Remote - Work from home - United States

Summary

We are seeking a seasoned professional for the role of Business Analytics Advisor within the Medicare Growth Analytics Team to assist our self-service analytics strategy. Reporting to the Growth Analytics Sr. Manager, this role will work with a team of professionals on setting and executing the vision for how our Medicare Growth team can lead Cigna to achieving its goals. This role involves data integration, modeling, and analytics efforts.  You will play a pivotal role in shaping our data strategy and delivering advanced solutions for key growth reports and strategic analyses. 

This position will blend creativity, analytical, and technical competencies, relentless problem solving, and business acumen to deliver solutions to our business partners.  This position requires expertise, vision, and a track record of success in supporting data-driven initiatives.

While this role is posted as a WFH position, strong preference will be given to candidates near our Medicare Hubs (Nashville, TN; Bloomfield, CT; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ)

Responsibilities

• Provides expert content and professional leadership on complex analytics assignments/projects.
• Exercises considerable creativity, foresight, and judgement in conceiving and delivering initiatives.
• Takes projects from beginning to end by managing variable tasks, stakeholder engagement and data review with limited supervision to meet targeted timelines.
• Analyzes results and presents data in a consumable method using high-level overviews, major takeaways, critical questions, and next steps. 
• Partners with other analytics and growth team members to make executive-level recommendations and align on strategy and plan.
• Partners with other analytics team members as well as growth team members to continuously improve department procedures.
• Partners with data engineering to ensure environment stability. 
• Act as a liaison – bridging the gap between end-users (business) and engineering teams – responsible for translating the business needs into technical requirements, ensuring clear communication, and understanding between both groups.
• Troubleshoots logic and data flow issues on Tableau self-service reports, including upstream data and logic integrity.
• Performs data validation analysis, including high level data quality/audit checks, process/logic/assumption documentation and ongoing monitoring and maintenance of solutions. 
• Maintains analytics skillset through an understanding of new technologies, automation techniques, and the ability to execute and apply new skills to day-to-day work.
• Identify and specify additional data necessary to execute innovative metrics required to understand underlying performance of annual initiatives.
• Compiles, prepares, and presents to stakeholders and leadership analytical results with identification, quantification, and prioritization of opportunities. Reports may include detailed competitor analysis, campaign performance, sales projections and related KPI’s, etc. 

Qualifications

Business Acumen

• Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Actuarial Science, Marketing, Economics, or Finance or equivalent work experience.  Post graduate degree (MBA, MSA, MSBA) strongly preferred.
• 5 or more years Data Analytics or Business Analytics experience required.
• Medicare experience preferred.
• Experience with Sales, Marketing, and/or growth analytics preferred, preferably in a health insurance business.

Soft Skills

• Genuine care for work – we seek someone who shows genuine interest in care in their work and its impact on the team and company. This means being fully engaged, taking ownership of tasks, and becoming committed to delivering the results that contribute to overall success.
• Acute attention to detail
• Proactive and thoughtful approach – an ability to anticipate needs, identify potential issues before they arise and proactively suggest improvements.
• Ability to work with a minimal level of guidance and direction.
• Ideal candidate will be self-motivated, curious, and driven by ideas. 
• Agile learner with the ability to develop and implement new processes and procedures. 
• Strong customer focus and track record of satisfied clients.
• Experience presenting results, directing conversations, and making recommendations.
• Ability to collaborate with others and establish working relationships, communicate effectively across the organization and at different levels.

Technical Skills

• 5 or more years of experience in the use of relational database concepts and applications.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of SQL, Ter