Enterprise Data & Analytics Consultant

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Working under occasional guidance in the Department of Enterprise Analytics, the Enterprise Data & Analytics Consultant is responsible for all aspects of analytics to meet the needs of our partners. This role provides a single point of contact for partners in defining scope and objectives, following the analytics problem-solving methodology. The consultant develops work plans to ensure analytics are completed accurately and on time, gathers and integrates appropriate data, conducts analyses, chooses appropriate output/visualization, and communicates findings effectively. The position adheres to data stewardship and data governance practices to ensure all data assets are of the highest quality and maintains appropriate documentation. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), located in Nashville, Tennessee, is a community dedicated to teaching, discovery, and patient care, committed to fostering an environment where expertise is valued, knowledge expanded, and abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health aims for an environment where everyone can thrive, taking pride in their work and striving for continuous improvement. The mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. The organization's professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, and facilities. Employees are supported for professional growth, benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Requirements

• Relevant Work Experience: 1 year
• Education: Bachelor's (Required)
• Stakeholder Engagement (Novice)
• Data Acquisition (Novice)
• Data Analysis (Intermediate)
• Data Stewardship and Governance (Intermediate)
• Communication (Novice)
• Planning (Intermediate)
• Expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.

Responsibilities

• Defines the appropriate problem, identifies the data needed to solve the problem, gathers and transforms the data into the appropriate form.
• Develops high quality analyses and visualizations and communicates the results and recommendations clearly and competently to our partners.
• Ensures timely completion of all analytics projects and builds trusting relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Maintains appropriate documentation (e.g., processes, analytics design, measure definitions, data integration).
• Follows best practices of data stewardship/data governance including managing metadata and consistently performing quality assurance to ensure accuracy throughout the process.
• Follows best practice guidelines set by Enterprise Analytics for each of the 6 technical capabilities.
• Builds trusting relationships with stakeholders.
• Understands all aspects of our partner’s business including operational workflows, performance measures, and working relationships.
• Proactively keeps partners informed of progress on projects.
• Takes leadership role on analytics projects.
• Successfully determines data needs based on the problem being solved and identifies appropriate source systems.
• Writes code that is effective, efficient, and readable with appropriate comments for others to be able to follow.
• Transforms and structures data accurately.
• Applies quality assurance (QA) practices and methods.
• Continues to learn and innovate with new tools and methods, and shares knowledge back with the team.
• Accurately analyzes data to effectively answer our partners’ questions.
• Adopts new tools, and methods, and uses creativity to produce the desired output.
• Takes full ownership of the quality of analysis and applies quality assurance (QA) practices and methods.
• Understands data stewardship and governance concepts and implements current practices.
• Understands downstream impacts of changes to data sources, develops and maintains complete metadata for all data assets, tables, and fields.
• Establishes and maintains data sources of truth and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Works with analytics consumers to improve ability to understand KPIs and improve the use and quality of data at the organization.
• Communicates findings and recommendations in a concise, logical, and easy-to-follow manner.
• Engages the audience, makes effective use of questions, and practices active listening techniques.
• Presents written information using a professional writing style and maintains a good balance between detail and synthesis.
• Adapts communication and presentation delivery to the audience.
• Leads effective meetings by ensuring appropriate communication before, during, and after all meetings.
• Selects the right visualization based on the audience and type of question asked and tells stories with data in compelling ways.
• Effectively manages multiple projects concurrently and collaborates with other teams as needed.
• Creates project plans, tracks progress against plan, actively communicates any potential issues or changes, and documents effectively.
• Proactively identifies barriers and risks for projects and works to mitigate them.
• Adapts well with changing requirements and responds well to feedback provided from leaders, partners, and peers.
• Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.
• Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
• Provides informal guidance and support to team members.
• Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance and gain knowledge in new areas.
• Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.
• Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.
• Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
• Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
• Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
• Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.
• Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
• Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
• Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.
• Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
• Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.
• Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.
• Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees