Senior Data Analyst - Health Impact

Job Description The Senior Data Analyst – Health Impact role is an individual contributor responsible for transforming complex operational andhealthcare data into actionable insights. These insightshelp clinical leaders manage day-to-day operations, driveimprovement and deliver greater health and cost outcomes for our members and clients. Reporting to the Director of Clinical Impact, this role serves as the primary analytical engine supporting Health Impact modeling, clinical stratification, engagement funnel performance, and population health strategy. You will partner closely with other Product leaders, Care Delivery Nursing team, and Quality and Health Impact leaders to design and deliver sophisticated analyses that enable data-driven decision-making at every level of the organization. Key Accountabilities Strategic Support: Design and build analyses and models using claims, UM, and member encounters data to support enterprise strategic decisions for Health Impact and outcomes.Answer strategic analytical questions about which interventions, member cohorts and engagement channels produce the greatest health impact, and where utilization is rising without matching outcome improvement. Playbook: Derive insights from analyses and models to drive and prioritize initiatives and interventions that deliver Health Impact. This includes consideration of the end-to-end member engagement funnel, linking engagement,utilization, and conversions to measurable health outcomes and client cost savings. Impact Measurement: Create reporting that measures impact delivered and outcomes achieved, including care gap closures, reductions in avoidable or unnecessary care, improvements in site of care, chronic condition management and other short-term drivers of improved health outcomes and cost savings. Partnership:Collaborate and partner with central analytics and operational analytics teams to define, validate and evolve impact-oriented KPIs and guardrail metrics that keep the incentive to drive engagement in balance with outcomes. Generate external facing Health Impact data in sync with our broader enterprise client reporting. A Day In The Life Track leading and lagging indicators: care gap closure, avoidable ED and inpatient use, medication adherence, condition control, total cost of care and member-reported outcomes. Design and run outcome studies (quasi-experimental, matched cohort, difference-in-differences) that measure clinical, quality and cost impact. Partner cross-functionally with Product, Technology, and Clinical leaders to ensure data assets accurately reflect operational realities and support channel optimization goals. Act as the analytical check on initiatives meant to drive utilization by assessing their expected health impact before launch. What We Are Looking For Education & Experience Education: Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Health Informatics, Computer Science, Business, or a related quantitative field required; Master's degree preferred. Experience: 5+ years of progressive experience in data or business analytics, with meaningful exposure to healthcare operations, clinical data, or population health environments. Technical Skills Visualization: Expert-level proficiency in Tableau; ability to architect and build interactive, self-service dashboards with governance and scalability in mind. Query & Data Engineering: Advanced SQL scripting (T-SQL, PL/SQL) with demonstrated ability to navigate complex relational schemas, medical claims databases, and multi-source data environments. Cloud & Big Data: Hands-on experience with cloud-based data warehouses (Amazon Redshift preferred); familiarity with Big Data environments (Hadoop/Hive) a plus, along with experience with Databricks architecture. Advanced Analytics: Applied experience with predictive modeling, cohort matching, statistical analysis, or machine learning frameworks in a healthcare or operational context. Productivity & Modeling: High proficiency in Excel for rapid prototyping and ad-hoc modeling; Python a plus. UAT/QA: Experience in performing UAT/QA processes to ensure accurate, user-friendly reporting and dashboard outputs Domain Knowledge Working knowledge of medical claims data structures, clinical outcome metrics, and operational drivers of healthcare cost and utilization. Familiarity with population health concepts including care gap identification, member risk stratification, and engagement channel performance measurement. Familiar with ROI methods, actuarial approaches and industry standards related to claims trends. Stress-tests results with sensitivity analysis and documents assumptions so they hold up under actuarial and consultant review. Professional Competencies Analytical Rigor: Strong pattern recognition and problem-solving skills; comfortable working with large, complex, and sometimes ambiguous datasets to surface meaningful signals. Actuarial Validat ions :Analyze healthcare spend and trends to actuarial standards, reconciling claims, eligibility and financial data before results go to clients. Stakeholder Communication: Proven ability to translate technical methodology and analytical findings into clear, actionable narratives for non-technical clinical and operational audiences. Initiative & Ownership: Self-starter with a "roll up your sleeves" mindset; able to manage multiple concurrent workstreams with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment. Collaboration: Effective cross-functional collaborator in a matrixed organization; able to manage competing stakeholder needs and priorities with professionalism and clarity. Attention to Detail: High degree of accuracy in data validation, metric definition, and reporting output — recognizing that analytical errors in a clinical context carry real operational consequence. Who we are Transcarent is the One Place for Health and Careᵀᴹ, bringing medical, pharmacy, and point solutions together with the WayFindingᵀᴹ experience, the first and only generative AI-powered health and care platform for health consumers. Our WayFinding experience, paired with transparent and consumer-driven pharmacy care, 2nd.MD expert medical opinions, and virtual primary care, works seamlessly with comprehensive Care Experiences – Cancer Care, Surgery Care, and Weight Health – to support people with all of their health needs, simple or serious. More than 1,700 employers and health plans rely on us to provide information, guidance, and care, empowering health consumers with more choice, an experience they love, access to higher-quality care, and lower costs for 21 million Members. For more information, visit transcarent.com, and follow us on LinkedIn. At Transcarent, our values guide everything we do: People First: We prioritize our Members, clients, and each other in every decision Care: Every decision starts with improving health and care for our Members Resilience: We push boundaries and take the uncharted path to change an industry Results: We take ownership, solve with speed, and deliver for our people and each other Humble and Human: We lead with humility, bring fun to tough moments, and go further together Total Rewards Individual compensation packages are based on a few different factors unique to each candidate, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal equity. Salary is just one component of Transcarent's total package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock options. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to: Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage Competitive 401(k) Plan with a generous company match Flexible Time Off/Paid Time Off, 13 paid holidays Protection Plans including Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Supplemental Insurance Mental Health and Wellness benefits Transcarent is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out! Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply unless they meet 100% of the job criteria. While we have worked to consolidate the minimum qualifications for each role, we aren’t looking for someone who checks each box on a page; we’re looking for active learners and people who care about disrupting the current health and care with their unique experiences. Department Performance Analytics Location Remote- Chicago, Illinois, United States Experience 5 - 10 Years Salary Range USD 105,000 - 125,000 (Annual)