Senior Staff Analyst Data and AI Product Specialization

Salary Range: $8249.91 - $11903.10 Monthly

SUMMARY

The Data & Analytics Unit is responsible for collecting analyzing and interpreting healthcare data to support decision-making across the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS). The unit manages patient care and operational data using analytics to identify patterns predict outcomes and improve service delivery. The unit also ensures data integrity security and regulatory compliance.

The Senior Staff Analyst will be responsible for managing requirements gathering tracking project status maintaining project plans meeting deadlines and ensuring all action items are followed up on. Additionally this role involves maintaining a detailed project plan in Smartsheet capturing all tasks at a granular level. The Senior Staff Analyst will contribute to the development and execution of data strategies support data and AI products and drive department-wide projects to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Lead agile project and product management efforts ensuring timely execution alignment with department goals and effective risk mitigation.
2. Manage business and product requirements gathering collaborating with stakeholders to define business rules and measures ensuring alignment with end user experience.
3. Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans in Smartsheet tracking tasks dependencies deadlines and action items at a granular level.
4. Facilitate Data & Analytics (D&A) meetings ensuring stakeholder engagement capturing key decisions tracking follow-ups and managing meeting documentation.
5. Prepare project status reports executive updates and performance metrics to communicate progress risks and key milestones.
6. Develop and maintain data and AI product roadmaps to support enterprise-wide data initiatives.
7. Create clear well-structured wireframes prototypes SharePoint content policy documents process diagrams business cases and stakeholder presentations for the D&A unit.
8. Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to promote data and AI governance best practices and advance organizational objectives.
9. Conduct research and provide strategic recommendations to management on program policy and operational improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate for the Senior Staff Analyst Data and AI Product Specialization should have a strong background in project management product lifecycles user experience and agile methodologies partnering with Data & Analytics teams. The role requires excellent writing and communication skills to produce well-structured reports policy documents and strategic recommendations.

Candidates should have experience leading requirements-gathering sessions define project/product goals and success metrics and collaborate with technical teams to ensure data and AI structures align with business needs. Familiarity with Smartsheet Jira or other project management tools is essential for tracking and managing project deliverables.

This role demands strong leadership problem-solving and stakeholder management skills to facilitate cross-departmental collaboration influence decision-making and align initiatives with organizational priorities.

Education/Experience

• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree in a related field (e.g. Human-Computer Interaction Information Systems Research Data Science Business) preferred.
• 5 years in project program user experience research or product management including requirements gathering project delivery and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience with agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban or hybrid) in software or product development.
• Experience defining business rules success metrics and KPIs.
• UX research or design background translating user needs into product requirements.
• Experience prototyping (wireframes mockups or interactive prototypes) to validate concepts with stakeholders.
• Skilled in creating strategy presentations and communicating data/AI insights and strategy to technical and executive audiences.
• Experience maintaining team SharePoint sites organizing documentation and project artifacts.
• Experience using Smartsheet Jira or similar project management tools to track project status action items and dependencies.
• Experience developing a variety of stakeholder materials including concise presentations training guides and business case documents.

Certificates/Licenses/Clearances

• Successful clearing through the Live Scan process with the County of Los Angeles.

Other Skills Knowledge and Abilities

• Data and AI Research and Strategy
• Project planning and execution (Smartsheet Jira or similar tools)
• Stakeholder management and communication
• Meeting facilitation and documentation
• Resource deployment and program refinement

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Stand: Not applicable

Walk: Not applicable

Sit: Frequently

Handling / Fingering: Constantly

Reach Outward: Constantly

Reach Above Shoulder: Not applicable

Climb Crawl Kneel Bend: Not applicable

Lift / Carry: Occasionally - Not applicable

Push/Pull: Occasionally - Not applicable

See: Constantly

Taste/ Smell: Not Applicable

Not Applicable Not required for essential functions

Occasionally (0 - 2 hrs/day)

Frequently (2 - 5 hrs/day)

Constantly (5 hrs/day)

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Hybrid

EEOC STATEMENT

Heluna Health is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer that encourages minorities women veterans and disabled to apply. It is the policy of Heluna Health to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability marital status veteran status sexual orientation genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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