Assistant Vice President Analytics & Innovation

About the role

The Assistant Vice President Analytics & Innovation role requires associates to be in the office 2-3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This role combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Assist the executive management team in determining innovative areas for exploration via data analytics and identifying the best approaches to answer data-related questions posed by state partners and other stakeholders.
• Assists in overseeing and directing studies of clinical outcomes, working on Performance Targets, interpreting trends, utilizing advanced analytics for specialty population identification and analysis, and evaluating program effectiveness.
• Manage staff who are implementing and executing clinical quality program initiatives. Programs may be focused on such areas as the Rural Health Transformation, the statewide Connecticut Behavioral Health Homes, the CCBHC, the Child & Family division, the SUD 1115 Waiver, performance standards, population-based clinical quality measures and clinical performance.
• Hire, train, coach, counsel, mentor, and evaluate the performance of direct reports.
• Oversee resources supporting enterprise clinical quality priorities.
• Translate clinical quality strategies into actionable workplans and measurable outcomes across multiple patient safety domains.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across such areas as clinical, analytics, provider, care management, product, payment integrity, legal, compliance, and operational teams to ensure successful delivery of initiatives.
• Oversee provider engagement, intervention implementation, care management integration, performance monitoring, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement activities while supporting the development of scalable programs and operational best practices.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, public health, health sciences, healthcare management, or a related healthcare field.
• A minimum of 7 total years of experience in healthcare quality improvement, managed care, healthcare operations, care management, program management, population health, or related healthcare experience.
• At least three of those years leading cross-functional healthcare initiatives, care management programs, and complex project or program implementations required.

Preferred Skills, Experiences And Competencies

• PhD preferred
• Experience with program evaluation analytics and longitudinal outcomes-based research in behavioral health
• Current unrestricted clinical license, Certified Case Manager (CCM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), and/or advanced degree in a healthcare-related field or business preferred
• Medicaid claims knowledge and background