Lead Vizient Data Analyst/Business Intelligence Architect

The Lead Vizient Data Analyst plays a critical role in transforming complex healthcare data into meaningful insights that drive strategic decision-making and performance improvement across UI Health Care. This position is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and usability of Vizient Clinical Data Base (CDB) data, and for delivering comprehensive analyses that highlight both opportunities and successes.

This role leads the development of data-driven insights that inform executive leadership, clinical departments, and operational teams. The Lead Vizient Data Analyst will guide the analytics team in producing high-impact reports and dashboards and will collaborate across departments to ensure insights are translated into measurable action. 

This position is eligible for remote work within Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location. 

Position Responsibilities

• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of Vizient data submissions and outputs.
• Conduct in-depth analyses to identify performance trends, benchmark comparisons, and improvement opportunities.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for clinical and operational leaders.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and reports that support strategic Vizient initiatives.
• Lead and mentor team members in best practices for healthcare analytics and data storytelling.
• Collaborate with leadership to prioritize focus areas and track progress on improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Vizient data methodologies and performance metrics.
  

Health Care Information Systems (HCIS) provides and supports information and communication systems and technology that facilitate quality patient care, progressive medical education, and innovative research.

HCIS services University of Iowa Health Care by providing comprehensive, high-level support for patient care delivery, internal and external communication, technology innovation, medical education, and research. Creating and maintaining a positive, productive, and rewarding environment for information technology and communication staff

• Pay Grade:  5B - https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/professional-and-scientific-pay-structure
• Salary: $82,073.00
• University of Iowa offers a generous benefits package, including 24 days paid vacation per year to start and paid sick leave. Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefits
• Percent of Time:  100%
• Location: Remote 
• Staff Type: Professional & Scientific
• Type of Position: Regular

Education Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related discipline