[Hiring] Lead Healthcare Data Analyst at Sentara Health
Job Overview
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Date PostedFebruary 2, 2026
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Location
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Expiration date--
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Experience5 Years
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GenderBoth
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hiringOrganization
Sentara Health
Job Description
Overview
The Healthcare Data Analyst Lead provides data analysis support to the customer by assisting with the development of reports and/or dashboards to monitor program and operational performance. Promotes self-service analytics for customer adoption, understanding and use of data. Supports design of programmatic analyses and reporting capabilities in addition to business requirement definition for new analyses and performs ad-hoc analysis as directed. This position supports data quality and data stewardship functions to maintain data accuracy and identify new metrics. As a subject matter expert, the Healthcare Data Analyst Lead uses analytic skills to offer data-driven conclusions and recommendations to business partners.
As an integrated health system, Sentara delivers analytics across a wide variety of domains, including payer functions, ambulatory, acute & post-acute care and support functions.
Works directly with internal customers and external provider partners.
In addition to on-boarding new team members, and providing guidance and mentorship to junior analysts, the Healthcare Data Analyst Lead will oversee project work from inception to delivery.
The subject matter expertise required will vary based on the specific opening, but include the following:
- Medical expense and trends
- Quality including HEDIS reporting, interventions, and STAR ratings
- Clinical gaps and adherence
- Network Management contracting and pay-for-performance/value-based measures
- State and Federal regulatory reporting
- Employer groups reporting and client ad-hoc reporting related to clinical and financial services
- Population health reporting & analysis
- Risk, member/patient stratification, member/patient segmentation, quality, provider scoring, and cost savings
- Predictive analytics
- Ambulatory, acute & post-acute quality, clinical performance, and operations reporting & analysis
- Quality & performance benchmarking
- Research data & analytic support
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree (Required)
Certification/Licensure
- No specific certification or licensure requirements
Experience
- 5 years of experience in Data Analysis (Required)
- Experience in statistics, population management & financial analysis
- Knowledge of SQL and Tableau
- Excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills
- Problem Solving
- Consultative Engagement Skills