Manager, Population Health Analysis - 26-06

The Data Science Manager helps lead the department’s provision of analytical expertise in support of Hill Physicians’ clinical operations, financial performance, and population health. They lead and empower teams to extract valuable insights from data, solve complex business problems, and drive data‑driven decision‑making across the organization. They bridge the gap between technical expertise and business needs, ensuring projects deliver impactful results. Responsibilities Collaborate in the creation of a high‑spirited working environment that fosters learning, collaboration, respect, and positive morale. Participate in development and implementation of departmental goals and initiatives. Prioritize projects, allocate staff to ensure balanced workloads, monitor progress, communicate updates, and adapt as needed, consistent with departmental and organizational goals. Participate in recruitment, selection, onboarding, training, and professional growth of staff, serving as a role model and mentor. Define performance expectations, hold subordinates accountable, conduct performance assessments to facilitate achievement of individual and organizational goals. Participate in preparation and monitoring of the departmental budget. Provide analytical support for strategic management efforts that impact clinical quality and financial performance. Guide staff in analytical study design, decision alternatives, data compilation, cleaning, modeling, validation, and interpretation of results. Design analytic plans and lead evaluations of clinical impact and ROI of quality improvement and utilization interventions. Lead development, validation, and maintenance of internally built or vendor‑provided machine learning algorithms. Create complex models using large databases for forecasting and synthesize results to support decision‑making. Work with advanced graphic tools, dashboards, and visual displays to provide clear insights into organizational performance. Help establish equitable and fiscally responsible provider compensation strategies aligned with organizational goals. Consult internal stakeholders on performance outcomes and respond to metrics from external bodies and internal clinical/financial indicators. Maintain expertise in clinical and financial performance metrics; stay abreast of industry trends and share best practices. Identify tools or processes that improve team efficiency and oversee their integration into workflows. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop and deploy reporting tools that meet analytical needs across the delivery system. Promote improvements to workflow procedures or system configuration modifications. Facilitate integration of population health analytics into medical management and quality improvement programs. Teach stakeholders about appropriate use of standardized reports, analytic approaches to population management and business problems. Participate in quality assurance procedures and provide analytical support to committees and workgroups. Qualifications Master’s degree in healthcare, informatics, statistics, public health, or related field with coursework in quantitative analysis. 3–5 years managerial experience and 5 years experience in healthcare analytics. Experience in managing projects, developing recommendations with supporting analysis, and participating in senior leadership discussions. Ability to identify key business issues and contribute to strategic and tactical plans. Demonstrated ability to facilitate consensus across functional, departmental, and organizational boundaries. Working knowledge of contractual, administrative, and operational issues in managed care organizations and physician groups. Proficiency in creating complex analytical models, trend analysis, report design, and development. Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a rapidly changing environment without direct supervision. Strong judgment, prioritization of multiple projects, and problem‑solving under tight deadlines and resource constraints. Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills and ability to present complex technical concepts to varied audiences. Proficiency in analyzing medical and pharmacy claims, clinical process and outcome data, risk scoring tools, and social determinants of health. SQL querying skills for complex queries. Experience with SAS or R. Experience with advanced data visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, or GIS (ArcGIS). Knowledge of study design and implementation strategies. Knowledge of EPIC electronic health records data structures. Experience with machine learning techniques. Salary: $134,000 – $179,000 annually. Hill Physicians is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr PriMed Management Consulting Services, Inc.