The Lead Data Science Analyst is a senior-most analyst, collaborating with stakeholders from across the organization to develop sophisticated analytics to provide information, insights and BI (Business Intelligence) solutions that contribute to sound strategic planning, decision-making, goal setting, and effective performance measurement. The Lead Data Science Analyst demonstrates sound and a more advanced understanding of the healthcare domain, technical data manipulation and analytic development skills and impact the patient community of the Mount Sinai Health System. Serves as mentor to others on the team and takes the lead role in project initiatives.

1. Responsible for the design and implementation of data-driven insights to enable value-based contracts and commercial offerings. S/he supports the contract lifecycle from initial development and planning, through pre-sale and implementation, to reconciliation.
2. During planning phase: analyzes variance to identify opportunities and risks; develops pro-forma scenario models of contracts and terms; creates reports to guide negotiations with prospects
3. During implementation: forecasts performance results and supports client-specific areas of interest.
4. During reconciliation: measures performance of our products across financial, patient satisfaction, and quality outcomes. Applies performance evaluation that fulfills contract terms and, when appropriate, the demands of rigorous outcomes research methodology.
5. Works with departmental staff to identify requirements for reporting and / or business intelligence tools.
6. Identifies necessary data and methodologies; collects, integrates, analyzes and interprets data.
7. Leverages advanced statistical analysis methods to create insightful recommendations and conclusions that are effectively communicated to assigned stakeholders.
8. Partners with and mentors junior data science analysts through the design and development of analytic deliverables.
9. Identifies and addresses expected and unforeseen data complexities to mitigate their impact on the analytic outcome and associated business decisions. Clearly communicates data issues to the recipients and works to improve data quality where possible within the analytical models created. Feeds data quality issues back to IT to assist in the objective of obtaining high quality data.
10. Develops and presents reports, analyses and findings to senior management and others as scheduled or requested.
11. Engages with the MSHP Managed Care Contracting and Commercialization teams and interface with key leaders in our care management and clinical service lines.
12. Acts as liaison/analyst for internal stakeholders, understands their needs and translate them into reporting and analytic solutions.
13. 4.Other relevant duties as assigned.

• Minimum of Masters degree in a relevant field of study; PhD degree preferred.
• 7-10 years of relevant experience, preferably working in a health plan or consulting actuarial, financial reporting or medical economics departments or healthcare provider analytics related to managed care contracting, population management, clinical or financial decision support, with at least 2 years experience building or leading the development of advanced statistical models.
• Strong data mining skills using tools like SQL, R, Python, SAS, etc.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to perform complex analysis and make recommendations based on statistical inferences. Experience with a wide variety of analytical or statistical methods.
• Strong working knowledge of Business Intelligence products (Tableau, SAS, MicroStrategy, etc.)
• Excellent oral and writing skills; ability to communicate effectively with varying audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate goals, plan and implement processes to achieve those goals, recognize and assess the implications of confounding variables, and meet deadlines.
• Advanced interpersonal (e.g., mediating, mentoring, teaching) skills required to service internal and external clients effectively.
• Self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to work independently, and to exercise independent judgment in developing complex techniques or programs in a dynamic environment.

Compensation Statement

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for this role is $128,390.00 - $185,400.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

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