Data Analyst Principal
Bloomington, IN - USA
Job Summary
HealthPartners is hiring a Data Analyst Principal Product Owner. The Product Owner drives the delivery of high-quality analytic products by prioritizing work shaping user stories and ensuring alignment with business objectives. Acting as the primary liaison to sponsor the PO ensures clear communication of goals trade-offs and progress. They collaborate with developers analysts and engineers in Agile teams to build scalable data solutions maintain domain expertise and provide consultative support for strategic decisions. Key responsibilities include managing the product roadmap planning sprints validating deliverables and championing data accuracy security and complianceall while driving adoption and measurable business value.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- All team members must champion and model our values of partnership curiosity compassion integrity and excellence and must contribute to a culture of continuous learning
- Acts as domain experts partnering with business groups and data engineers to frame problems model clean and integrate data and determine the best way to leverage that data in service of a goal
- Works with business partners to understand and create their user stories; they identify and clarify opportunities to leverage data analytics in service of customer or business value
- Independently creates deploys monitors and maintains highly interactive data visualizations and analytic services
- Leads and participates in strategic measurement activities including Return on Investment (ROI) analyses Key Performance Indicator (KPI) development risk assessment and indexing as well as domain-specific measurements (example: readmission rates)
- Works with their teams to ensure data accessibility accuracy and quality and may act as data stewards by contributing to management of central data stores and metadata
- Provides consultative data-driven support on product and business strategy development
- Defines sets up and executes test cases to validate that analytic and software solutions meet the business acceptance criteria
- Communicates solution tradeoffs to business partners to frame and influence project decisions
- Leverages internal and external sources to validate data accuracy and benchmark results
- Promotes and champions our security and de-identification standards while they handle sensitive administrative data (medical and pharmacy claims clinical data and other sensitive organizational data assets).
REQUIRED SKILLS/ QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in economics mathematics business computer science data or social science operations research statistics or a related quantitative field. Alternate experience and education in equivalent areas is acceptable. Experience in more than one area is strongly preferred.
- Five or more years direct experience using technical and analytical skills to extract integrate layout and interpret complex and disparate data sources (certification/other training in lieu of yrs experience)
- Demonstrated expertise using data visualization tools such as Microsoft Power BI Tableau etc.
- Must have mastered the ability to tell stories using data
- Must have expertise in SQL and relational database design
- Expert programming skills using Python R etc. (or similar)
- Demonstrated experience and skill presenting findings and actionable recommendations
- Must be motivated self-driven curious and creative
- Must be skilled communicators and demonstrate an ability to work with development teams end users and business leaders
- Demonstrated ability to support and complement the work of a diverse development and / or operations team
CORE SKILLS:
Communication & Stakeholder Management
Ability to clearly convey priorities trade-offs and progress to sponsors and stakeholders and translate business needs into actionable user stories.
- Build Business Domain Knowledge
Develop a deep understanding of the relevant business area to ensure solutions align with strategic goals. - Prioritization & Decision-Making
Expertise in managing backlogs setting priorities and making trade-offs to maximize business value. - Agile & Scrum Practices
Familiarity with agile methodologies sprint planning and collaboration within cross-functional teams. - Technical Awareness
Understanding of data systems analytics tools and visualization platforms to guide development effectively. - Problem-Solving & Adaptability
Ability to frame complex problems adapt to changing requirements and deliver incremental value. - Leadership & Influence
Leading without direct authority motivating teams and influencing decisions through clear rationale. - Collaboration
Working effectively with developers analysts engineers and business partnersi
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Knowledge of health care operations
- Exposure to agile/scrum (including tools like JIRA)
- Experience using Azure Data Lake DevOps Power Automate or other tools in the Azure Suite
- Working knowledge of medical terminology medical coding systems; ICD-10 CPT4 DRG GPI.
- Knowledge of statistical methods and techniques (predictive modeling segmentation regression etc.)
- Familiarity with software development data and integration architecture
- Experience working with unstructured or semi-structured data
- Pharmacy data experience
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
About Company
At HealthPartners we believe in the power of good – good deeds and good people working together. As part of our team, you’ll find an inclusive environment that encourages new ways of thinking, celebrates differences, and recognizes hard work. We’re a nonprofit, integrated health care ... View more