Analytics Lead

Analytics Lead What you will be doing: You will apply your strong understanding of how to solve business problems with data-informed decision making, helping others leverage analytics to improve their organizations. You will work with analysts, engineers, product owners, data scientists, and data management staff who share a passion for improving healthcare in the US. You will interface with supply chain, administrative, and clinical staff who support hospitals and patients on the front lines. You will help shape the end-to-end experience of a range of user personas who are evolving to become increasingly data-informed throughout their day-to-day activities. You will use your analytical skill to gain a deep understanding of large datasets, such as purchasing transactions representing nearly half the spend in the US healthcare supply chain. Based on your own perspective as a data consumer, you will influence how the data is modeled, presented, and marketed. This often involves creating innovative data visualizations and analyses, achieving new insights that may influence entire organizations within healthcare, the US government, and medical supply / pharmaceutical manufacturing & distribution. It will also require you to keep abreast of the rapidly evolving self-service BI and data commercialization spaces. By empowering others, you will get to see people and organizations grow across the healthcare sector, making better decisions, faster, and eliminating unnecessary costs while improving care. You will be part of growing a new and exciting business at Premier. You will identify, learn, and develop some of the best available technology in the data analytics space. Key Responsibilities Responsibility #1 - 15% Engage directly with the healthcare professionals, consultants, and Premier staff to understand their needs as they pertain to data, analysis, and business intelligence technology. Responsibility #2 - 15% Help lead the development cloud-based data marts that contain healthcare supply chain, finance, operations, and workforce data. Responsibility #3 - 15% Develop initial analytical solutions on top of the mart, such as dashboards & visualizations, to validate the underlying utility of the data and demonstrate its value. Responsibility #4 - 5% Develop & maintain both internal & commercial analytics solutions across a large user base. Responsibility #5 - 5% Lead rapid investigation into & resolution of data / solution integrity issues. Responsibility #6 - 5% Create compelling ad-hoc analyses to help guide business decision making and recruit new clients. Responsibility #7 - 5% Train SQL and/or BI-tool capable end users to consume data from the mart to support their analysis and custom BI-solution needs. Responsibility #8 - 10% Work iteratively with key user groups and engineering staff to rapidly refine the solution. Responsibility #9 - 10% Help achieve a user experience based on feedback, usage data, and personal experience that generates excitement around data- and analytics-as-a-service offerings. Combine a deep understanding of the analyst persona with a firm grasp of the specific problems the user's business is trying to address to create highly effective solutions. Depend on the solutions yourself to maintain strong first-hand experience. Responsibility #10 - 5% Manage the day-to-day of several large internal/external client relationships, assisting with troubleshooting, training, and regular communications. Responsibility #11 - 5% Work closely with Premier Product Implementation, Master Data Management, Data Operations, and Data Science teams to improve upstream data collection & cleansing. Responsibility #12 - 5% Innovate to create new solutions/enhancements and service opportunities to help grow the business. Required Qualifications Work Experience: Years of Applicable Experience - 4 or more years Education: High School Diploma or GED (Required) Preferred Qualifications Skills: Intermediate capability with analysis/reporting/visualization tools (Tableau preferred, alternates include: Microsoft Power BI, Qlikview, Looker, Google Data Studio). Need to have advanced capabilities with AI (CoPilot, Claude, ChatGPT, etc.), ability to integrate code into repository. Writing and reading SQL. Ability to work without frequent supervision and with complete latitude for independent judgment. Agile development / project management using productivity software (such as Planner or Jira). Ability to mentor less experienced peers and provide project / team leadership as needed. Experience: 5 years of work experience within supply chain, healthcare administration, or healthcare-related areas of government / policymaking / research. Demonstrated success using and helping develop data analytics solutions that have been operationalized by business teams. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with, and facilitate across, both business & technical stakeholder groups Experience with data modeling, data / dashboarding performance tuning, and SQL optimization. Experience with business analysis / requirements gathering. Experience working data management team(s) to improve the integrity of master data and data cleansing. 2 years of experience using cloud-based data warehousing & analytics technology such as Google BigQuery, Azure SQL Data Warehouse / Synapse, or Snowflake. Experience working with large (> 1 billion record) datasets. Education: Bachelors Additional Job Requirements: Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines Attention to detail Operate computer programs and software Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats. Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public) Making independent decisions Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions Working Conditions: Remote Travel Requirements: No travel required Physical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. Premier's compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier's internal salary range for this role is $90,000 - $150,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges. Qualified full-time and part-time employees also receive access to the following benefits: Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance 401k retirement program Paid time off Participation in Premier's employee incentive plans Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities Premier at a glance: Ranked #1 on Charlotte's Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023) Named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the 16th year in a row Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultant - Healthcare Management (2024) The only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website. Employees receive: Perks and discounts Access to on-site and online exercise classes Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people. Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. 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