(USA) Principal, Data Analyst
About The Position
We are a high-impact team at the forefront of data innovation in healthcare. We are driving scalable data solutions across Walmart Health and Wellness to harness data-driven insights, improve patient outcomes, and drive innovation across the health journey. We are seeking a highly technical, execution-driven Principal Data Analyst to lead the delivery of our cutting-edge Privacy Analytics capabilities alongside our foundational Semantic Data Models. This role will focus on building scalable "De-ldentification as a service" while structuring our core analytics infrastructure to empower business intelligence. As a Principal Data Analyst, you will work at the critical intersection of data privacy, data engineering, analytics, and product strategy. You will drive cross-functional initiatives that ensure highly sensitive patient data is protected, while simultaneously ensuring our semantic layers and traditional BI models are robust, accurate, and accessible. If you are driven to build privacy-first data solutions, possess deep technical expertise in both data governance and SQL-driven semantic modeling, and thrive in dynamic environments, we want to hear from you.
Requirements
- 8+ years of leadership in Technical Program Management, Product, or Data Analytics, focused heavily on data privacy and governance.
- Proven track record of operationalizing complex compliance frameworks (HIPAA is required) directly into data engineering pipelines.
- Advanced SQL proficiency and hands-on experience building enterprise semantic data models.
- Deep understanding of modern cloud data architectures to validate pipeline logic and debate system design with Principal Engineers.
- Proven ability to scale ambiguous enterprise data initiatives from 0 to 100.
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to distill highly complex technical and legal constraints into actionable engineering roadmaps and clear executive summaries.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 4 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field.
- Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 2 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field.
- 6 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- Related industry experience (for example, retail, merchandising, healthcare, eCommerce)
- Successful completion of assessments in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools and scripting languages (for example, SQL, Python, Spark, Scala, R, Power BI, or Tableau)
Responsibilities
- Drive the end-to-end delivery and scaling of our enterprise “Privacy Protected Data Services" platform.
- Implement advanced privacy technologies to safely unlock highly sensitive healthcare data for AI/ML and analytics.
- Drive the execution of our foundational data layers.
- Partner with engineering to build performant semantic models and use your advanced SQL capabilities to hands-on query databases, validate pipeline logic, and guarantee data integrity before release.
- Direct multi-quarter technical initiatives from inception to delivery.
- Establish engineering delivery frameworks, define precise KPIs, and deliver concise, logically structured communications to align executive leadership and unblock cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement
- Jury duty
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
