Join one of the nation’s leading and most impactful health care performance improvement companies. Over the years, Health Catalyst has achieved and documented clinical, operational, and financial improvements for many of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations. We are also increasingly serving international markets. Our mission is to be the catalyst for massive, measurable, data-informed healthcare improvement through:

• Data: integrate data in a flexible, open & scalable platform to power healthcare’s digital transformation​

• Analytics: deliver analytic applications & services that generate insight on how to measurably improve​

• Expertise: provide clinical, financial & operational experts who enable & accelerate improvement​

• Engagement: attract, develop and retain world-class team members by being a best place to work​

Job Title: Analytics Director

Team: Professional Services (International)

Location: Singapore (no relocation)

**Must be a Singaporean National or Perm Resident**

Job Summary

The Analytics Director (AD) is a working manager who is ultimately responsible for Health Catalyst client’s analytic success. The AD provides analytic continuity at the client through all phases of deployment, implements and promotes Catalyst methodologies, and acts in the long-term best interest of the client.

The AD manages client expectations and timelines for deliverables. The AD has the ability to navigate difficult client conversations with professionalism. The AD successfully guides a team of Analytics Engineers to deliver all analytic aspects of the customer’s engagement.

For each Health Catalyst (HC) client, the AD will partner with a Senior Director of Client Engagement (or equivalent). This pairing will provide client-facing leadership, acting as ambassadors for Heath Catalyst. The AD supports and collaborates with the Sr. Director in key areas, including strategic planning around deployment, communication on the status of deployments to client senior management and knowledge transfer and training on HC platform and technologies. The AD may further support the Sr. Director through presentations to client executive management.

The AD role is a highly visible and influential role. ADs interface and collaborates with a variety of HC roles (such as engagement coordinators, product line managers, clinical staff, etc.) on an as needed basis to support optimal deployment applications. The Analytics Director is focused on understanding and anticipating customer opportunity through the use of data. This role requires up to 35% travel.

What you'll own in this role:

Strategy development and execution – Working with the Sr. Director of Client Engagement, develop execution path to best leverage resources to deliver projects on time. Participate in project planning, coordinating, training and communicating with the client. Serve as the client’s main point of contact and guide on all analytic activity, including assignment of tasks and projects to the respective clients. Active participation in the work (e.g., involved in day-to-day software and application installations, SQL development and data base design and architecture). Facilitate meetings between Catalyst internal product line teams and the client.

Risk assessment and mitigation – Partner with Sr. Director to proactively identify roadblocks interfering with project deliverables and provide viable solutions to keep project on track. Troubleshoot issues and communicate risks. Diplomatically address concerns and establish and promote a transparent environment for problem understanding and resolution. Help develop strategy to address client needs.

Project status communication – Clearly articulate to executive sponsorship teams’ status of project and provide insight to any additional support needed for a viable success of the implementation. Participate in relevant internal meetings, providing feedback on processes and strategic operations issues. Provide feedback on clients to Catalyst leadership.

Knowledge transfer and training – Guide, provide, or oversee training of client staff with HC platform, applications and methodologies in support of process improvement. Ensure knowledge transfer to client around deployment positions client for long-term success with HC platform and applications.

Managing tasks and people – Ensure team members have the appropriate resources, education, skills and tools to be successful with assigned tasks. Maintain workload balance among team members and knowledge providers, to facilitate pragmatic innovation. Fulfill people-management responsibilities, including conducting effective regular one-on-ones with direct reports, mentoring new team members and grooming future ADs.

What you bring to this role:

• Must possess deep technical experience with five core technical competencies; data query (SQL), data movement (ETL), data analysis, data modeling and data visualizations.
• Ability to mine client data, identify and quantify opportunities for improvement (clinical, financial and/or operational) and effectively communicate the analysis to non-technical client stake-holders.
• Must have strong understanding of data warehousing and analytic concepts and possess the ability to explain these concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills; ability to anticipate, diffuse and/or manage conflict resolution. Ability to guide and support analytic resources through tenuous situations.
• Ability to mentor/train/educate/support others, including technical (analysts and data architects) and others who are non-technical (e.g., clinicians, physicians, executives).
• Advanced interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively guide and facilitate meetings.
• Must possess advanced presentation skills and be comfortable presenting to all levels of client engagement (Analytic staff, clinical staff, managers, directors and executive teams). Ability to present key concepts to small and large audiences effectively. Ability to communicate in a group setting, concisely at a detail level when needed.
• Ability to adapt quickly and change direction as needed to address client needs.
• Ability to evangelize Health Catalyst architecture, methodologies and technologies to client staff. Develop plans around resistance management to establish buy-in from client partners.
• Ability to learn new software tools quickly and ask for support or training when necessary.
• Advanced decision-making skills. Can assimilate complex information to understand core issues, develop proposed solutions that align with Catalyst methodologies and support long-term interests of the client.
• Ability to collaborate with Sr. Director and client to prioritize the project management deliverables and understand risk and/or impact.
• Experience supporting/leading quality improvement efforts with data from a data warehouse.

Work Experience

• Required: Combination of 5+ years’ work experience in data warehousing technologies leveraging the following skills; data query (SQL), data movement (ETL), data analysis, data modeling and data visualizations.
• 1 -2 years’ experience working with Analytic (hardware, system administrator, networking, etc.) teams preferred.
• 2 – 4 years’ healthcare experience on the provider side (where clinical care is delivered) – highly preferred.
• Prior experience managing people and teams preferred.
• 1+ year project management experience preferred.
• 1+ year experience effectively communicating to executive level highly preferred.
• Prior experience in a travel-intense role preferred.

Preferred Education & Relevant Experience

• Required - Bachelor’s degree, preferably in related field such as computer science/information systems, statistics or demonstrated equivalent work experience.
• Preferred - Graduate degree in related field (e.g., MIS, MBA with focus on IS, Masters of Healthcare Administration, MSTAT, MS Informatics).
• Training in the Toyota Production System, LEAN, Six Sigma or other Process Improvement Skills is desirable.

• Secondary skills/attributes (highly desired);
  • Stats, Predictive, Machine Learning, AI, etc.
  • Quality improvement - Lean, 6 Sigma, etc.
  • Project management

Information Security and Compliance Responsibilities:

• Maintain compliance with training directives required by the organization pertaining to Information Security, Acceptable Use Policy and HIPAA Privacy and Security.
• Adhere to and comply with the organizations Acceptable Use Policy.
• Safeguard information system assets by identifying and reporting potential and actual security events to the organizations Security and Compliance Officers.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job function. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned by Health Catalyst.

Studies show that candidates from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for roles if they don’t have 100% of the qualifications shown in the job posting. While each of our roles have core requirements, please thoughtfully consider your skills and experience and decide if you are interested in the position. If you feel you may be a good fit for the role, even if you don’t meet all of the qualifications, we hope you will apply. If you feel you are lacking the core requirements for this position, we encourage you to continue exploring our careers page for other roles for which you may be a better fit.

At Health Catalyst, we appreciate the opportunity to benefit from the diverse backgrounds and experiences of others. Because of our deep commitment to respect every individual, Health Catalyst is an equal opportunity employer.