Business Analytics Senior Advisor - Evernorth Health Services - ENCORE

Role overview Lead complex analytics initiatives in healthcare and pharmacy, turning large and varied datasets into recommendations that inform business decisions and operational improvements. This senior individual contributor works independently, partners across functions, and provides guidance to other analysts. The position is open only to retirees of the relevant health services organization.

Responsibilities - Lead analytics projects from framing the business question through solution delivery, implementation, and outcome measurement. - Analyze healthcare, pharmacy, claims, financial, and operational data to find trends, risks, and opportunities to improve affordability, service, and outcomes. - Translate business needs into analytical methods, requirements, key performance indicators, and practical recommendations. - Develop or oversee dashboards, forecasts, reports, and decision-support tools; present findings to senior and nontechnical audiences. - Establish reliable practices for data quality, validation, documentation, privacy, security, and reproducibility. - Review analysis, mentor colleagues, and create reusable methods and training materials; identify useful opportunities for automation and predictive analytics.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as analytics, business, information systems, computer science, public health, or healthcare administration, or equivalent experience. - At least 10 years of progressively responsible work in business or healthcare analytics, pharmacy operations, business intelligence, or a related area. - Experience leading complex analytical initiatives and translating business needs into data solutions. - Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large healthcare, pharmacy, claims, operational, or financial datasets. - Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or advanced Excel, and with defining metrics, business rules, analytical methods, and quality controls. - Strong communication, project leadership, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.

Nice to have - Background in specialty pharmacy, pharmacy benefit management, claims, patient services, provider data, or healthcare operations. - Experience with cloud or data platforms such as Databricks, Azure, AWS, Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, or SAS; Python, R, PySpark, predictive modeling, automation, or AI. - Experience guiding analysts without direct management responsibility.

Benefits and work setup - For occasional or permanent home work, a cable or fiber connection with at least 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload is required.