Sr. Data Analyst (HPM - Health Economics)

This position supports a portfolio of health policy and health economics research projects in collaboration with faculty at the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy, the Hopkins Housing and Health Collaborative, and the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative to manage, analyze, and interpret large healthcare datasets, including Medicaid, Medicare, commercial, and all-payer claims.

We are seeking a Sr. Data Analyst who will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing a plan to translate data into insights. The Sr. Data Analyst will provide expertise in data analysis and illustrations to articulate and monitor programs, projects, and general business success. The Sr. Data Analyst will serve as a data consultant to the assigned area and to provide complex analysis and reporting on various outcomes.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Align assessment strategy with strategic objectives and goals.
• Translate data into insights to be used to support positive and enhanced outcomes.
• Collaborate with leadership to plan and implement assessment activities, including consultation on data collection, data analysis, reporting of assessment outcomes, and using results to improve programs and services.
• Prepare an annual assessment report to summarize findings across the school/division.
• Lead the design of clean, impactful, user-friendly data visualizations supporting strategic goals.
• Communicate findings compellingly and visually through dashboards, reports, briefing decks, stories, scorecards, executive briefings, etc. for different audiences using software like Power BI and Tableau.
• Provide insights on data patterns and trends, make strategic recommendations from analysis.
• Design and build data visualizations from concept to data analysis to the final step of visualization, informed by principles of good data storytelling.
• Collect and analyze various complex data and information; in collaboration with others, perform statistical analysis and summarize findings inapplicable reports or other communication mediums.
• Use data visualization techniques to distill and clarify complex processes or data sets.
• Conduct quality assurance and review of all data visualizations to ensure accuracy, usability, and adherence to existing branding and style guidelines.
• Create and maintain a library or repository of analysis documents, slides, and links to dashboards.
• Work with leadership to develop an efficient system for planning and administering surveys to minimize survey fatigue and maximize the collection of actionable data.
Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

• Perform data intake and cleaning tasks on large administrative datasets (e.g., insurance claims).
• Use advanced statistical and programming software (e.g., SAS, Stata, SQL, R, Python) to conduct exploratory and hypothesis-driven data analysis.
• Solve complex data problems using appropriate methodologies for analyses (e.g., advanced regression modeling, econometrics).
• Collaborate with faculty on data visualizations, data interpretation, and manuscript preparation.
• Support the mentorship of junior data analyst colleagues.
  

• Bachelor’s Degree.

• Five years of related experience.

• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
  

• Master’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Public Health, or a related field preferred.
  

Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications

• Advanced knowledge of analysis software such as Power BI, Tableau, Excel.
• Understanding of relational and dimensional data models and structures.
• Experience working with querying tools such as SQL, Python, R Data.
  

Technical Skills and Expected Level of Proficiency

• Data Analysis - Developing
• Data Collection and Reporting - Developing
• Data Tools and Platforms - Developing
• Data Validation and Quality Assurance - Developing
• Information Gathering - Developing
• Oral and Written communications - Developing
• Project Management - Developing
• Strategic Thinking - Developing
  

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Sr. Data Analyst
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am – 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health
Department name: Health Economics
Personnel area: School of Public Health