Network Analytics Leader

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Lead the delivery of high-quality analytics to support health plans and providers, while fostering a culture of accountability and mentoring within a collaborative team environment.
Your Quest: Help make a big difference in healthcare access At Quest Analytics our team members can fulfill their quest to work in an innovative, collaborative, challenging, and flexible environment supportive of personal growth every day. The team is driven to make healthcare more accessible for all Americans. Network Analytics Leader is responsible for aligning, directing, and overseeing the delivery of high-quality data, analytics, and insights that support Quest Analytics’ strategic objectives and meet the operational and strategic needs of health plan and provider clients. This role owns the analytic methodology, data integrity, feasibility assessment, and execution of analytics solutions across the organization. This role serves as the primary analytics partner to Product, Sales, Client Services, and Network teams, ensuring that analytics efforts are prioritized appropriately, delivered with rigor, and governed consistently. In addition to hands-on analytic leadership, this role is responsible for managing, coaching, and mentoring junior, senior, and team lead analysts, fostering strong analytical standards, professional development, and a culture of accountability and collaboration. What you'll do:
  • Client & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Serve as the primary analytics point of contact to gather, interpret, and refine analytic needs from clients, Sales, Product, Client Services, and internal stakeholders.
  • Act as a principal liaison to data governance, reporting, and analytics platform teams to ensure alignment and consistency.
  • Participate in client conversations and internal planning meetings to ensure analytics outputs directly support strategic and operational decision-making.
  • Translate complex client questions into clear analytic problem statements, methodologies, and actionable insights.

  • Analytics Leadership & Delivery
  • Own the delivery of high-quality analytics, dashboards, and insights that are accurate, consistent, scalable, and actionable.
  • Establish and enforce standards for analytic rigor, data visualization, storytelling, and executive-level communication.
  • Develop and maintain rigorous quality assurance processes to ensure analytic integrity across all deliverables.
  • Ensure data integrity, availability, and consistency across real-time, historical, trended, and predictive analytics.
  • Proactively identify data quality risks and opportunities for enhancement and drive remediation efforts

  •  Collaboration with Product & Innovation Teams
  • Partner with Product teams to support early-stage product concepts by:
  • o    Assessing data availability, analytic feasibility, and methodological soundness
  • o    Providing feasibility and scalability guidance for proposed measures, insights, and workflows
  • Serve as the analytics owner for feasibility reviews of product concepts prior to prototyping and development.
  • Support product discovery and innovation efforts with analytic expertise while maintaining analytic governance and standards.
  • Collaborate with Product leadership to align analytic capacity and priorities with innovation initiatives and client commitments.

  • Governance, Prioritization & Alignment
  • Own analytic methodology, definitions, and governance for metrics, measures, and reporting frameworks across the organization.
  • Serve as the final analytic governance body for new measures or indicators introduced through innovation or client-driven requests.
  • Partner with Product and leadership teams to jointly prioritize analytics work, balancing innovation support with core client deliverables.
  • Maintain a clear, documented backlog of analytics initiatives and support transparent prioritization decisions.

  • Executive Communication & Influence
  • Create and present executive-level summaries and presentations for senior leadership and clients.
  • Synthesize complex analyses into compelling narratives that inform strategy, investment decisions, and operational actions.
  • Influence cross-functional leaders through data-driven insights and clear recommendations.
  • What you will need:
  • Master’s degree in information systems, Public Health, Business, or a healthcare-related field preferred
  • 7+ years of progressive experience in healthcare analytics, preferably within payer or provider environments
  • Deep understanding of payer business models, provider networks, and healthcare analytics
  • Demonstrated experience leading and managing analytics teams across multiple levels
  • Strong experience with payer and provider data, performance measures, and network analytics
  • Expertise in data visualization, analytics platforms, and business intelligence tools
  • Proven ability to translate business objectives into analytic strategies and deliverables
  • Experience working in cloud-based analytics environments and modern data platforms preferred
  • Familiarity with data governance, metric standardization, and enterprise analytics frameworks preferred
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, particularly with non-technical and executive audiences
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and complex initiatives simultaneously
  • Experience using two or more of the following technologies: Databricks, Snowflake, SQL, Python, Expert level Excel
  • What you’ll appreciate:
    •Workplace flexibility – you choose between remote, hybrid or in-office
    •Company paid employee medical, dental and vision
    •Competitive salary and success sharing bonus
    •Flexible vacation with no cap, plus sick time and holidays
    •An entrepreneurial culture that won’t limit you to a job description
    •Being listened to, valued, appreciated -- and having your contributions rewarded
    •Enjoying your work each day with a great group of people
     
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    About Quest Analytics
    For more than 20 years, we’ve been improving provider network management one groundbreaking innovation at a time. 90% of America’s health plans use our tools, including the eight largest in the nation. Achieve your personal quest to build a great career here. 
     
    Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

    Preferred work locations are within one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (outside of Chicago proper), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming.
     
    Quest Analytics provides equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. We are committed to creating and maintaining a workforce environment that is free from any form of discriminations or harassment. 
     
    Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

    Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence [email protected]

    NOTE: Staffing agencies, headhunters, recruiters, and/or placement agencies, please do not contact our hiring managers directly. We are not currently working with additional outside agencies at this time.
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    Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

    • Health Insurance: Company paid employee medical, dental and vision
    • Paid Time Off: Flexible vacation with no cap, plus sick time and holidays
    • Remote-Friendly: Workplace flexibility – you choose between remote, hybrid or in-office

    95% of US health plans—and CMS and state regulators—count on our provider network management solutions to improve network adequacy and directory accuracy.

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