Senior Healthcare Data Analyst - Remote… at Rapid Talent… · Location…

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Healthcare Data Analyst with strong technical experience in healthcare and pharmacy analytics to support analytical initiatives across pharmacy quality, medication adherence, healthcare utilization, and value-based care programs. This role is ideal for a hands-on analyst who is comfortable working with complex healthcare datasets, developing analytical reports and dashboards, and translating data into actionable insights for clinical, operational, and business stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience with SQL, SAS, Tableau, healthcare claims data, and managed care analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and integrate large-scale healthcare datasets, including medical and pharmacy claims, membership, provider, utilization, and quality data.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain complex SQL and SAS queries for recurring reports, ad hoc analyses, and business initiatives.
• Design, build, and maintain Tableau dashboards and analytical reports for clinical, operational, quality, and business stakeholders.
• Conduct trend analysis, performance monitoring, root cause analysis, and data validation.
• Analyze medication adherence, pharmacy utilization, healthcare quality measures, and performance trends.
• Identify performance gaps, utilization patterns, cost drivers, and opportunities for clinical and operational improvement.
• Support analysis related to pharmacy quality measures, including medication adherence and CMS Star Rating initiatives.
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Prepare executive-level reports, presentations, and data visualizations.
• Collaborate with clinical teams, business stakeholders, IT, data engineering, and other analytics teams.
• Support ad hoc analytics projects and strategic business initiatives as needed.
• Validate data accuracy and ensure consistency across reporting and analytical processes.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, CMS, and other applicable healthcare regulatory and reporting requirements.
• Support value-based care, quality improvement, pharmacy, and healthcare performance initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Healthcare Administration, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience using SQL and SAS in a professional or production environment.
• 3–4+ years of experience developing dashboards and reports using Tableau.
• 3–4+ years of healthcare analytics experience.
• Experience working with medical and/or pharmacy claims data.
• Experience within a health plan, managed care organization, healthcare organization, or pharmacy-related environment.
• Hands-on experience performing healthcare utilization, quality, pharmacy, or clinical analytics.
• Experience analyzing medication adherence and pharmacy quality measures such as PDC, MPR, or CMS Star Ratings.
• Experience supporting value-based care, healthcare quality, or performance improvement initiatives.
• Proven ability to work with large and complex healthcare datasets.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to data accuracy and quality.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Python for data analysis, automation, or data manipulation.
• Experience developing dashboards or reports using Power BI.
• Experience with HEDIS, CMS quality measures, population health, or healthcare accreditation initiatives.

Working Conditions

• This is a fully remote position.
• Work is performed in a standard home office environment with no unusual physical demands or hazards.

The qualifications listed above are intended to represent the minimum education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform the essential duties of this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Employment is on an at-will basis. Nothing contained in this job description should be construed as creating an employment contract or guarantee of continued employment.

Pay: $50.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Application Question(s):

• How many years of hands-on experience do you have using SQL, SAS, and Tableau for healthcare analytics and reporting?(Please briefly describe the types of analyses or dashboards you have developed.)
• Do you have direct experience working with healthcare or pharmacy claims data in a health plan, managed care, or similar healthcare environment?(f yes, please describe your experience)
• Have you worked with medication adherence, pharmacy quality, or healthcare performance measures such as PDC, MPR, CMS Star Ratings, HEDIS, or value-based care metrics?(Please provide a brief example of the type of analysis you performed.)

Experience:

• SQL: 5 years (Required)
• SAS: 5 years (Required)
• Tableau: 3 years (Required)
• healthcare analytics: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote