Senior Clinical and Population Health Analyst – Social Health Analytics

Company : Highmark Health Job Description : JOB SUMMARY This role delivers high-impact analytics and insights focused on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) to support enterprise strategy and population health initiatives. The position contributes to the development and evolution of enterprise SDOH dashboards and self-service analytic tools, with a focus on analytical rigor, scalability, and alignment to high-value use cases. The incumbent serves as a consultative analytic partner to the Enterprise SDOH team, collaborating to refine analytic questions and translate complex needs into clear, actionable analytic approaches. As reporting capabilities mature, this role will support advanced analysis of varied and multilevel data in exploratory, evaluative, and research-adjacent analytic work, and development of insights that inform program design and strategic decision-making. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Supports and leads the design, development, execution, dissemination and interpretation of clinical and population health analyses, metrics and reports using clinical, member, financial and administrative data to identify, develop and/or monitor actionable opportunities for improving health and healthcare outcomes and clinical quality and costs of care, efficiently and effectively managing projects to successful completion. Establishes strong, collaborative and effective relationships and communication with internal and external clinical, administrative, operational, financial and technical stakeholders to ensure analytics are actionable and aligned with organizational strategic priorities, needs, plans and resources. Serves as a strategic business partner to internal and external stakeholders as demonstrated by providing thought leadership and subject matter expertise. Provides consultative, technical, subject matter and business expertise mentorship to colleagues across the enterprise. Other duties as assigned or requested. EDUCATION Required Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Nursing, Economics, Health Sciences, Informatics, Biostatistics, Statistics, Epidemiology or Pharmacy or closely related field Substitutions None Preferred Master's Degree in Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, Economics, Health Sciences, Informatics, Biostatistics, Statistics, Epidemiology, Pharmacy or related field EXPERIENCE Required 5 years of leading the design, execution and dissemination of clinical and population health reporting, analyses and studies of progressive scope and complexity 5 years with coding languages, analytical software, systems, tools and processes using claims, clinical, enrollment and provider data 3 years of project leadership in a complex, matrixed environment (payer and/or provider preferred) 3 years of providing analytical consultation to clinical, administrative, operational and financial stakeholders Preferred Applied experience analyzing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) data Experience developing analytic applications or dashboards (e.g., RShiny, Tableau) to support self-service analytics Experience partnering with stakeholders to refine and prioritize analytic questions in ambiguous problem spaces LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS Required None Preferred None SKILLS Demonstrated record of data-driven discovery, intense intellectual curiosity, and a passion for working with data to answer important questions about clinical care and population health that drive the Quadruple Aim Strong working knowledge of coding languages, relational databases, quantitative and qualitative analytic methodologies, advanced analytics and statistics Excellent communication and facilitation skills with project team members, stakeholders, executives, and external customer, exceptional written and oral presentation skills, proven ability to communicate interpersonally and technically with technical and non-technical, and internal and external audiences, and the ability to lead through influence Healthcare industry expertise and experience, knowledge about the shifting healthcare environment including trends concerning health insurance, healthcare delivery, provider relationships and regulatory issues Sophisticated knowledge of how organizations work and how to get things done through formal and informal channels Exhibition of perseverance through energy, drive and demonstrated success when resistance or setbacks are encountered In-depth understanding of and experience with both clinical and business processes, and the ability to identify opportunities for improvement and develop solutions Demonstrated ability to informally lead matrixed teams of technical, clinical, administrative, financial and operational staff to achieve shared organizational objectives and strategic goals Language (Other than English): None Travel Requirement: 0% - 25% PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS Position Type Office-based Teaches / trains others regularly Frequently Travel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-s

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