Senior Manager, Value-Based Contract Performance Analytics
Somerville, NJ - USA
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
The Senior Manager of Value-Based Contract Performance Analytics serves as the domain owner for cost utilization and risk performance analytics supporting value-based healthcare contracts within Population Health Finance.This role is responsible for developing and maintaining scalable analytic datasets performance reporting and drill-down analytics across all lines of business including Medicare (Traditional and Medicare Advantage) Medicaid and Commercial risk arrangements.
The role supports a broad and growing portfolio of value-based payment models by identifying and quantifying key drivers of financial performance including cost trends utilization patterns benchmark gaps and risk score dynamics.
The position operates under the strategic direction of the Director of Value-Based Performance who defines analytic priorities and areas of focus. This role is accountable for executing those priorities through rigorous data analysis dataset development and performance reporting.
This role partners closely with finance actuarial clinical and operational teams to translate complex healthcare data into actionable insights that inform performance improvement financial forecasting and evaluation of value-based payment models and provider contract economics.
Essential Functions:
Cost Utilization & Risk Analytics
Perform detailed cost and utilization drill-down analyses across Medicare (Traditional and Medicare Advantage) Medicaid and Commercial populations.
Analyze trends in utilization site of care and service mix to identify key drivers of cost performance.
Conduct risk score and coding pattern analysis to evaluate risk capture performance and trends.
Quantify benchmark gaps and performance relative to targets across lines of business.
Savings Driver Decomposition
Decompose financial performance into key drivers including utilization unit cost risk score and population mix.
Partner with finance and modeling teams to align analytic outputs with financial projections.
Inform financial modeling and forecasting activities by providing analytic inputs related to cost utilization risk and reimbursement dynamics across value-based contracts.
Identify and quantify opportunities for performance improvement across contracts.
Value-Based Contract Performance Evaluation
Evaluate performance in the context of value-based payment models including shared savings downside risk and benchmark methodologies.
Analyze the financial implications of utilization risk score and cost trends on contract performance and reimbursement outcomes.
Analytic Dataset Development
Develop and maintain scalable analytic datasets to support cost utilization and risk performance analytics.
Write and optimize SQL queries to support recurring reporting and ad hoc analyses.
Ensure data accuracy consistency and alignment with financial and operational reporting.
Performance Reporting & Dashboards
Develop and maintain dashboards and reports that track cost utilization and risk performance across contracts and lines of business.
Ensure reporting is consistent interpretable and aligned with finance and operational needs.
Support ongoing monitoring of performance trends and emerging issues.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with finance actuarial clinical and operations teams to support performance improvement initiatives.
Provide analytic support to inform strategic decisions financial projections and evaluation of contract performance.
Translate analytic findings into clear actionable insights for stakeholders.
Governance & Prioritization
Execute against analytic priorities defined by Finance leadership.
Escalate questions related to prioritization interpretation and executive-facing narrative to Director.
Maintain documentation and consistency in analytic methodologies.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelors Degree in Data Analytics Finance Economics Healthcare Administration or related field required.
- Masters Degree preferred.
- Equivalent experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Experience:
- 810 years of experience in healthcare analytics medical economics or related field.
- Experience working with Medicare (Traditional and Medicare Advantage) Medicaid and/or Commercial populations strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing healthcare claims data and identifying cost and utilization drivers.
- Strong experience in SQL-based data analysis and dataset development.
- 5 7 years of previous supervisory or leadership experience required.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Healthcare Domain Knowledge
- Strong understanding of healthcare cost and utilization drivers across Medicare Medicaid and Commercial populations.
- Familiarity with value-based care models and performance metrics.
- Understanding of risk adjustment methodologies (e.g. CMS-HCC) preferred.
Analytical & Technical Skills
- Advanced SQL proficiency and experience building analytic datasets.
- Strong data analysis skills with experience working with large healthcare datasets.
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Ability to structure and execute complex analyses with minimal oversight.
Strategic & Communication Skills
- Ability to translate complex data into clear actionable insights.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to operate within a defined strategic framework and support leadership decision-making.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
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Pay Range
$117707.20 - $171204.80/AnnualGrade
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Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
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Senior Manager
About Company
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