and analytic capabilities.
Provide strategic and technical leadership for analytic methods and tools, data quality, governance, privacy, and security.
Assess current and future data and analytic needs and ensure appropriate data access, infrastructure, tools, talent, partnerships, and capabilities.
Establish analytic frameworks, measures, visualization standards, and approaches for prioritizing work based on strategic relevance, potential impact, feasibility, and organizational need.
Integrate and interpret quantitative and qualitative evidence, including health care data, policy research, stakeholder and community perspectives, and programmatic experience, to surface trends and gaps and develop actionable insights.
Partner with Policy & Program leadership to identify, evaluate, and prioritize emerging needs and opportunities and develop evidence-informed approaches that can be tested, refined, and advanced.
Help develop evidence-based perspectives and translate data and evidence into reports, briefs, presentations, policy recommendations, convenings, and other thought leadership.
Build and maintain relationships with government, health plans, health systems, providers, community-based organizations, funders, researchers, and other partners; engage stakeholders to understand needs, test assumptions, inform UHF’s thinking, and identify collaboration opportunities.
Represent UHF in external forums, partnerships, working groups, and discussions, advancing its role as a trusted, independent source of evidence and practical approaches.
Contribute to Policy & Program planning, prioritization, and decision-making and partner with the Managing Directors of Medicaid and Practice Transformation and other UHF leaders.
Bridge technical, policy, programmatic, clinical quality, research, communications, development, technology, financial, operational, and external perspectives to help multidisciplinary teams move from evidence and ideas toward decisions and action.
Proactively identify needs, opportunities, risks, and practical solutions, operating with initiative, ownership, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
Recruit and retain data and analytics talent and foster rigor, curiosity, collaboration, initiative, innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
Manage budgets, consultants, vendors, partnerships, and resources associated with UHF’s data and analytics function.
Lead multiple complex initiatives, establish priorities, manage resources, and deliver high-quality work on time and within budget.