Data Analyst & Population Health Scientist

Job Description

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY
The Data Analyst & Population Health Scientist leads the Chicago Regionwide Community Information Exchange's (CIE) Data Analytics & Population Health function by transforming complex data into actionable intelligence that supports organizational strategy, operational improvement, partner engagement, evaluation, and health equity. Working closely with executive leadership, functional leaders, technical teams, implementation teams, partner organizations, and community stakeholders, this position develops executive dashboards, evaluates organizational performance, measures implementation outcomes, analyzes referral and utilization trends, supports grant and funder reporting, and provides timely insights that inform strategic decision-making across the organization.The role will serve as CIE's internal evaluation lead by developing performance measures, designing evaluation frameworks, assessing organizational impact, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, and strengthening the organization's ability to make data-informed decisions that advance coordinated care and improve population health outcomes. This position is full-time, exempt, and reports to the Managing Director. IPHI’s standard work week is 37.5 hours.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Data Analytics & Business Intelligence

• Develop and maintain executive dashboards, reports, and performance measures that support organizational decision-making.
• Analyze utilization, referral patterns, partner adoption, network performance, and other operational metrics.
• Produce recurring reports for executive leadership, funders, governance bodies, partner organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Translate complex datasets into meaningful insights, visualizations, and actionable recommendations.
• Identify trends and opportunities that strengthen organizational performance and strategic decision-making.

Population Health Analytics

• Apply population health and epidemiologic methods to identify trends, disparities, service gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop equity-focused performance measures that demonstrate the CIE's impact across populations and communities.
• Evaluate utilization patterns to strengthen care coordination, community resource connections, and population health outcomes.
• Support community health assessments, population-level analyses, and strategic planning activities.
• Recommend data-informed approaches that advance health equity and improve system performance.

Evaluation & Impact Measurement

• Lead development and continuous improvement of the CIE's organizational evaluation framework.
• Develop meaningful measures of success for pilot initiatives, implementation activities, strategic priorities, and organizational performance.
• Design evaluation methodologies, logic models, and performance measurement plans.
• Serve as the organization's internal evaluation lead while collaborating with external evaluation partners when appropriate.
• Produce evaluation reports demonstrating organizational impact, implementation outcomes, health equity improvements, and return on investment.
• Recommend operational and strategic improvements based on evaluation findings.

Data Quality & Decision Support

• Partner with the Data Steward to strengthen data quality, consistency, reporting reliability, and data governance practices.
• Identify reporting gaps, data quality concerns, and opportunities to strengthen the CIE's analytics infrastructure.
• Provide executive analyses that support strategic planning, organizational sustainability, partner engagement, and organizational decision-making.
• Develop presentations, dashboards, data visualizations, and executive-level reporting that communicate findings to diverse audiences.
• Support organizational planning by identifying emerging trends, risks, and opportunities through data analysis.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with the Technology & Interoperability function to strengthen reporting infrastructure, analytics capabilities, and data accessibility.
• Partner with Community Engagement, Partner Success, Strategic Engagement, and organizational leadership to provide data-informed decision support.
• Collaborate with the Director of Privacy & Security to ensure analyses comply with organizational privacy, security, governance, and data-sharing requirements.
• Work across technical, operational, and community-facing teams to ensure data informs implementation, continuous improvement, organizational performance, and strategic priorities.
• Support grant reporting, partner reporting, governance reporting, and executive decision making through timely and meaningful analytics.

Teamwork & Team Relationships

• Set direction and manage project assignments with and across team members and partners
• Co-create and supervise scopes of work with contracted partners/consultants/contractors to ensure timely completion
• Provide feedback and coaching to Program Assistants, Associates, and Managers to ensure program deliverables are met

Planning and Stewardship of Money

• Create budget plans for program activities within parameters set by leadership and program staff
• Select and negotiate with vendors within procurement and funding policies and procedures

Other duties as assigned.