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VP of Data & Analytics - NY

Data & Analytics
Ref: 243 Date Posted: Wednesday 08 Aug 2018

Are you a data and analytics expert who is driven to power an organizations capabilities by identifying solutions that can produce better quality, outcomes, and efficiencies? If so, Elevation Search Solutions’ client is seeking a VP of Data & Analytics and would love to speak with you! 

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Ensure adequate staffing of the Data & Analytics function by regularly measuring capacity of the team vs. demand from internal/external customer
  • Partner proactively with HR to drive effective recruiting of the staff
  • Act as a coach and mentor to create a world-class Analytics function
  • Maintain an agile organizational structure optimized to support the Data & Analytics internal & external customers. Ensure that the roles on the team are clearly defined and the expectation of the roles are clearly articulated
  • Foster a team environment where the Data & Analytics can achieve their professional goals
  • Prioritize the work of the Data & Analytics team with input from internal customers
  • Drive a consultative scoping process focused on delivering high value efficiently
  • Maintain a portfolio of the data science projects to ensure on time delivery and keep stakeholders aware of the status
  • Implement a Quality Management process to ensure the accuracy of the output of the team & to reduce rework
  • Represent the organization in client meetings to showcase their Analytics capabilities
  • Understand and/or uncover relevant uses cases in the payer industry for organization’s Data & Analytics capabilities
  • As appropriate, participate in the scoping and the delivery of Analytics requests for clients (such as ROI or Opportunity assessments)
  • Identify opportunities for organization to deliver new analytics solutions to clients
  • Identify opportunities to deliver internal analytics solutions across the delivery of our services (targeting, engagement, treatment, post-treatment)
  • Maintain and deliver on the Analytics roadmap
  • Work with Product & Technology as appropriate to “platformize” the relevant analytics solutions (e.g dashboards, etc.)
  • Participate in strategy sessions to derive a long term Analytics roadmap
  • Maintain & engage a board of outside advisors and contacts to inform organization’s Data & Analytics strategy
  • Formulate organization’s Data & Analytics unique asset and the path to build the asset

What You Will Need To Have:

  • 10+ Years of progressive excellence in large-scale engineering, statistical/predictive modeling, machine learning, team leadership, and analytic consulting
  • Must be comfortable interfacing at the senior executive level
  • Prior Healthcare Data Analytics experience a requirement
  • Experience leading and building out world class B2B or B2C data products
  • Master's or equivalent work experience in Statistics, Machine Learning, Measurement Science, NLP
  • Collaborative, detail-oriented mind-set coupled with the ability to define and shape original research agendas is required, as evidenced by a strong track record of value creation with quantifiable economic value
  • Experience with Data Science in AWS or other cloud computing platforms preferred
  • Experience working with modern data-science/machine learning technologies
  • Client facing experience