Data Analyst, Product Strategy (Hybrid NY)

HealthFirst•New York, NY

22h•$68,900 - $99,620•Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Strategy Analyst is passionate and motivated by Healthfirst’s mission and wants to make a lasting impact in healthcare. This individual will create significant impact by providing the analytical support to the Medicaid Product Strategy team to develop, assist in execution, and continuously improve upon a strategy that supports a profitable growth across the Medicaid market portfolio of products. Work collaboratively with finance analysis, sales, marketing and other departments as necessary to support market growth plans to achieve market growth and profitability objectives Compile information from multiple sources to prepare and distribute time-sensitive and accurate reporting for internal and external audiences Support team in analysis of the financial performance of the Medicaid Products, identify favorable and unfavorable trends, develop recommendations to improve trends, communicate recommendations to management through a P&L focused mindset Design, create, modify, support and maintain monthly competitive reports Prepare ad-hoc reporting as required by senior management and external partners Support team in creation of models to forecast growth performance and financial outcomes Effectively manage projects by setting clear project milestones and deliverables; clearly communicating goals, objectives and responsibilities. Participate in meetings to gather and specify departmental requirements for such projects Develop applications and reports using Microsoft Excel, Tableau and pertinent databases

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from accredited institution
SAS, SQL and/or Tableau skills with ability to query, compile, and manipulate large datasets
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
A tendency to take full ownership of a situation or deliverable.
Ability to understand and translate highly complex concepts to a wide range of audience.
Experience in analyzing membership growth and retention trends and identifying drivers
Ability to efficiently validate data and analyses to identify potential errors in final results
Highly analytical person who can demonstrates problem solving and critical thinking skills.
Strong public speaking and oral and written communication skills with the ability to translate data to business insights
Team player who contributes to creating a positive work environment and willing to pull their sleeves up to get things done with a bias towards action and prototyping towards a solution.
Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a desire to continue learning and growing.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a health care delivery system or a health insurance company
Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid programs, health care, and managed care
Python skills with ability to create automated data pulls and manipulations
Strong blend of IQ & EQ

Responsibilities

Provide analytical support to the Medicaid Product Strategy team.
Develop, assist in execution, and continuously improve upon a strategy for profitable growth across the Medicaid market portfolio of products.
Collaborate with finance analysis, sales, marketing, and other departments to support market growth plans.
Compile information from multiple sources for time-sensitive and accurate reporting.
Analyze the financial performance of Medicaid Products, identify trends, and develop recommendations.
Communicate recommendations to management with a P&L focused mindset.
Design, create, modify, support, and maintain monthly competitive reports.
Prepare ad-hoc reporting as required by senior management and external partners.
Support the creation of models to forecast growth performance and financial outcomes.
Manage projects by setting clear milestones and deliverables, and communicating goals, objectives, and responsibilities.
Participate in meetings to gather and specify departmental requirements for projects.
Develop applications and reports using Microsoft Excel, Tableau, and pertinent databases.