Analytics Portfolio Management Lead

Risant Health, a nonprofit affiliate of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, is transforming healthcare by accelerating the adoption of value-based care across community health systems. Headquartered in the Washington, DC area, Risant Health partners with nonprofit, community‑based systems—starting with Geisinger—to expand access to care that prioritizes health outcomes and affordability. Backed by nearly 80 years of Kaiser Permanente’s value‑based care expertise, Risant Health operates independently to support its portfolio of health systems with shared resources, strategic guidance, and operational support—while preserving their community roots.

• Portfolio Intake & Prioritization:
  Lead portfolio intake and prioritization across D&A pillars, ensuring alignment with business strategy. Serve as point of contact for new analytics requests, including adhoc requests from Risant leadership. Facilitate intake evaluation process including business impact assessment, effort estimation, and resource allocation recommendations.
• Portfolio Backlog & Roadmap Definition:
  Develop and maintain portfolio roadmap, working closely with analytic asset owners, business and clinical partners to translate complex business needs into roadmap components. Maintain roadmap through close partnership with analytics product managers / owners / program managers.
• Portfolio Optimization & Planning:
  Partner with analytic product managers / owners / program managers and D&A leadership to balance competing priorities and optimize overall portfolio value. Lead quarterly portfolio planning cycles, incorporating feedback from RHOs, VBP teams, and executive stakeholders. Incorporate updates into Risant Quarterly Business Review (Q ) and Monthly Business Review (M ) as needed, working closely with D&A leadership.
• Cross-Pillar Coordination & Continuous Improvement:
  Coordinate dependencies across each D&A pillar, helping resolve resource conflicts and priority misalignments. Drive continuous improvement in portfolio management processes, tooling, and governance structures.
• Cross-Functional Alignment:
  Serve as a liaison between D&A, clinical, business, and technical stakeholders in key forums (including VBP Product Governance “War Rooms”).
• Performance Monitoring:
  Establish and monitor portfolio-level KPIs including delivery velocity, resource utilization, business value delivered, and stakeholder satisfaction. Provide executive reporting on portfolio health, risks, and recommendations for strategic adjustments.
• Refine Analytics Strategy:
  Actively inform and refine Risant Health’s analytics strategy (including standards and approaches) for data sourcing and usage, measurement methodologies and analytics deployment based on evolving portfolio needs and industry trends.
• Vendor Management:
  In coordination with D&A and other functional leaders, help manage vendor relationships and provide oversight to their performance.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Data Science, Engineering, Health Informatics, or related field.
• Experience:
  
  Seven (7) years working with healthcare analytics or business intelligence functions in healthcare (payer, provider, health tech) with exposure to value-based care models in healthcare.
• Five (5) years in portfolio management, program management, product management, or analytics delivery in healthcare or related industry.
• Five (5) years demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, and coordinate complex initiatives across multiple work streams.
• Experience with common analytics platforms (Databricks, Tableau, Power BI).
• Familiarity with Total Cost of Care analytics, risk adjustment, clinical quality measures.

• Deep expertise in strategic portfolio management methodologies, agile delivery frameworks, and prioritization techniques, including ability to balance short-term delivery needs against long-term capability building.
• Strong understanding of healthcare analytics (including common data sources / standards and industry-standard analytic methodologies), value-based care…