Data Solutions Analyst (Data Stewardship Focus)

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

JOB SUMMARY This job is responsible for Data Stewardship focus on one or more analytical aspects of the business products and services life cycle, within a sub-product scope (one or more data components). Uses regular judgement and discretion to collaborate with customers to understand data, reporting, and analytical capability needs, gather project and data specifications, create data sets, operational reports, and analytical deliverables to translate high-level business data needs into detailed requirements for new capabilities (and change request/enhancements on existing capabilities), analyze data to determine business problems, trends, or opportunities for process improvements, create/execute test cases, provide root cause analysis and corrective action plan, verify delivery of customer data needs, and ensure quality delivery. Also responsible for identification, documentation, and resolution of risks, defects and issues. Responsible for analyzing market trends for competitive insight to correlate into business value statements. Builds organizational and platform knowledge in one or more disciplines to advance professional track career. Uses functional and organizational knowledge to mentor junior resources. Requires thorough understanding of data store and end systems impact of changes across multiple data stores and systems. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Lead data stewardship initiatives: Guide definition, quality, and classification efforts for high-priority data assets, collaborating with DDGLs and Data Owners. Mentor and support: Provide guidance to data stewards, in best practices for data definition, catalog enrichment, and data quality rule development. Policy interpretation & implementation: Contribute to adapting Highmark's Data Governance policies and standards within their domain, ensuring their practical application leveraging Starburst. Work with customers, Data Engineers, Data Architects, Capability Managers, and other team members to capture capability needs and drive quality data and reporting solutions. Responsible for creation and maintenance of deliverables such as data set creation, operational reports, and analytical dashboards. Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse data skills and perspectives to proactively identify and address data-related challenges across project phases, driving data-driven insights and solutions to ensure successful project delivery. Support various aspects of data and report delivery requirements testing (e.g. testing plan, scenarios, documentation, defect management) to ensure minimal production defects are realized and completing analysis of the results tying back to customer impacts. Assure compliance for required standards and all necessary approvals have been obtained throughout the data delivery lifecycle. Effectively communicate with team members, customers, partners and management, including assisting with or conducting requirement walkthroughs and sprint reviews, reporting project status, enabling vendor solutions and providing accurate and concise documentation. Other duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

• 3 years of experience in Information Systems or Technology
• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Communication Skills
• Report Writing
• SQL
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Information Systems or related field or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Data Stewardship
• 1 year of experience in Lean/Six Sigma
• 1 year of experience in Health Insurance or Healthcare Industry
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Information Systems or related field
• Six Sigma
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Responsibilities

• Lead data stewardship initiatives: Guide definition, quality, and classification efforts for high-priority data assets, collaborating with DDGLs and Data Owners.
• Mentor and support: Provide guidance to data stewards, in best practices for data definition, catalog enrichment, and data quality rule development.
• Policy interpretation & implementation: Contribute to adapting Highmark's Data Governance policies and standards within their domain, ensuring their practical application leveraging Starburst.
• Work with customers, Data Engineers, Data Architects, Capability Managers, and other team members to capture capability needs and drive quality data and reporting solutions.
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of deliverables such as data set creation, operational reports, and analytical dashboards.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse data skills and perspectives to proactively identify and address data-related challenges across project phases, driving data-driven insights and solutions to ensure successful project delivery.
• Support various aspects of data and report delivery requirements testing (e.g. testing plan, scenarios, documentation, defect management) to ensure minimal production defects are realized and completing analysis of the results tying back to customer impacts.
• Assure compliance for required standards and all necessary approvals have been obtained throughout the data delivery lifecycle.
• Effectively communicate with team members, customers, partners and management, including assisting with or conducting requirement walkthroughs and sprint reviews, reporting project status, enabling vendor solutions and providing accurate and concise documentation.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level