Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Digital Technology Services (DTS) Lead Data Analyst is responsible for translating and programming vast amounts of data into understandable, relevant and actionable information. Interfacing with business units (finance, HR, etc.) across the Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) network, will use expertise to provide business insights, design and deliver reports, and drive self-service reporting capabilities across the organization. Critical to be actively engaged in developing and promoting effective data governance through documentation and adherence of standards to assure that the information produced and provided by the Analytics team is accurate and trusted as the source of truth.

This position is a remote role and requires travel to our Edison NJ location for quarterly meetings. 

A day in the life of a Digital Technology Services (DTS) Lead Data Analyst at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Responsible for identifying, understanding, acquiring, merging, and transforming data from centralized data warehouse.
• Partner with business unit teams to understand operational needs, recommend solutions, assure compliance.
• Translate data needs of the business and work with data engineers or architects to build processes and tools that help automate effective data delivery and reduce resource utilization and redundancy.
• Engage in the overall data governance of the organization and take an active role in the development, documentation and on-going maintenance of a data governance operation.
• Develop effective auditing and validation processes between the source systems and the centralized data warehouse to assure accurate and timely availability of data.
• Develop, test, and deliver reports and extracts from the centralized data warehouse using appropriate Business Intelligence (BI) tools.
• Constantly look for better ways of solving technical problems and designing solutions while not being afraid of challenging the status quo.
• Mentor and coach the broader Analytics Delivery team.
• Hands on and engage in coding to help team to develop solutions and solve all surfacing problems at hand.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, and/or applicable advanced technical certificate, and/or four (4) plus years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 4-7 years of experience working in a Business Analyst or Data Analyst role.
• Demonstrated skills in Coding (SQL) and Business Intelligence products (i.e. Looker, PowerBI, Tableau, QLik, etc.).
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite (i.e. Excel/Sheets).
• Healthcare system knowledge.
• Experience with unstructured datasets.
• Attention to detail and ability to think critically.
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts.
• Knowledge of the agile work process.
• A desire to learn and intellectually curious.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Master's / PhD in computer science or related.
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience working in data analyst role. 

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!