Reporting to the Manager, Business Analytics, the Senior Healthcare Analyst will transform data into applicable insights that drive process improvement, financial sustainability, and inform organizational strategy. You will often serve as the lead analyst on projects, partnering with teams across SFHP to support our goals. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys problem-solving, innovation, and continuous learning.

Please note that while SFHP supports a hybrid work environment, you are required to be onsite and in-office a minimum of 4 days per month. This is a hybrid position, based in our Downtown San Francisco office.

Salary: $130,000 - $160,000 per year

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Apply your knowledge of managed care, data analysis, and healthcare operations to solve business problems, enable decision-making, and create actionable knowledge.
• Lead or contribute to multiple analytics projects, either independently or as part of a collaborative initiative.
• Consult with internal customers to understand their needs, document requirements, and develop reporting and analytics solutions.
• Create insights and recommendations based on data analysis to support strategic decision-making.
• Present findings to senior leadership and our teams, adapting messaging for different audiences.
• Build and maintain partnerships with team members and customers to support a culture of data-informed decision-making.
• Support the development and optimization of data structures that ensure efficient reporting and analysis.
• Document business processes, data logic, and reporting methodologies to ensure transparency and consistency.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field (e.g. economics, statistics, data science), or other relevant areas; or equivalent work experience is required.
• Master’s in a quantitative field, or a degree or certification in a Data Science related field is preferred.
• 3–5 years of hands-on experience with healthcare analytics; in a managed care or government program setting (e.g., Medicare or Medicaid).
• SQL experience working with relational databases.
• Experience with healthcare industry metrics, standards, and administrative datasets.
• Proficiency with Power BI and Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets).
• Familiarity with tools such as Python, R.
• Knowledge of statistical methods and data visualization best practices.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Health Benefits
  • Medical: You'll have a choice of medical plans, including options from Kaiser and Blue Shield of California, heavily subsidized by SFHP.
  • Dental: You'll have a choice of a basic dental plan or an enhanced dental plan which includes orthodontic coverage.
  • Vision: Employee vision care coverage is available through Vision Service Plan (VSP).
• Retirement – Employer-matched CalPERS Pension and 401(a) plans, 457 Plan.
• Time off – 23 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) and 13 paid holidays.
• Professional development: Opportunities for tuition reimbursement, professional license/membership.

ABOUT SFHP:

Established in 1997, San Francisco Health Plan (SFHP) is an award-winning, managed care health plan whose mission is to provide affordable health care coverage to the underserved low and moderate-income residents in San Francisco County. SFHP is chosen by eight out of every ten San Francisco Medi-Cal managed care enrollees and its 175,000+ members have access to a full spectrum of medical services including preventive care, specialty care, hospitalization, prescription drugs, and family planning services.

San Francisco Health Plan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and in which our people processes are applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

San Francisco Health Plan is an E-Verify participating employer.

Hiring priority will be given to candidates residing in the San Francisco Bay Area and California.

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(Hybrid remote/in-office)