Population Health and Informatics Analyst

Description

Life at Healthy Alliance 

At Healthy Alliance, our purpose is to improve health and empower communities facing barriers. Every community has its own needs, affecting the health of those who live, learn, work, and play within them. Our network brings together organizations, big and small, to coordinate and collaborate so that all communities have reliable access to the resources they need. Why Because every New Yorker deserves the same opportunity to be healthy. 

Designated as the Social Care Network (SCN) Lead Entity for the Capital Region, Central NY, and North Country under New York’s 1115 Waiver Amendment’s SCN & Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Program, we are responsible for ensuring that there is a seamless, consistent end-to-end process for screening, navigation, and the delivery of services – including food, housing, and transportation to thousands of Medicaid Members. Transformative in nature, this novel Program will further sustain our vision of cultivating a world wherein everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. 

As a 2019-2024 Albany Business Review’s Best Places to Work and a 2021-2026 Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Health Care award recipient, we strive to maintain a culture wherein high-performing, mission-driven team members collectively work toward better health for all. Dedicated to promoting a culture built upon autonomy, mastery, and purpose, we believe our differences in strengths and perspectives play an integral role in propelling us forward, while our core values ground us, serving as the common thread that unites our team. 

Why You Should Join Healthy Alliance 

We offer amenities, professional development opportunities, events, and programming that support the interests of our teams while expanding and enriching our culture. Some of the benefits you can expect when you join Healthy Alliance include: 

• Competitive compensation package  
• Comprehensive insurance benefits available the 1st of the month after hire, including but not limited to medical, dental and vision, group short-term disability and life insurance with buy-up options, flexible spending and HSA company-contributed accounts, and more 
• 401K with a company match 
• Unlimited paid time off after 90 days of employment 
• Company-sponsored training and certification opportunities 
• Hybrid work environment, people-first workplace   
• A workplace that values safety, respect, employee engagement, recognition, and diversity 
• Salary range: $85,150-$97,923 per year, commensurate with experience 

Who You Are 

The Population Health and Informatics Analyst establishes and maintains analytic processes that support Healthy Alliance's mission, population health strategy, community health work programs, and health-related social need (HRSN) services. This role turns clinical, social, operational, and community-based data into clear insights that help leaders and teams identify needs, monitor performance, and improve outcomes. Success in this position requires strong data integrity, practical analysis, and the ability to translate information into action for population health, operations, community health workers, and regional teams. The role helps Healthy Alliance direct resources where they can create the greatest impact for members and communities. 

What You’ll Do 

• Analyze clinical, social, operational, and community-based data to identify opportunities for intervention, improved engagement, and better outcomes.
• Develop dashboards, recurring reports, scorecards, and ad hoc analyses that support population health priorities, HRSN performance, regional and network operations, and leadership decision making.
• Monitor contractual/value-based contract performance related to HRSN services, engagement, referral activity, service completion, utilization, outcomes, and community health worker program performance.
• Support community health work programs by reporting outreach, engagement, referrals, follow-up activity, care coordination, and community-based outcomes.
• Assist population health leaders in evaluating community health worker deployment models across regions, populations, partners, and intervention types.
• Translate business and program questions into reporting requirements, analytic specifications, and user-friendly outputs.
• Validate, reconcile, and interpret data from multiple internal and external systems with a strong focus on data quality and consistency.
• Partner with technology, operations, and program teams to improve data capture, documentation consistency, and reporting workflows.
• Produce clear summaries, visuals, and recommendations that help operational leaders understand trends, barriers, and improvement opportunities.
• Support grant reporting, contractual reporting, payer-facing reporting, value-based care readiness efforts, and external stakeholder updates as needed.
• Contribute to organizational learning by identifying what is working, where outcomes are improving, and where additional support or redesign may be needed.
• Perform other responsibilities and duties as assigned. 

How You’ll Contribute 

• Population Health Analytics & Performance Monitoring: Analyze clinical, social, operational, and community-based data to identify trends, measure program and contract performance, evaluate outcomes, and support population health initiatives.  
• Data Integrity, Reporting & Business Intelligence: Ensure data accuracy and consistency while developing dashboards, scorecards, reports, and actionable analytics that support operational effectiveness, leadership decision-making, and organizational goals. 
• Data Translation, Problem Solving & Insight Generation: Translate complex data and business questions into actionable insights, clear reports, visualizations, and recommendations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication: Effectively communicates analytical findings and partners with cross-functional teams, leaders, and community stakeholders to support shared objectives and improve outcomes. 

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of task activities and/or duties that are required of the employee for this job. Responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

Requirements

 What You’ll Need 

Education 

• Bachelor's degree in public health, health informatics, health administration, data analytics, statistics, information systems, or a related field required. Equivalent work experience in a related field may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.

Professional Work Experience 

• Three to five years of experience in health care, public health, social care, population health, informatics, reporting, or data analytics required.
• Experience working with health care, community-based, operational, or population-level datasets required.
• Experience with Medicaid, managed care, health-related social needs, Social Care Networks, community health worker programs, care coordination, or care management preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience using business intelligence or reporting tools.
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, Tableau, or similar analytic tools preferred.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and commitment to data integrity.
• Understanding of health equity, social drivers of health, and community-based interventions preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively across Population Health, Operations, Technology, Finance, and community-facing teams.
• Perform all work in accordance with Healthy Alliance core competencies and values.

Your next career opportunity is at Healthy Alliance! 

This position involves sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing, use of typical office equipment such as a computer, laptop, and cell phone. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Healthy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to hr@healthyalliance.org.  

Privacy Requirement  

This job function involves potential access / interaction with protected health information. Position will be required to abide by company policies and procedures that support federal, state, and local HIPAA regulations. Any violations will be subject to company policy which includes disciplinary actions up to and including separation of employment.  

Healthy Alliance is an At-Will Employer.