Sr Analytics Consultant - Pharmacy Data Steward

HCSC•Chicago, IL

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Consultant at HCSC leverages advanced technical expertise and healthcare industry knowledge to support clinical and business stakeholders. This role functions as a critical data development and governance champion and serves as the strategic liaison between Business and IT/BDS teams. The consultant will be accountable for Rx analytical support and the development of agile, interim solutions—utilizing tools such as Alteryx, SAS, or other ETL platforms—to meet the immediate needs of Pharmacy Business and Analytics teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics or related field OR Master’s degree with 4 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics or related field OR PhD with 2 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics or related field OR 10 years of experience in health care services, statistical analysis, or insurance industry economics or related field
Understanding, and being highly proficient at querying a wide variety of internal and external data sources to get meaningful insights
Strong analytical skills and proficiency in computer languages, such as SQL, Python, R, etc.
Ability to create a dynamic and visually engaging dashboard leveraging data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
High degree of business intelligence and understanding how to take a business case from inception to customer or partner execution
Experience leading an analytic initiative to success
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Performance excellence in championing initiatives and collaborating with multiple stakeholders to bring the initiative to life
Ability to work under pressure and delivery high quality output to senior leadership to decision making within short timeline

Nice To Haves

Deep expertise in the Healthcare industry (Payor, Provider, Pharmacy or Epidemiology)
Experience with cloud-based data warehouses such as Snowflake, Azure Synapse, or WES Redshift to support the transition from legacy systems to modern architectures
Familiarity with data cataloging and metadata management platforms like Collibra, Alation, or Informatica to operationalize data stewardship and lineage
Knowledge of project management methodologies

Responsibilities

Leverage advanced technical expertise and healthcare industry knowledge to support clinical and business stakeholders
Function as a critical data development and governance champion
Serve as the strategic liaison between Business and IT/BDS teams
Provide Rx analytical support
Develop agile, interim solutions—utilizing tools such as Alteryx, SAS, or other ETL platforms—to meet the immediate needs of Pharmacy Business and Analytics teams