Sr. Analyst, Data and Analytics

University of Chicago - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Chicago, IL

Educational Services

About the position

Join one of the nation's most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as a Senior Analyst, Data and Analytics in our Data Science and Analytics department. This is a remote, work from home opportunity and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area. The ideal Senior Analyst is a key member of the Data and Analytics team. You are responsible for developing and maintaining analytic deliverables including dashboards, crosswalks, scorecards, reports, and databases. Additionally, you will establish and maintain data exchange activities between payer partners, technology vendors, and UChicago Medicine. This role involves working directly with our internal support teams (IT, business development, and stakeholders) and associated vendors for data management and IT solutions, assisting with a range of innovative analytic opportunities. Essential job functions include data pre-processing, where you will manipulate data from source systems to define rules for reporting, including cleansing of data and datasets necessary for the creation of data marts. You will also be involved in report development, collaborating with report sponsors to meet the needs and specifications of reporting requests, and creating complex reporting suites that provide insight for the purpose of action and improvement. As a mentor, you will guide analysts within the team and across the organization regarding report writing and development best practices, providing validation for data queries and report outputs, and offering constructive feedback in a professional manner. You will be responsible for creating measures for reporting purposes, defining populations, setting organization targets, and leading projects to completion while working with interdisciplinary teams. Maintaining an appropriate portfolio of work, updating reports and queries to match the most appropriate specifications and versions of technology available, and developing rules necessary to diagnose the health and stability of system-wide reports and measures are also key responsibilities. You will analyze trends, identify patterns, and develop data-driven recommendations to improve clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, and patient satisfaction, along with performing ad-hoc analysis and other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain analytic deliverables including dashboards, crosswalks, scorecards, reports, and databases.
• Establish and maintain data exchange activities between payer partners, technology vendors, and UChicago Medicine.
• Manipulate data from source systems to define rules for reporting, including cleansing of data and datasets necessary for the creation of data marts.
• Collaborate with report sponsors to meet the needs and specifications of reporting requests.
• Create complex reporting suites that provide insight for the purpose of action and improvement.
• Serve as a mentor to Analysts within the team and across the organization regarding report writing and development best practices.
• Provide validation for data queries and report outputs, and offer constructive feedback in a professional manner.
• Create measures for reporting purposes, including defining populations and setting organization targets.
• Lead projects to completion while working with interdisciplinary teams.
• Maintain an appropriate portfolio of work, updating reports and queries to match the most appropriate specifications and versions of technology available.
• Develop and own the rules necessary to diagnose the health and stability of system-wide reports and measures.
• Analyze trends, identify patterns, and develop data-driven recommendations to improve clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, and patient satisfaction.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in IT, computer science, industrial engineering, business decision support/statistical analysis, healthcare administration, or a clinically associated healthcare field with strong statistical analysis.
• Minimum 5 years directly applicable experience in data systems, analysis, programming, and technical design, preferably in a healthcare setting.
• Programming in one or more languages (SQL minimum, others applicable).
• Experience providing mentorship and critical feedback for the success of others.
• Expertise in data analysis tools: Python, R, Power BI, Tableau, Excel (advanced with formulas and macros), QlikView, SAS, or other statistical software.
• Demonstrated advanced technical skill and knowledge of data systems and query languages.
• Requires technical creativity and strong understanding of information technology in health care.
• Knowledge and application of the principles of continuous improvement including methodologies, data collection and analysis, and reporting.
• Experience with project management and demonstrate proven project management skills.
• Must work well in a team environment and be able to partner with both business and technical team members and translate technical language to the non-technical need.
• Demonstrated ability to identify areas for improvement and capable of making recommendations and implementing solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead group discussions and skills in conflict resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to self-direct, multi-task, and partner with technical staff from different departments.
• Strong organizational and consensus building skills.
• Demonstrated ability for public speaking.
• 1-5 years of healthcare experience (hospital/provider experience preferred).

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree.
• Experience and competency with EPIC and Cogito applications: Clarity, Caboodle, Chronicles, Radar, Reporting Workbench.
• Alteryx experience.
• Minimum 5 years report-development experience leveraging the most current BI tools (Tableau minimum, others applicable).

Benefits

• Remote work opportunity.
• Compliance with COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment.