Sr. Data Analyst (HPM-Health Economics)

Position Overview

This position supports a portfolio of health policy and health economics research projects in collaboration with faculty at the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy, the Hopkins Housing and Health Collaborative, and the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative. As a Sr. Data Analyst, you will develop, implement, and manage strategies to translate large healthcare datasets—including Medicaid, Medicare, commercial, and all-payer claims—into actionable insights. You will serve as a data consultant, providing complex analysis, data visualizations, and reporting to monitor programs, projects, and overall business success.

Key Responsibilities

• Align assessment strategy with strategic objectives and goals.
• Translate data into insights to support enhanced outcomes.
• Collaborate with leadership on data collection, analysis, reporting, and improvement of programs and services.
• Prepare an annual assessment report to summarize findings across the division.
• Design clean, impactful, and user-friendly data visualizations supporting strategic goals.
• Communicate findings through dashboards, reports, briefing decks, and executive briefings using tools like Power BI and Tableau.
• Provide insights on data patterns and trends, offering strategic recommendations.
• Collect and analyze complex datasets and perform statistical analyses, summarizing findings effectively.
• Ensure quality assurance of all data visualizations for accuracy and consistency with branding guidelines.
• Maintain a repository of analysis documents, slides, and dashboard links.
• Develop efficient systems for planning and administering surveys to maximize actionable data collection.
• Perform data intake and cleaning tasks on large administrative datasets.
• Utilize advanced statistical and programming software (SAS, Stata, SQL, R, Python) for exploratory and hypothesis-driven analysis.
• Solve complex data problems using methodologies such as advanced regression modeling and econometrics.
• Collaborate with faculty on data visualizations, interpretation, and manuscript preparation.
• Support the mentorship of junior data analyst colleagues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Five years of related experience (additional education may substitute for experience as per the JHU equivalency formula).
• Advanced knowledge of data analysis software such as Power BI, Tableau, and Excel, with an understanding of relational and dimensional data models.
• Proficiency in using querying tools and programming languages (SQL, Python, R) to conduct data analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Public Health, or a related field.

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
• Employee Group: Full Time
• Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health
• Department: Health Economics
• Personnel Area: School of Public Health