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Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Data Reporting and Analytics Consultant 4 - Biostatistics

Data ScienceUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timePleasanton, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least one year of medical or health analytics experience is required.
  • At least three years of statistical modeling experience using SAS, R, or another advanced statistical package is required.
  • At least one year of experience in a leadership role, with or without direct reports, is required.
  • A master's degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Public Health, Data Science, or a related field and at least five years of experience in data analytics or a directly related field are required; additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may substitute for the degree requirement.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the publication process by independently writing methods and results sections with little review, documenting processes and decision points, and outlining procedures.
  • Write and compile manuals, write macros and distributable programs, create advanced statistical models and identify and address violated assumptions, review data for potential errors and data quality issues, and break approved proposals into process steps.
  • Provide coworkers and customers with information, resources, advice, and expertise; build cross-functional stakeholder relationships; influence others through technical explanations and examples; adapt to competing demands and responsibilities; seek and respond to performance feedback; provide feedback to others; execute plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; support team collaboration; and adapt and learn from change and feedback.
  • Apply subject-area expertise to assignments and business-specific projects; support work plans aligned with business priorities and deadlines; ensure the team follows procedures and policies; coordinate resources; collaborate cross-functionally on business decisions; solve complex problems; escalate high-priority issues or risks; and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Define, calculate, and validate metrics and algorithms, and conduct descriptive, correlational, inferential, and/or predictive statistical analyses to produce actionable outcomes.
  • Design, plan, implement, and automate business and reporting solutions with stakeholders; evaluate and summarize data and results; create summary statistics, data reports, visualizations, and/or interactive Business Intelligence reports; report key findings to stakeholders; identify additional reporting needs; and prepare documentation.
  • Interpret analyses in context and develop insights, reports, and presentations that communicate findings to stakeholders and inform decisions, including explaining data interpretations and limitations.
  • Consult with clients to clarify business needs; develop outcomes and process measures; translate business requirements; determine data and information needs and collection methods; develop analysis plans; measure the impact of decisions on clients, customers, and/or members; identify efficiency improvements with clients and staff; support and train end users; and document processes and deliverables.
  • Validate data sources; query, merge, and extract data across sources; refresh and update data; develop and/or deliver electronic data-collection tools; and provide user training, support, and documentation.
  • Determine analytical and data requirements; create analytical and/or statistical models that generate actionable insights; and test, refine, and validate models.
  • Integrate and consolidate data, ensure data quality and accuracy, profile inaccuracies, recommend process improvements or system changes, and clean and create final datasets for analysis.

Desired Qualifications

  • One year of authorship experience in medical or scientific journals.
  • One year of statistical consulting experience.
  • Two years of project management experience.
  • Three years of experience working with SQL.
  • Three years of study design experience.
  • Three years of experience working with SAS.
  • Three years of experience working with data visualization tools.
  • Three years of experience working with quality management and data profiling tools.
  • Three years of experience working with Tableau.
  • Three years of machine learning experience.
  • Three years of complex event modeling experience.
  • Three years of experience working with open-source tools such as R or Python.
  • Three years of experience working with data extraction and manipulation languages.
  • Three years of statistical modeling experience.
  • Two years of experience delivering presentations to management.
  • Three years of experience working with statistical analysis software.
  • Three years of experience working with business intelligence tools.
  • A doctorate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Social/Physical/Life Science, Business, or a related field.
  • One year of experience implementing transition or change management.
  • Three years of deep learning experience.

About the Company

Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Kaiser Permanente runs an integrated healthcare platform that lets members manage and pay medical, premium, and pharmacy bills online. It serves Medicare Advantage, Individual and Family, and non-employer plans, offering options to pay as a guest or set up payment plans. The platform works by presenting a centralized online portal where users can view bills, choose how to pay, and handle multiple types of charges in one place. Revenue comes from premiums and medical services fees, while the service aims to reduce administrative work for both providers and patients and encourage on-time payments. What sets Kaiser Permanente apart is its combination of healthcare services with a single billing experience across multiple plan types, focusing on a user-friendly, centralized payment process rather than handling billing through separate systems. Its goal is to provide a straightforward, reliable way for members to manage and pay their bills, improving convenience and payment timeliness.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$7.5M
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Founded
1945

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