Data Reporting and Analytics Consultant IV, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, SAS, R, Python Job Listing at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA (Job ID 3297967-2024-04-03)

Description

Job Summary:
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for contributing to the publication process by independently writing method and results sections with little review; documenting processes and decision points; and outlining procedures.

This position is also responsible for writing and compiling manuals; writing macros and distributable programs; creating advanced statistical models including identifying and addressing when assumptions have been violated; reviewing data for potential error, mistakes, and data quality issues; and breaking approved proposals into process steps.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; providing feedback to others; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; supporting team collaboration; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.


• Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensuring team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.


• Executes creative data analytic approaches leading to actionable outcomes by defining and calculating metrics to be analyzed; defining, calculating, and validating algorithms; and conducting analyses, including descriptive, correlational, inferential, and/or predictive statistics.


• Develops, implements, and automates business and reporting solutions by working with stakeholders in their design, planning, and implementation while ensuring consistency and coherency; evaluating and summarizing data and results; creating summary statistics; developing data reports, visualizations, and/or interactive Business Intelligence (BI) reports; reporting to stakeholders on key findings; identifying needs for the development and implementation of additional reporting solutions; and preparing documentation as appropriate.
  


• Interprets data analyses by applying findings to contextual settings; and developing insights, reports, and presentations telling a compelling story to stakeholders to enable and influence decision making; and providing context related to data interpretations and/or limitations as appropriate.
  


• Drives strategic data-informed decisions by consulting with clients to identify and clarify key business needs; developing outcomes and process measures; translating business requirements; determining data/information needs and data collection methods; developing analysis plans; measuring the impact of business decisions on clients, customers, and/or members; working with clients and staff to identify opportunities and methods to improve efficiencies with analysis; supporting and training end-users; and documenting processes and deliverables.


• Gathers data and information on targeted variables in an established systematic fashion by validating data sources; querying, merging, and extracting data across sources; completing routine data refresh and update; developing and/or delivering tools for electronic data collection; and providing user training, support, and documentation.


• Develops analytical and/or statistical models enabling informed business decisions by determining data and analytical requirements; creating models leading to actionable insights; and testing, refining, and validating models.


• Prepares data for analytic efforts by integrating and consolidating data; ensuring data quality and accuracy; profiling data inaccuracies and recommending process improvements or system changes to enhance overall quality of the data; and cleaning and creating final data set(s) for analysis.
  
  

• Minimum one (1) year medical or health analytics experience.


• Minimum three (3) years statistical modeling experience using SAS, R, or another advanced statistical package.


• Minimum one (1) year experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.


• Masters degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Public Health, Data Science, or related field and Minimum five (5) years experience in data analytics or a directly related field. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Internal or External Publication; Data Quality; Model Creation and Interpretation; Procedure Manuals and Documentation; Health Care Coding; Process Mapping; Program Writing; Negotiation; Business Planning; Written Communication; Data Extraction; Data Mining; Data Visualization Tools; Statistical Programming Language; Relational Database Management; Vendor Management; Project Management