Palm Medical Centers (PMC) is seeking a visionary and strategic Director of Analytics to lead and expand our enterprise-wide healthcare analytics function. This individual will be instrumental in transforming data into meaningful insights that drive clinical, operational, and financial performance across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of healthcare data, strong leadership experience, and a strategic mindset to guide a high-performing analytics team and influence key decision-makers at all levels.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Provide strategic direction and oversight for all analytics initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and priorities.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of analysts, ensuring high performance and continued professional development.
Partner with senior leadership, clinical, operational, and IT teams to understand business needs and develop data-driven strategies. While clearly embracing a “first-class” service behavior to serve the needs of our internal customers.
Oversee the development of enterprise dashboards, KPIs, and reporting frameworks that support strategic planning and performance management.
Ensure the integrity, accuracy, and security of all data used in reporting and decision-making.
Lead advanced analytics initiatives, including predictive modeling, risk stratification, and AI/machine learning applications/efforts.
Standardize and scale analytics processes across departments for consistency and efficiency.
Identify opportunities for innovation through data, including new service lines, operational efficiencies, and improved patient outcomes.
Present high-level insights and recommendations to executive leadership in a compelling, business-focused manner via clear written and verbal communications.
Serve as a strategic advisor on regulatory reporting, risk adjustment, value-based care metrics, and payer relations.
Provide for quality control mechanisms for the work products the team produces.
Required Skills/Abilities:
Self-disciplined in continuous improvement cycles while enabling order in daily initiatives with competing priorities while maintaining core functions operational.
Thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to evolving business needs.
Advanced expertise in SQL, Microsoft Excel, and at least one business intelligence platform (Power BI, Tableau, etc.).
Experience managing teams and cross-functional analytics initiatives.
Strong knowledge of healthcare data sets (claims, EMR, HEDIS, risk adjustment, utilization, etc.) and file transfer / data warehousing needs.
Demonstrated success in using data to inform strategic decisions and drive operational outcomes.
Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
High attention to data governance, security, and HIPAA compliance.
Education/Experience:
7+ years of experience in healthcare analytics, data science, or business intelligence, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Deep understanding of Managed Care or Medicare Advantage highly preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Healthcare Informatics, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
Physical Demand:
Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
Majority of work is performed in a corporate office setting, indoors.