Principal Data Analyst

Role Description

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

The Principal Data Analyst is a leadership role focused on supporting large-scale Medicaid healthcare systems implementations, conversions, integrations, and reporting initiatives. The position serves as both a technical lead and subject matter expert, guiding other data analysts while working closely with developers, business stakeholders, clients, and vendors.

• Leading and mentoring data analysts across projects.
• Performing complex data analysis using SQL, healthcare data models, and QNXT schemas.
• Analyzing Medicaid business processes, especially member and eligibility data, claims, providers, pharmacy, and TPL.
• Creating and maintaining data mapping documents, interface specifications, conversion rules, and testing artifacts.
• Supporting data conversions, system integrations, reporting solutions, and healthcare interfaces (batch, API, real-time, and file-based).
• Identifying data gaps, troubleshooting discrepancies, and ensuring data quality during implementations and production support.
• Collaborating with technical and business teams to define requirements, design solutions, and deliver projects on schedule.
• Establishing best practices and standardizing data analysis approaches across initiatives.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in data analysis, data integration, business systems analysis, solution design, or a related discipline.
• Seven or more years of experience using SQL to analyze, validate, reconcile, transform, or troubleshoot complex relational data.
• Five or more years of experience supporting Medicaid, Medicare, healthcare payer, pharmacy benefit, claims administration, or another highly regulated healthcare environment.
• Experience supporting large-scale system implementation, modernization, conversion, or DDI program.
• Demonstrated experience producing source-to-target mappings, interface specifications, data-analysis results, and test artifacts.

Requirements

• United States remote opportunity.
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation.
• The Deadline to submit applications for this posting is August 30, 2026.

Benefits

• The pay range for this position is $108,500.00 - $155,000.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.
• Generous, flexible vacation policy.
• 401(k) employer match.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Educational assistance.
• A variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.