Senior Strategy Analyst - Medicare (Hybrid)- Pittsburgh, PA

UPMC • Pittsburgh, PA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

UPMC Health Plan has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Strategy Analyst for the MC SNP Data Analytics department! This is a full-time position working Monday through Friday daylight hours and will be a hybrid position consisting of working from home and in office. As a Senior Strategy Analyst, you will play a crucial role in various project teams, addressing strategy and growth issues across all UPMC divisions. This position provides: market research, reporting (e.g., calculate market share), and analysis (e.g., identify and explain trends underlying volume changes) to support a portfolio of projects. This position develops new analytical and reporting tools in anticipation of new projects/engagements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's level degree with 5 years of relevant experience or Master's level degree with 3 years of relevant experience required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.) is essential
• The candidate should be comfortable with relational databases and have experience in advanced Excel capabilities (Pivot tables, programming macros, etc.)
• Relevant experience in the following areas is required: (1) market research (2) experience using quantitative, business intelligence and/or relational database. (3) manipulation of data
• Demonstrates strong communication and interpersonal skills, manages responsibilities with professionalism and resilience, and commits to continuous personal, professional development
• Collaborates effectively with colleagues and contributes to a positive team environment
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Nice To Haves

• Preference is given to MBA, MHA, and analytically oriented programs such as economics, statistics, information sciences, or mathematics
• Experience with commercial Healthcare data (Vizient, Sg2) and Government datasets, Power BI, Qlik/QlikSense is preferred
• Experience with Access, Visual Basic, SQL and econometric analysis is helpful but not required
• Experience with SPSS, SAS, or other another statistical application, as well as other data tools such as Advisory Board, Thompson, and DataBay is preferred

Responsibilities

• Supports a portfolio of multiple active projects simultaneously with the ability to transition priorities as needed
• Preparation and formatting of standard and customized data reports
• Creation of decision support tools such as utilization models-primarily descriptive in nature
• Profiles and assessments of market trends, new markets, competitors and complementors, clinical capacity and patient throughput
• Literature reviews
• Assessing financial documents, complete maps using software tools
• Analysis of patient satisfaction data
• Conduct peer benchmarking analyses
• Analyze UPMC’s locations by market and service type
• Support UPMC’s systemwide community benefits reporting tool
• Ensures the quality of analytical work through a formal review/quality check process
• Identifies technical errors and limitations, as well as potential methodological and logic deficiencies in final deliverables
• Develops validation and testing protocols to ensure accuracy and quality of final deliverables
• Clearly and concisely communicate to a variety of audiences in both oral and written formats
• Recognize and use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling; write in proper formats to meet informational needs; communicate information in a succinct and organized manner; and produce technical written information
• Effectively express information (e.g., ideas, facts) to individuals and/or groups, adapting to the target audience, as well as the nature of the information (e.g., technical, sensitive, controversial)
• Applies knowledge of research techniques, critical thinking, and structured analytical techniques to analyze and resolve multifaceted issues/problems in support of UPMC priorities
• Analyze and visualize data to support decision-making processes and achieve organizational goals
• Synthesize findings and implications of data into reports and exhibits that support actionable decision making
• Works collaboratively with data translators and visualizers to convey data insights clearly and accurately to various stakeholders
• Develops and maintains trusted working relationships with internal UPMC departments, and external third-party consultants/vendors as appropriate and directed
• Interact with clinical and non-clinical teams throughout each project to ensure data definitions and assumptions are accurate, and that deliverables meet the needs of the target audience
• Assist in organizing and leading discussions with multi-disciplinary teams
• Actively research new industry trends and market dynamics; identifying those that may impact UPMC and convey those to the Departments' leaders
• Develop knowledge and subject matter expertise around UPMC's full spectrum of operations and markets served
• Stay up to date on new solutions relevant to the department through various webinars, training and intermittent conferences requiring brief travel
• Master new data intel and computer software programs and upgrades, as applicable
• Exhibit advanced problem-solving using various information sources
• Performs in accordance with system wide competencies/behaviors
• Performs other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

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