[Remote] ID/STRAT and Program Evaluation Manager (Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a Manager for their Data Analytics team within Health Economics and Reporting. This role focuses on executing business objectives through data, managing a team, and providing insights to inform the company's strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 5-6+ individuals supporting the analytics, reporting and data governance activity for work related to Member Identification/Stratification (ID/STRAT), Attribution/Program Assignment, Data Extracts/Sharing, Population Health Management, Predictive Modeling and Program Evaluation
• Manage a team with a focus on the development of analytics capabilities across the company, including self-service capabilities through technology implementation, best practices and training
• Ensure team members serve as a trusted advisor to clients on analytics and data
• Interpret statistical analyses and help clients derive meaning from them
• Develop and deliver presentations and reports of analytic findings
• Develop hypotheses and research questions to address clients' needs
• Conduct a wide range of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods analyses to answer clients' research questions
• Develop analytic frameworks and select appropriate analytic methods to answer clients' research questions
• Partner with stakeholders to understand data requirements and with internal and/or external resources to develop tools and services such as segmentation, modeling, dashboard development, decision aids, and business case analysis to support the organization
• Uses multiple data sets to create reports and data presentations, and eventually creating data dashboards, for leadership and managerial use

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field OR in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience
• 5 years Progressive experience relating to data analytics/data analysis
• 1-year Supervisory experience or demonstrated progressive experience
• Strong quantitative and qualitative skills
• Knowledge and understanding of analytical tools, such as SAS, Excel, SQL
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to train others
• Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence
• Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without Sponsorship
• Master's Degree
• Data Management\Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) or Data Management\MapR Certified Data Analyst
• Conceptual data and cloud architecture - understands major native data components in Azure and/or AWS and their relationships and use cases
• Mastery of relational database theory including SQL and at least one major RDBMS
• Well versed in Big Data scenarios and applications
• Experience with multiple analytics delivery tools, methods, and platforms including PowerBI and/or Tableau
• Understanding of Advanced Analytics use cases and the applications of AI/ML for predictive analytics
• Experience in building and managing high-performing analytics teams that can deliver work consistently and transparently to our business partners, both internal and external
• Prior healthcare analytics experience is a must

Benefits

• In addition to your compensation, CareFirst offers a comprehensive benefits package, various incentive programs/plans, and 401k contribution programs/plans (all benefits/incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).
• We are looking for an experienced professional to live and work remotely from within the greater Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area.
• The incumbent will be expected to come into a CareFirst location periodically for meetings, training and/or other business-related activities

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