Manager, Health Equity Analytics

Boston, MA, United States

POSITION SUMMARY :

Boston Medical Center Health System is a ~$7B system whose mission is to provide Exceptional Care without Exception. The Health System includes a tertiary academic medical center a network of community health centers, a health plan and an affiliated accountable care organization.

The Manager of Health Equity Analytics will be part of a multi-disciplinary team desiging a new program to reduce racial health inequities. The Manager will report to the System Analytics Director but will independently liaise with the Health Equity team and clinical and strategy stakeholders leading analyses that will guide strategy, investigate performance drivers, and drive innovation that will improve the overall health of our patients. This role is ideal for analysts who have built a strong technical and analytic foundation, and who are looking to grow capabilities in strategic thinking, project management, stakeholder management, and presenting.

Position: Manager, Health Equity Analytics

Department: Health Equity Analytics

Schedule: Full Time

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

BMCHS and other healthcare partners are building a team that aims to reduce racial disparities in health outcomes contributing most to premature mortality and health inequities across our primary care population and members of the communities served by BMC and other healthcare partners. BMC and other healthcare partners aim to transform healthcare to deliver health justice and well-being. BMC and other healthcare partners are developing an innovative multi-disciplinary approach that combines clinical operations, community engagement, SDoH programs, and research assets to address racial health inequities. The vision of this team is to create a community-based model that provides enhanced supports to patients with diabetes and/or hypertension. The program will staff a team of clinical specialists in pharmacy, nutrition, social work, and nursing as well as community health workers, population health and outreach specialists that will care for patients in the community based program. In addition, the team will lead necessary data architecture work to implement innovations such as a patient registry tool and be responsible for research evaluation.

Work independently with business leaders in the Community Health Equity team to scope and conduct analyses that help the organization understand and monitor performance, break down key drivers, and identify new opportunities. Attend Community Health Equity design and workgroup meetings and work with clinical stakeholders to scope out clinical questions and deliver analytics.

Lead analytic projects such as development of predictive analytic tools, or segmenting our patients by health and social needs or data validation workstreams

Create reports and dashboards that effectively communicate performance to operational and clinical leaders and stakeholders

Translate complex analysis into simple visualizations that can communicate key takeaways to leaders and stakeholders

Understand health system data sources and support data architecture team to ensure that data is clean, normalized, and accurate

Establish credibility and trust in data integrity and accuracy across internal and external stakeholders

Present analyses to senior leaders and multiple stakeholders

Collaborate across the health system to ensure that assumptions and methodologies are consistent

Manage multiple projects and analyses simultaneously while meeting key deadlines and deliverables, and prioritizing time and resources

Coordinate with research teams to collect, analyze and monitor process and outcome measures

(The above statements in this job description are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required).

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's degree, preference for concentration in economics, math, physics, computer science, data science

Master's degree in a related field (Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Social Science, Public Health) highly preferred

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

None

EXPERIENCE:

More than 5 years of data analytics experience with progressive responsibility, working with large data sets to answer important clinical, operational, or business questions

Experience working with healthcare data, especially clinical data from electronic medical records; experience with Epic and Clarity models a plus

Ability to conduct advanced analytics and data manipulation using SAS and SQL; fluent in Excel. Experience in scripting languages a plus

Some experience with advanced statistical techniques, including regression analysis, decision trees, machine learning, cluster analysis, segmentation

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES (KSA):

Technically proficient: Capable of extracting data, manipulating large data sets, cleaning and normalizing data, generating analysis and working through challenges independently

Strong analytic thinking: Effective at identifying the critical question, capable of navigating the trade-offs between accuracy / comprehensiveness / complexity vs. speed and simplicity, able to make independent decisions on how to adjust assumptions and analyses, can distill complex analysis into simple charts to communicate key takeaways

Interest in building up advanced modelling / data science skills to proactively identify opportunities and possible solutions

Curious and creative: Capable of finding the right analytic approach, always asking questions and testing the data and analysis to ensure that we are answering the right key questions

Outcomes-focused: Ability to manage multiple high priority projects simultaneously and prioritize to meet key projects

Passionate about our mission: Highest level of integrity and respect for colleagues and for our mission to provide Exceptional Care Without Exception to our patients and members

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

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