Wellstar Health System is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of the communities they serve. They are seeking a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst to provide meaningful analytics and insights to support operational improvement goals within the organization. This role involves collaborating with clinical and operational leaders to deliver data-driven solutions that enhance value-based care strategies.

Responsibilities:

Serve as a subject matter expert in population health, VBC programs, and risk adjustment (RAF)
Support initiatives tied to MSSP, Medicare Advantage, and other risk-based contracts
Translate business needs into analytics solutions that drive quality, cost, and utilization improvement
Translate requirements into structured workplans with clear ownership and timelines
Identify risks, dependencies, and constraints; drive resolution to maintain progress
Coordinate across analytics, IT, clinical, operational, and vendor teams
Align stakeholders to population health priorities and contract requirements
Deliver concise, executive-ready updates on progress, risks, and decisions
Lead working sessions, validation reviews, and governance discussions
Clearly communicate risk adjustment, attribution, and performance insights
Oversee data validation, QA/UAT, and release readiness
Ensure alignment between business requirements, technical build, and end-user needs
Maintain key documentation (plans, decisions, requirements, validation results)
Ensure deliverables meet governance and audit standards
Identify opportunities to improve analytics delivery and population health workflows
Work directly with the customer to understand the business requirements for information needs
Serve as an expert in selection of the most appropriate visualization tool and delivery mechanism for requests
Design, develop, document, and distribute the selected visualization while working with the customer within the guidelines of the Wellstar Data and Insights framework
Serve as a mentor and resource to BI Analysts and Specialists and provide audits and feedback on their development work
Develop appropriate level of insight to and understanding of the information being analyzed and apply credible qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis considering the type of data being measured insuring statistical validity wherever possible
Deliver end user training to the customer on the use of the tools and method of interpretation of the visualization
Act as a liaison with the customer to communicate data structure or metric needs for appropriate data model build to the Data and Insights team members and counterparts in IT responsible for data warehouse and data model build
Develop a working knowledge of the lineage, metadata and overall meaning of data being analyzed and lead BI Specialists and BI Analysts in documenting appropriately per Wellstar guidelines
Identify and source where possible, data quality issues impacting analyses and bring issues to leadership and other appropriate individual’s attention
Apply appropriate statistical and mathematical principles to all analyses
Have a working understanding of benchmarking and comparative analysis techniques and interpretation
Develop an excellent understanding of data transformed, managed, and reported specifically by the team (e.g., population health, care management, care coordination, utilization management, community health, Wellstar Clinical Partners etc.)
Maintain an excellent understanding of relational databases in concept and how to practically work with the data housed therein
Maintain an outstanding understanding of a wide variety of technology tools used by Wellstar to present information (e.g. SQL, SSRS, Advanced MS Excel, MS SharePoint, SAS, and other tools)
Serve as a training and informational resource for BI Analysts, Specialist, and others within the organization
Continually look to maintain, grow, and develop knowledge and skills in applicable tools
Develop an understanding of current visualization best practice and trends
Understand process improvement techniques utilized at Wellstar and practice them with your own work processes
Act as a leader within the BI team on process improvement efforts to improve productivity and quality of output
Participate in departmental and cross-functional teams as needed
Work independently and multi-task effectively on multiple assignments as needed
Communicate effectively and appropriately with all levels of leadership and staff within the organization
Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Bachelors Information Systems Required
Bachelors Computer Science Required
Bachelors Engineering Required
Bachelors Statistics Required
Bachelors Other / Related Field Required
Minimum 5 years Years of population health, analytics, or healthcare data experience, including implementation delivery
Strong expertise in: Value-based care models (MSSP, MA, etc.)
Risk adjustment and quality performance
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and translate complex requirements into actionable plans
Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills
Minimum 6 years working directly with customers from requirements gathering, functional design, development, and delivery of interactive data visualization
Minimum 6 years working with complex data sets in a relational database environment with tools such as SQL Server, MS Access, SAS, MS Excel, and other 3rd party visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI

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