Data Analyst II
Boston, NH - 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
SummaryResponsible for extracting knowledge and insights from data in order to investigate business/operational problems through a range of data preparation modeling analysis and/or visualization techniques.
Does this position require Patient Care
No
Essential Functions
-Collects analyzes and reports data to support decisions on day-to-day operations strategic planning and/or specific business performance issues.
-Collates models interprets and analyzes data.
-Explains variances and trends in data.
-Identifies and documents enhancements to modeling techniques.
-Completes thorough quality assurance procedures ensuring accuracy reliability trustworthiness and validity of work.
-Performs data validation of source-to-target data for data visuals and dashboards.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelors Degree Analysis required or Bachelors Degree Related Field of Study required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree
Yes
Licenses and Credentials
Experience
Experience working with data preferably healthcare data 2-3 years required
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Healthcare knowledge particularly as it pertains to electronic medical record data is preferred but not required.
- Working knowledge of relational databases SQL data visualization and Business Intelligence tools such as Tableau.
- Knowledge and application of statistical analyses including variance analysis and statistical significance are preferred.
- Project management skills and/or experience are a plus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Word Excel and PowerPoint.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) a Harvard teaching hospital is seeking a mid-level Clinical Data Analyst II to join its orthopaedic research data team. This role is central to the departments participation in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) data registries and supports a broad portfolio of clinical and operational research projects.
This is a technical research-facing position that combines data engineering statistical analysis and scientific collaboration. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of clinical research and applied data science directly supporting surgeon-investigators research staff and trainees on projects that translate registry data into evidence for clinical and operational decision-making.
The role offers the opportunity to contribute to peer-reviewed publications work with large-scale national registry data and develop and maintain reusable infrastructure that supports the long-term research mission of the department.
Responsibilities and daily activities include:
- Maintaining the AAOS data registries including AJRR ASR SER and FTR by building and updating data pipelines in Python and SQL (Snowflake) that pull clean and organize registry data.
- Troubleshooting data quality and integrity issues across registry-specific ingestion scripts and downstream datasets.
- Preparing analysis-ready datasets for faculty and collaborators including cohort definition variable derivation and quality checks.
- Working with PROMIS data to support research projects through statistical analysis machine learning and data visualization to help answer clinical and operational questions.
- Collaborating with clinical and research teams to translate research questions into clear analysis plans and study designs.
- Supporting manuscript and publication efforts including figure and table generation methods writing and revisions.
- Mentoring students research assistants and junior team members on data handling analysis and reproducible workflows.
- Documenting code pipelines and data sources for long-term use reproducibility and onboarding.
- Coordinating data access and compliance needs tied to registry participation including data use agreements and institutional requirements.
Applicants are selected based on technical skill research experience and enthusiasm for clinical data work. Strong organizational communication and documentation skills are essential given the collaborative nature of the position.
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Pay Range
$63648.00 - $90750.40/AnnualGrade
6EEO Statement:
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.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.