Associate Director, EAS Client Analytics

About the Role

An Associate Director, Analytics oversees the activities of a group of functional and/or technical analysts as well as supporting decision making within Evolent and for Evolent’s partners by conducting and overseeing analyses and developing actionable insights, including financial analyses.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics initiatives for a functional area, ensuring alignment with goals.
• Deliver recurring and ad hoc analyses with actionable insights.
• Manage, review, and ensure accuracy of actuarial or financial models to support gainshare and ROI arrangements, as well as forecasting.
• Present insights to mid-level stakeholders, translating data into business context and influencing decisions through clear, data-driven recommendations.
• Support adoption of automation, modeling, and visualization tools across projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve analytics processes and outputs.
• Lead and develop team members and coordinate cross-functional efforts.
• Promote collaboration and prioritize team deliverables.
• Research, create proof of concepts, and introduce new methods.
• Guide others through problem solving, whether it is a technical issue, project impediment, or conflict.
• Guide the delivery of your team to make a positive impact on other parts of the company based on detailed knowledge of stakeholder needs.
• Own relevant segment of systems that are used regularly for the business to function and are well versed in the related KPIs.
• Make changes to processes related to your role for your team(s), listen to and translate feedback from other stakeholders, and guide team(s) through those changes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 6+ years of healthcare analytics experience.
• Strong technical expertise in analytics technologies and visualization tools, such as SQL, Power BI, Tableau, R, Python, and relevant ecosystems.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a focus on scalability and performance optimization.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and levels of the organization.
• A proven track record of fostering a positive and inclusive team environment that drives innovation and productivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years in a team leadership role.
• Experience with value-based analyses or Medicaid.
• Experience with financial analysis, forecasting, or actuarial analyses.
• Ability to excel in a highly matrixed environment and adapt to change.
• Bachelor's degree with a quantitative (e.g., actuarial, statistics, operations research, engineering, mathematics, economics, finance), healthcare (e.g., health administration, epidemiology, public health, biology), or technology (e.g., computer science) focus.
• Associate of the Society of Actuaries or progress towards Associate of the Society of Actuaries certification.

Technical Requirements

All employees must have high-speed internet over 10 Mbps at their home. For call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router is required.

Candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment. Identity verification, including submission of a government-issued photo ID, is required during interviews. Final interviews may require onsite attendance. The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored.