What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP of Data position at Valenz?
Vālenz® Health is the platform to simplify healthcare – the destination for employers, payers, providers and members to reduce costs, improve quality, and elevate the healthcare experience. The Valenz mindset and culture of innovation combine to create a distinctly different approach to an inefficient, uninspired health system. With fully integrated solutions, Valenz engages early and often to execute across the entire patient journey – from care navigation and management to payment integrity, plan performance and provider verification. With a 99% client retention rate, we elevate expectations to a new level of efficiency, effectiveness and transparency where smarter, better, faster healthcare is possible.
Things You’ll Do Here:
- Define and execute a comprehensive data strategy aligned with business goals.
- Build a future-ready data foundation that enables advanced analytics, operational intelligence, and real-time decision-making.
- Lead the development and scaling of modern data infrastructure, including data pipelines, cloud data platforms, and integration services to support a growing volume and variety of healthcare data.
- Establish and enforce enterprise data governance policies, standards, and practices to ensure data accuracy, integrity, privacy, and compliance—especially in a regulated healthcare environment (e.g., HIPAA).
- Oversee analytics functions including Member, Product, and Engagement Analytics. Deliver high-impact insights that guide product development, member engagement strategies, and overall business performance.
- Own the enterprise reporting function, delivering timely, accurate, and actionable reports to both internal stakeholders and external clients. Champion self-service analytics and modern BI platforms.
- Partner with business, technology, and product leaders to ensure data is accessible, understandable, and embedded into decision-making across the organization.
- Lead the integration of data assets and analytics capabilities resulting from acquisitions. Drive unification of data sources and eliminate silos to create a single source of truth.
- Build and mentor a high-performing team of data engineers, analysts, data stewards, and BI developers.
- Cultivate a data-driven culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
What You’ll Bring to the Team:
- 15 years of experience in data leadership roles, including at least 3 years in a senior executive position.
- Deep expertise in data engineering, data governance, analytics, and reporting within complex, regulated environments, preferably in healthcare.
- Strong technical knowledge of modern data architecture (e.g., cloud data lakes, data mesh, real-time streaming), data warehousing, and analytics tools (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Power BI, Tableau).
- Demonstrated success in leading enterprise data strategy and governance programs.
- Proven experience integrating data and reporting platforms post-acquisition.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.
- Master’s degree.
- Background in healthcare, insurance, or related industry.
Where You’ll Work: This is a fully remote position, and we’ll provide all the necessary equipment!
- Work Environment: You’ll need a quiet workspace that is free from distractions.
- Technology: Reliable internet connection—if you can use streaming services, you’re good to go!
- Security: Adherence to company security protocols, including the use of VPNs, secure passwords, and company-approved devices/software.
- Location: You must be US based, in a location where you can work effectively and comply with company policies such as HIPAA.
Why You'll Love Working Here
Valenz is proud to be recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of America’s fastest-growing private companies. Our team is committed to delivering on our promise to engage early and often for smarter, better, faster healthcare. With this commitment, you’ll find an engaged culture – one that stands strong, vigorous, and healthy in all we do.
Benefits
- Generously subsidized company-sponsored Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, with access to services through our own products, Healthcare Blue Book and KISx Card.
- Spending account options: HSA, FSA, and DCFSA
- 401K with company match and immediate vesting
- Flexible working environment
- Generous Paid Time Off to include vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays
- Employee Assistance Program that includes professional counseling, referrals, and additional services
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Pet insurance
- Employee discounts on phone plans, car rentals and computers
- Community giveback opportunities, including paid time off for philanthropic endeavors
At Valenz, we celebrate, support, and thrive on inclusion, for the benefit of our associates, our partners, and our products. Valenz is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all associates and to providing associates with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Valenz are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
