Senior Director, Data and Evaluation
About The Position
The Learning Center is seeking a visionary and experienced Senior Director of Data and Evaluation to lead our organization's data strategy and impact measurement. This role reports to the Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO) and will develop and oversee the data team which currently includes the Senior Manager of Data and Impact, Data Engineer, and multiple external contractors and consultants. The Senior Director will be responsible for developing and executing an enterprise-wide data strategy that supports strategic decision-making, program evaluation, business intelligence, and ongoing learning and quality improvement. They will also oversee the building and maintenance of the data infrastructure for the organization. To accomplish their work, the Senior Director will interface closely with executive leadership, the programs team, and external stakeholders. This position is ideal for an experienced data team leader who wants to bring their skills to our mission of transforming healthcare delivery through data-driven insights that advance health equity at scale in California.
Requirements
- Masters Degree or higher + 7 years’ experience in health care environment e.g. public health, biostatistics, epidemiology, health services research.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience leading productive data teams.
- Demonstrated experience building data infrastructure.
- Strong program evaluation skills including logic model development.
- Strong analytical skills and familiarity with advanced analytics.
- Ability to translate multiple stakeholder priorities into high value analysis.
- Able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously and meet rapid deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- History working with AWS
- Skill in data visualization, including Tableau
- Expertise analyzing secondary health plan data sets, including HEDIS.
- Experience designing or using validated assessments in primary data collection.
- Experience working in start-up organizations.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement an enterprise-wide data strategy across programmatic, operational, and financial data.
- Develop and maintain enterprise dashboards on metrics that matter to highlight progress, identify and mitigate risks, and promote learning.
- Support strategic data needs including ad hoc market analyses to inform Advisory Board discussions and business development opportunities.
- Oversee nascent data infrastructure including AWS data warehouse and Tableau visualizations, and optimize integration between data platforms (Jotform, Salesforce, milestone portals).
- Establish and maintain data definitions, data dictionaries, validation approaches, and update documentation standards.
- Ensure data quality, security, and HIPAA compliance across all data systems.
- Oversee development of self-service tools (e.g. Tableau dashboards) for program leads to monitor program performance and enable real-time adjustments.
- Create and deploy a shared organizational approach for program evaluation with common elements to facilitate reporting to external stakeholders and funders.
- Drive alignment between program operations, analytic rigor, and PHLC’s strategic goal to demonstrate impact; provide data-driven recommendations on programmatic decisions
- Translate funder or program requirements into analytic plans using appropriate data and methodologies.
- Support generation of conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications, and other dissemination materials.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of data professionals including the Senior Manager, Data Engineer, and external contractors to build organizational capacity.
- Collaborate and support cross-functional teams across multiple projects with different funders, activities, and outcomes.
- Translate complex data insights for diverse audiences including funders, the Advisory Board, and external partners.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance systems and team capacity.
- Act as a cultural steward, ensuring the Learning Center’s values of equity, inclusion, and collaboration are reflected in the data team’s work and interactions.
Benefits
- comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- paid time off
- life and disability insurances
- a retirement plan
- annual wellness days
- other resources designed to support the passion, commitment, and energy that is vital to our team members
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
