Health Data Services & Strategy Director

Job Title: Health Data Services & Strategy Director

Project Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA (Hybrid/once a week onsite)  Job Type: Contract

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Health Data Services Director to lead enterprise healthcare analytics, digital health strategy, and data-driven transformation initiatives for a large healthcare organization. This leadership role will oversee enterprise reporting, healthcare data governance, performance analytics, and digital health programs that support clinical operations, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, and health equity.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing healthcare analytics teams, working with Electronic Health Record (EHR) data (Epic preferred), developing executive dashboards, and driving strategic initiatives across clinical and operational departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise healthcare analytics and digital health strategy aligned with organizational goals.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of healthcare data analysts, reporting specialists, and digital health professionals.
• Define analytics roadmaps, reporting standards, and performance measurement frameworks.
• Oversee development and maintenance of executive dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, and operational reports.
• Drive enterprise data governance, data quality, and reporting standardization initiatives.
• Collaborate with executive leadership, clinical departments, finance, and operations to define measurable business outcomes.
• Support regulatory reporting requirements including CMS, DHCS, HCAI, cost reports, and other state/federal reporting.
• Analyze healthcare operational, financial, and clinical data to improve quality, efficiency, and health equity.
• Oversee integration of Epic EHR data with enterprise data warehouses and external healthcare data sources.
• Lead digital health initiatives including patient engagement analytics, telehealth reporting, and digital transformation projects.
• Monitor departmental budgets, project timelines, and resource planning.
• Present strategic recommendations and analytics insights to executive leadership.
• Participate in governance committees and enterprise planning initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare privacy regulations, data governance policies, and reporting standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Information Systems, Data Science, Statistics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare IT, Digital Health, or Enterprise Reporting.
• 5+ years of leadership or management experience supervising analytics or technical teams.
• Strong experience leading enterprise healthcare analytics programs.
• Experience with Electronic Health Records (Epic preferred).
• Experience designing executive dashboards and enterprise reporting solutions.
• Strong understanding of healthcare quality measures and performance improvement.
• Experience with regulatory reporting including CMS, DHCS, HCAI, public health reporting, and cost reports.
• Experience integrating healthcare data from multiple sources including:
• EHR
• Claims
• Eligibility files
• Remittance files
• Assignment files
• Enterprise data warehouses
• Experience implementing enterprise data governance and data quality initiatives.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within public sector healthcare, county health systems, or safety-net hospitals.
• Experience supporting population health and health equity initiatives.
• Experience leading digital health transformation programs.
• Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards and enterprise healthcare architecture.
• Experience with budgeting, strategic planning, and organizational change management.