About Virta:
Virta Health is leading the charge to transform diabetes care and reverse the type 2 diabetes epidemic. Current approaches to treatment are ineffective, with over half of US adults suffering from either type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Virta is on a mission to change this by helping individuals reverse type 2 diabetes through innovative technology, personalized nutrition, and a... complete reinvention of virtual care delivery. They have secured over $350 million in funding from top-tier investors and collaborate with major health plans, employers, and government organizations to help their members regain their health and live diabetes-free. Join Virta in their mission to reverse diabetes in 100 million people by 2025.
About the Role:
Senior Data Analyst/Scientist
At Virta, data and analytics play a pivotal role in optimizing product and workflows to enhance company KPIs and demonstrate the value of the Virta Treatment to customers. They collect and organize various forms of patient data from internal and external sources to generate insightful analyses. Virta is seeking a senior data analyst/scientist with substantial experience in healthcare data to assist in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to generate insights and reports that can further enhance Virta's performance.
Responsibilities:
• Execute I&A strategic plan to maximize Virta's ability to leverage data for actionable insights to improve company performance.
• Generate reports, some in Looker, on KPIs, optimizing and automating where possible.
• Actively participate in squad-level projects, including product and workflow redesign experimentation, offering advice on optimizing the design through thoughtful analyses.
• Operate in an agile manner, prioritizing resource allocation to projects of the highest importance.
• Develop pipelines translating claims, clinical, and engagement data from the warehouse to inform experimentation and other analytic needs.
• Proactively identify and pragmatically solve challenges, including data imperfections.
• Lead cross-functional analytics meetings to keep stakeholders informed of relevant KPIs and experiment outcomes.
• Support other I&A functions as needed.
90 Day Plan:
Within your first 90 days at Virta, you will:
• Become familiar with I&A's tools, the Virta product/workflow and how things work at Virta
• Partner with product teams to design, implement, and analyze product experiments, inform product roadmap by estimating KPI impact of future product initiatives
• Provide analytics support for the Squad, including reporting, Looker dashboard and experimentation design
• Provide analytics support to our various business units to answer questions about our business, patients, outcomes, etc.
• Teach and inspire your team members through knowledge sharing, pair programming, and/or giving feedback during code reviews
Requirements:
You should have:
• 10+ years in a Healthcare Analytics, BI, Data Science or similar role
• 7+ years working with healthcare administrative data experience (claims, clinical outcomes, population health, etc.)
• Have a bias for action with a natural orientation toward agile analyses
• Able to influence senior decision makers. Some experience managing staff
• Led projects from start to finish, working with multiple stakeholders, of diverse levels of analytic capabilities.Â
• Comfortable working with imperfect data and dynamic environments with ambiguities and shifting priorities
• Proficient in SQL and relational databases. Familiarity with data capture, ETL, validation, and test methods to standardize and automate analyses.
• Familiarity with EHR, working knowledge of FHIR data structures
• Experience using varied statistical methods using Python, R or similar
• Some experience building BI dashboards, using tools like Looker, Tableau, Power BI
• Ability to partner with the Data Infrastructure teams to inform infrastructure roadmap to best support your work
• Experience working with cross-functional business partners to understand analytics or reporting needs
Nice to Have:
Additional qualifications that would be beneficial include:
• Advanced degree (M.PH/M.S./PhD) in Data Science, Stats, Actuarial science or similar
• Expertise with EHR, working knowledge of FHIR data structures
• Experience working at a technology company, bonus points for working at a “full-stack†company or marketplace where there is a complex relationship between different types of usersÂ
• Proficient in Looker, Airflow, Jupyter, Pandas
• Proficient in building BI dashboards
• Experience calculating cost savings or economic impact of a value based program
Values-Driven Culture:
Virta's company values guide their culture, and you will thrive if:
• You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally
• You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others to do the same
• You prioritize positive impact over busy work
• You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table regardless of experience
• You appreciate transparency and promote trust and empowerment through open access of information
• You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma
• You take risks and rapidly iterate
Please note that as part of your responsibilities at Virta, you may encounter sensitive patient information governed by HIPAA. Throughout your tenure at Virta, you will be expected to adhere to Virta's security and privacy procedures to safeguard patient information. Security and privacy training will be provided.
Virta follows a location-based compensation structure. Starting pay will depend on various factors and be commensurate with your qualifications and experience. For this role, the compensation range is $177,794 to $199,690. Detailed information about Virta's benefits in our Careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers
Temple GA USA