Data Science and Insights Associate (Hybrid - NJ Office 2 days per week)

Who We Are:

Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) provides care communities access, solutions, and insights to help them run their businesses more effectively. Our members include post-acute providers across the care continuum, including long-term care, home infusion, specialty pharmacies, senior living, and other group living facilities. Our team of associates is passionate about our common mission of helping people age with grace and championing our core values of being Curious Learners, Selfless Advocates, and Relentless Finishers.

Who we’re looking for: (Job Summary)

You’re engaged and self-motivated with a superior analytical approach to solving problems, constantly driving for improvement and innovation. Your strong communication and organizational skills make you an excellent team player that adds meaningful contributions to our collaborative and fast-paced work environment. As curious learners, we question the status quo and so should you.

This position provides strong analytical and technical support to the Trade team who manage all product contracts across all business segments. This will primarily be achieved by gathering, transforming, and integrating multiple data sets to attain analytics that drive action. The Data Science and Insights Associate will be responsible for performing quantitative analysis to model impact to profitability and growth.

You will be responsible for designing, managing, and implementing regular commercial model reporting and analysis. The incumbent will collaborate with the Finance, Contracting, and Sales teams to perform both routine and ad hoc analysis to gain insights. Additionally, you will conduct market research to present in depth analysis in a clear, concise, and comprehensible fashion. The Data Science and Insights Associate will encompass a combination of technical and analytical skills to drive insightful report generation in a timely and efficient manner.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Strategic Insight & Decision Support

• Use data analysis and business intelligence tools to provide actionable insights that guide the Trade leadership team decision-making process.

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Develop and maintain regular statistical reports that track key business metrics such as sales performance, customer behavior, and market trends.

KPI Management

• Regularly monitor and track trade-specific KPIs (e.g., sales growth, profitability, customer acquisition) to ensure that they meet the established thresholds.

Strategic Business Understanding & Communication

• Identify the key factors influencing business performance and provide insights into how these factors affect the overall business.

Market Research & Business Intelligence

• Conduct thorough market research to gather insights

Opportunity Evaluation & Business Growth

• Evaluate new business opportunities and present key findings to leadership

Digital Transformation & Technology Integration

• Assist in driving digital transformation of business analytics

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication

• Collaborate with various departments (e.g., marketing, finance, operations) to understand their data needs and provide analytical support

What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor's degree in any of the STEM/CS disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, including Computer Science
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Business Analytics and modeling.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills with attention to detail.
• Understand fundamental models and methods of analytics, and how/when to apply them.
• Working knowledge and functional literacy in critical statistical modeling strategies to maximize impact.
• Skilled in statistical analysis using preferred languages (e.g., Python, SQL, R).
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Power Query and DAX for designing, developing, and optimizing complex Power BI reports, dashboards, and data visualizations.
• Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics and/or Microsoft Fabric is highly desirable.
• Ability to write complex queries using SQL against multiple data sets preferred.
• Hands-on experience with 1st-party and 3rd-party healthcare datasets pertaining to market access, distribution, and utilization (e.g., drug distribution, dispensing, claims data, formularies) preferred.

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