Director - Data Analytics & BI

Lexington Medical Center • West Columbia, SC

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About The Position

Under the direction of the CIO and in collaboration with senior leadership, this senior technology leadership position defines, governs, and executes Lexington Health’s enterprise data and analytics strategy. The role is the primary strategist for data warehousing, business intelligence, and clinical and operational analytics, and owns the architecture, governance, lifecycle management, and continued evolution of the analytics ecosystem. This includes Epic Caboodle/Cogito, cloud and on-premise infrastructure, and cross-system reporting.

The Director leads the transition from a fragmented reporting environment to a governed, Epic-forward, data-driven organization while maintaining reliable current-state reporting. Direct reports include Business Intelligence Developers, Epic Analysts, and the IS Clinical Decision Support team. The position partners closely with clinical operations, finance, quality, revenue cycle, and population health leadership, and requires considerable judgment, strategic vision, and the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Nursing, Clinical Informatics, Information Services, or Data Analytics.
• Five or more years of progressive experience in healthcare data, analytics, or business intelligence.
• Proficiency in SQL and data modeling.
• Familiarity with ETL processes and enterprise data integration.
• Willingness and ability to obtain required certifications.

Nice To Haves

• Epic Caboodle and/or Cogito certification.
• Additional Epic application certification(s).
• Experience with enterprise BI visualization tools, with Power BI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise data and business intelligence strategy, aligned with clinical, operational, and organizational goals.
• Establish Epic Caboodle as the authoritative analytics foundation, with a roadmap for cloud integration and external data ingestion.
• Develop and maintain a multi-year technology roadmap that balances cloud innovation, on-premise infrastructure, and Epic ecosystem maturity.
• Design and implement a formal data governance framework, including data dictionaries, metric definitions, named ownership, and content lifecycle standards.
• Establish a content certification process (Prototype > Pilot > Certified) and standards for report intake, prioritization, validation, and retirement.
• Lead metric harmonization efforts to eliminate conflicting definitions across clinical, financial, and operational domains based on leadership criteria.
• Oversee enterprise reporting infrastructure, including Epic Reporting Workbench, Radar Dashboards, Cogito/SlicerDicer, Power BI, and legacy tools; drive Radar adoption as the enterprise operational dashboard standard.
• Manage the strategy for ingesting external workforce, financial, and population health data into the governed analytics environment.
• Support quality measure reporting, ACO performance tracking, and payer data submissions with accurate, auditable, and timely data.
• Assist with strategic direction and operational standards for the IS Clinical Decision Support Manager, including Practice Advisories (OPA's) and clinical metrics, and guide coordination of AI Governance and oversight.
• Serve as the primary IT partner to senior, clinical, and operational leadership on data strategy, analytics capabilities, and reporting reliability; facilitate governance committees and executive briefings as needed.
• Champion data literacy and self-service analytics adoption within a governed hub-and-spoke model.
• Maintain the enterprise data strategy, including the roadmap, data catalog, and metric registry.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Day-one medical, dental, and life insurance benefits.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
• 403(b) match plan enrollment eligibility from day one; Lexington Health matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer-paid life insurance equal to one times salary.
• Optional supplemental life insurance with low-cost premiums, up to three times salary.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage for full-time employees after 90 days of eligible employment.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director