Principal Strategic Planning Analyst

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The Principal Strategic Planning Analyst serves as a technical analytics resource supporting strategic planning and decision-making. The role acquires, integrates, validates, models, and maintains claims, demographic, state, and other key datasets while ensuring data integrity. Partners with the Sr. BI Developer and cross-functional teams to develop dashboards, reporting solutions, data models, analytical tools, and automated processes. Supports scalable analytics capabilities and the continuous enhancement of enterprise strategic planning data assets.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company’s discretion.

• Required
  - Bachelor's in computer science, management information systems (MIS), business, data analytics, or related field.
• Preferred
  - Master's in Health Administration (MHA), business administration (MBA), data analytics (MSDA), or related field.

• Required - 5 years of progressive experience in a business intelligence (BI) role. or
• Required - 3 years of progressive experience in a BI role with a master’s degree in computer science or related field. and
• Required - 3 years experience in coding (SQL, Python), AI/ML (PyTorch, Tensor Flow), and data warehouse management (Snowflake, Databricks, etc.) and
• Preferred - 3 years experience as a business analyst, using SQL for daily tasks, creating reports and visualization using OBIEE, Tableau, Crystal. and
• Preferred - 3 years experience working in healthcare.
• Preferred - 1 year in data analytics, claims analytics, and enterprise project management, or oncology data analytics

• Advanced knowledge of database structures, data management, data integration, and business intelligence principles.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and relational database concepts.
• Experience with Power BI, Sigma, Tableau, or similar reporting and visualization platforms.
• Experience with Python, R, or other analytical programming languages preferred.
• Knowledge of data extraction, transformation, automation, and workflow optimization techniques.
• Understanding of data warehouse concepts, data governance practices, and data quality management.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot data issues, reporting discrepancies, and system integration challenges.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and documentation.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience working with healthcare claims data, demographic data, market intelligence platforms, and operational datasets preferred.

• Partners with the Strategic Planning Analytics and Insights team and leadership to define data, reporting, modeling, and technical analytics requirements.
• Collaborates with the Sr.…