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Lead Analyst, Healthcare Analytics

Medica
Hopkins, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 3/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/27/2025
Medica’s Lead Analyst, Healthcare Analytics provides reporting and analytical support to strategic employer group partners. Our Strategic Account Analysts work collaboratively with leadership and cross-functional partners to design and develop analyses to measure clinical outcomes and client performance on key metrics through quantitative analysis of utilization and healthcare cost data.

Our strategic employer group segment offers continued growth opportunities within the team and across the organization.

What to expect:

  • Evaluate and assess membership and claim data to identify trends and variance opportunities that will lower cost, improve member outcomes and improve overall quality of care.
  • Report findings and recommend areas to focus on to internal customers including physician and HR leadership.
  • Manage multiple projects at one time with different stakeholders.
  • Strategic analytic thought leadership to account and physician service departments as well as externally to client partners.
  • Work independently and within a team to complete objectives
  • Independently investigate issues that may arise on multiple tasks or projects with limited involvement from others
  • Create customized reports and dashboards to visualize key metrics, including benchmarking data against industry standards, and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders at various organizational levels.
  • Collaborate with business teams to translate data insights into actionable strategies that improve patient care and enhance financial performance.
  • Stay updated on emerging data technologies and analytics tools to enhance analytical capabilities.
  • Dig into varying requests on an ad hoc basis

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in healthcare analytics, mathematics, statistics, or analytic related degree
  • 7 years of work experience beyond degree in healthcare analytics or data roles within the healthcare or insurance industries with a focus on employer group or client stakeholders
  • 3 years’ experience using SQL, SAS or Snowflake programming experience
  • Strong proficiently in data analysis tools and visualization techniques/software (e.g. QlikSense, Power BI, Tableau)
  • Comfortable presenting to executive level stakeholders
  • Proficiency in MS office specifically MS Excel
  • Demonstrated ability to design, evaluate, and interpret complex data sets, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of conveying complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
  • Experience working both independently and collaboratively in cross functional teams, engaging with individuals from diverse professional backgrounds.

Preferred Skills and Abilities:

  • John Hopkins ACG Grouper, Milliman HCG Grouper, Symmetry ETG Grouper
  • Experience working with claim/employer group data
  • Python/R
  • Demonstrated capability to present key findings of an analysis effectively to a non-technical audience both written and verbal
  • Demonstrated problem solving skills
  • An internal drive to understand root cause and an inherent curiosity to dig into data
  • Ability to function in a fast-paced, dynamic culture is important for success in this role

This position is a hub-based role which requires onsite presence. Frequency is determined by business need as decided by leadership and may be up to 2-3 days a week. To be eligible for consideration, candidates must reside within a commuting distance to our Minnetonka, MN office.

The full salary range for this position is $100,200 - $171,700. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and/or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to compensation, Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica’s compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Medica's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) includes unifying our workforce through learning and development, recruitment and retention. We consistently communicate the importance of DEI, celebrate achievements, and seek out community partnerships and diverse suppliers that are representative of everyone in our community. We are developing sustainable programs and investing time, talent and resources to ensure that we are living our values. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Salary : $100,200 - $171,700

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