Business Analytics Advisor- Medicare

Cigna Supplemental Benefits (CSB) provides peace-of-mind and financial security for more than 800,000 policyholders of all ages through Medicare Supplement and Supplemental Health and Life (SHL) products.

Our environment is fast paced, the work is meaningful and intense, and our performance expectations are high.

The ideal candidate will leverage their creative data insights and advanced analytics skills to shape the strategy of Cigna Supplemental Benefits, making recommendations across both the finance and operational lines of business.

The Business Analytics Advisor will be responsible for leading critical analytical work that supports CSB (Cigna Supplemental Benefits).

They will work closely with CSB leadership and their teams to deeply understand the business problems at hand, develop analytical models/insights and build compelling business cases presentations that positively influence go forward strategy.

This role will be highly visible, and the individual will be a critical thought partner to the organizations that they directly support.

Key Job Functions


* Extract knowledge/insights from disparate data sources to create insights and trends


* Leverage a data first approach to identify critical business trends and insights to make specific actionable recommendations.


* Combine data and business acumen to make strategic recommendations to leadership


* Make recommendations for process changes based on identified gaps that could lead to exposure for CSB


* Build machine learning models from design through training, evaluation and implementation


* Manage large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.


* Interpret internal or external issues and recommend solutions/best practices.


* Solve complex problems; take a broad perspective to identify solutions.


* Identify and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve program objectives.


* Communicate regularly with senior leadership team on emerging trends

Qualifications


* Bachelor's Degree in statistics, mathematics, physics, economics, or other analytical or quantitative discipline.

Master's Degree or PhD preferred.


* 5+ years of experience in data analytics and/or data modeling


* Extract and manipulate large healthcare data using data analytics tools such as Databricks, SAS, SQL, R, Python, Teradata, etc- must have experience in one of these.


* Hands on experience with both traditional and open source tools:
+ SAS
+ Databricks
+ SQL
+ Python/R
+ Pytorch/Tensorflow


* Develop actionable insights and present results to non-technical business partners and stakeholders to drive the decision-making process


* Demonstrated analytic strength related to healthcare data analytics


* Handle personal and confidential information with high degree of integrity.


* Highly organized and detail oriented.


* Solid research and ...