A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The University of Michigan Health System is home to multiple Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQIs) coordinating centers which seek to address some of the most common, complex, and costly areas of surgical and medical care. With funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), the CQIs work collaboratively with health care providers throughout Michigan to collect data to a centralized registry. The data are analyzed and shared to identify processes that lead to improved delivery of care and outcomes, and guide quality improvement interventions.

The Obstetric Initiative (OBI) is a CQI working with over 65 Michigan hospitals. OBI is working to address variation in obstetric care with a first initiative of supporting vaginal birth and safely lowering the cesarean delivery rate among low-risk patients. We are looking for a team-oriented person to join our team in the role of Senior Data Analyst.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.  Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Data Analytics 

• Perform descriptive and model-based analyses to support OBI?s clinical and quality improvement projects.
• Identifying the analytic needs of quality improvement questions?when posed in non-statistical terms?and designing analyses that provide meaningful, actionable answers.
• Explain complex statistical techniques verbally and in writing for non-technical audiences. 
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians and administrators, to complete complex projects. 
• Adhere to team-standardized coding practices and maintain clear, well-documented README files to ensure reproducibility and support ongoing process improvement.
• Manage data from multiple sources with high integrity and reproducibility
• Apply appropriate analytic approaches tailored to each project?s needs. 

Reporting

• Develop clean, intuitive visualizations?both static and interactive?for OBI stakeholders. 
• Prepare templated and standardized reports for BCBS deliverables. 
• Produce one off and scalable customized reports for participating hospitals. 
• Deliver clear interpretations and actionable recommendations to the OBI Coordinating Center based on analytic outputs. 

Research Support 

• Contribute to the analytic design of scientific publications and abstracts. 
• Provide analytic support for grant submissions. 

Other Duties as Assigned 

Senior Level:

• Bachelor's degree in a recognized field of science or related discipline.
• Extensive knowledge of healthcare data types, clinical topics, and scientific approaches.
• Proficiency with R (preferred) or Python for data management and statistical analysis.
• Strong knowledge of data visualization and reporting, with the ability to create actionable reports at scale.
• Experience writing reproducible code.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• 3-5 years of professional experience in healthcare data analytics.

Intermediate Level:

• Bachelor's degree in a recognized field of science or related discipline.
• Extensive knowledge of healthcare data types, clinical topics, and scientific approaches.
• Proficiency with R (preferred) or Python for data management and statistical analysis.
• Strong knowledge of data visualization and reporting, with the ability to create actionable reports at scale.
• Experience writing reproducible code.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• 1-3 years of professional experience in healthcare data analytics.

• Experience working with BCBSM funded CQIs .
• Experience with healthcare claims data management and analytics.
• Experience with R package development.
• Experience with modular code.
• Experience with version control software (such as Git).
• Record of peer-reviewed publications.

The OBI team is a hybrid workforce. Remote work is supported and expected as appropriate within ones role. In person work is required at least two times a month in Ann Arbor.

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

This position may be underfilled at a lower classification depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.