Data Science Analyst III - Digital and Technology Partners

Key Skills

Big Data Technology, Data Analytics, Data Manipulation, Decision Forests, Design, EBI GWAS Catalog, Econometrics, Google-Analytics, Personal Intelligence, Software Development, Statistical modeling, Technical recruiting

Job Description

Data Science Analyst III - Digital and Technology Partners - 100% Remote,

Mount Sinai’s Enterprise Data & Analytics team is seeking a Data Science Analyst III to collaborate with stakeholders from across the organization to develop sophisticated analytics to provide information, insights and BI (Business Intelligence) solutions that contribute to sound strategic planning, decision-making, goal setting, and effective performance measurement. This individual demonstrates sound understanding of the healthcare domain, technical data manipulation and analytic development skills and impact the patient community of the Mount Sinai Health System.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Analyzes data requests using information technology, enrollment, claims, pharmacy, clinical, contract, medical management, financial, administrative and other corporate data from both modeled and disparate internal and external sources.
• Works with departmental staff to identify requirements for reporting and / or business intelligence tools. 
• Identifies necessary data, data sources and methodologies. 
• Collects, organizes, integrates, analyzes and interprets data.
• Leverages advanced statistical analysis methods to create insightful recommendations and conclusions that may be communicated to the stakeholder.
• Identifies and addresses expected and unforeseen data complexities to mitigate their impact on the analytic outcome and associated business decisions. Works to improve data quality where possible within created analytical models. Feeds data quality issues back to IT or identified data stewards to facilitate creation of high-quality metrics.
• Develops and may present reports, analyses and findings to senior management and others as scheduled or requested.
• Responsible for one or more of the following stakeholder groups:
• • Clinical and Quality
  • Hospital, Ambulatory and Financial Operations
  • Research and School
• Takes a proactive role as liaison/analyst for internal stakeholders, understands their needs and translates them into reporting and analytic solutions.
• Effectively communicates with stakeholders and customers and ensures all requests are properly triaged, recorded and tracked.
• Adheres to corporate standards for performance metrics, data collection, data integrity, query design, and reporting format to ensure high quality, meaningful analytic output.
• Helps identify and understand data from internal and external sources for competitive, scenario and performance analyses to gain member/provider insight into new and existing processes and business opportunities.
• Works closely with colleagues on the ongoing improvement of Mount Sinai’s integrated data warehouse, driven by strategic and business needs, and designed to ensure data and reporting consistency throughout the organization.
• Develops and maintains project work plans, including critical tasks, milestones, timelines, interdependencies and contingencies. Tracks and reports progress. Keeps stakeholders apprised of project status and implications for completion.
• Provides technical support to data analytics functions as they relate to varied business units, and technical expertise on the selection, development and implementation of various reporting and BI tools tied to business unit reporting requirements. Creates new BI reports and interactive dashboards as required.
• Prepares clear, well-organized project-specific documentation, including, at a minimum, analytic methods used, key decision points and caveats, with sufficient detail to support comprehension and replication.
• Ensures customers are adequately trained to use self-service BI tools and dashboards.
• Shares development and process knowledge with other analysts in order to assure redundancy and continuously builds a core of analytical strength within the organization.
• Demonstrates advanced level proficiency with the principles and methodologies of process improvement. Applies these in the execution of responsibilities in support of a process focused approach.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Education and Experience

• BA or BS degree minimum, in a relevant field of study (e.g., Business, Computer Science or Mathematics).
• 2 years’ experience is preferred in analytics development expertise, preferably in health care, or for a health provider, health plan or accountable care organization, including either:
  • Working knowledge of a health care EMR such as Epic/Clarity, eCW (eClinicalWorks), etc.; a payor claims system such as Facets, Amisys, etc.; or a hospital/provider system such as GE (IDX), Soarian, etc.

Additional Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong acumen in quantitative analytics and structured problem solving.
• Experience with analytics tools (Python, R, etc.) and basic SQL writing skills preferred.
• Strong project or process management skills. 
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
• Detail-oriented self-starter, with the initiative to articulate goals, plan and implement efforts to achieve those goals, identify issues and impacts, and meet deadlines.
• Able to work independently and within a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills required to work alongside a diverse team of multidisciplinary professionals.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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EOE including Veterans and Disabled

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $106,108.00 - $159,161.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.