Data Analyst, Product Strategy (Hybrid NY)

About the role

The Product Strategy Analyst is passionate and motivated by Healthfirst’s mission and wants to make a lasting impact in healthcare. This individual will provide the analytical support to the Medicaid Product Strategy team to develop, assist in execution, and continuously improve a strategy that supports profitable growth across the Medicaid market portfolio of products.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with finance analysis, sales, marketing and other departments as necessary to support market growth plans to achieve market growth and profitability objectives.
• Compile information from multiple sources to prepare and distribute time-sensitive and accurate reporting for internal and external audiences.
• Support the team in analysis of the financial performance of the Medicaid Products, identify favorable and unfavorable trends, develop recommendations to improve trends, communicate recommendations to management through a P&L focused mindset.
• Design, create, modify, support and maintain monthly competitive reports.
• Prepare ad-hoc reporting as required by senior management and external partners.
• Support the team in creation of models to forecast growth performance and financial outcomes.
• Effectively manage projects by setting clear project milestones and deliverables; clearly communicating goals, objectives and responsibilities.
• Participate in meetings to gather and specify departmental requirements for such projects.
• Develop applications and reports using Microsoft Excel, Tableau and pertinent databases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited institution
• SAS, SQL and/or Tableau skills with ability to query, compile, and manipulate large datasets
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
• A tendency to take full ownership of a situation or deliverable
• Understand and translate highly complex concepts to a wide range of audiences
• Experience in analyzing membership growth and retention trends and identifying drivers
• Experience working in a health care delivery system or a health insurance company
• Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid programs, health care, and managed care
• Strong public speaking and oral and written communication skills with the ability to translate data to business insights (in other words, you are an analytic storyteller)
• Team player who contributes to creating a positive work environment and willing to pull their sleeves up to get things done with a bias towards action and prototyping towards a solution
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a desire to continue learning and growing

Skills

• SAS, SQL and/or Tableau skills
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
• Strong blend of IQ & EQ
• Experience working in a health care delivery system or a health insurance company
• Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid programs, health care, and managed care
• Python skills with ability to create automated data pulls and manipulations

Pay

Hiring Range: Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $68,900 - $99,620
All Other Locations (within approved locations): $61,300 - $91,120

Schedule

Not specified

Benefits

Healthfirst offers a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).