Principal, Data Analyst

Gainwell Technologies LLC•Any city, OH

2d•$108,500 - $155,000•Remote

About The Position

The Principal Data analyst is a leadership role focused on supporting large-scale Medicaid healthcare systems implementations, conversions, integrations, and reporting initiatives. The position serves as both a technical lead and subject matter expert, guiding other data analysts while working closely with developers, business stakeholders, clients, and vendors. Your role in our mission includes leading and mentoring data analysts across projects, performing complex data analysis using SQL, healthcare data models, and QNXT schemas, and analyzing Medicaid business processes, especially member and eligibility data, claims, providers, pharmacy, and TPL. You will also be responsible for creating and maintaining data mapping documents, interface specifications, conversion rules, and testing artifacts, supporting data conversions, system integrations, reporting solutions, and healthcare interfaces (batch, API, real-time, and file-based). Additionally, you will identify data gaps, troubleshoot discrepancies, and ensure data quality during implementations and production support, and collaborate with technical and business teams to define requirements, design solutions, and deliver projects on schedule. Establishing best practices and standardizing data analysis approaches across initiatives is also a key part of this role.

Requirements

Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in data analysis, data integration, business systems analysis, solution design, or a related discipline.
Seven or more years of experience using SQL to analyze, validate, reconcile, transform, or troubleshoot complex relational data.
Five or more years of experience supporting Medicaid, Medicare, healthcare payer, pharmacy benefit, claims administration, or another highly regulated healthcare environment.
Experience supporting large-scale system implementation, modernization, conversion, or DDI program.
Demonstrated experience producing source-to-target mappings, interface specifications, data-analysis results, and test artifacts.

Responsibilities

Leading and mentoring data analysts across projects.
Performing complex data analysis using SQL, healthcare data models, and QNXT schemas.
Analyzing Medicaid business processes, especially member and eligibility data, claims, providers, pharmacy, and TPL.
Creating and maintaining data mapping documents, interface specifications, conversion rules, and testing artifacts.
Supporting data conversions, system integrations, reporting solutions, and healthcare interfaces (batch, API, real-time, and file-based).
Identifying data gaps, troubleshooting discrepancies, and ensuring data quality during implementations and production support.
Collaborating with technical and business teams to define requirements, design solutions, and deliver projects on schedule.
Establishing best practices and standardizing data analysis approaches across initiatives.