Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DaVita Kidney Care’s Clinical Analytics & Reporting team provides advanced analytical solutions to clinical and operations leaders. The Principal Data Analyst leads complex clinical analyses and the analytical lifecycle for initiatives, including protocol and pilot design and evaluation, while guiding analytical strategy and supporting team development.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Thought Partnership: Acts as a primary thought partner for clinical and operations executives to identify opportunities for new analyses that align with DaVita’s clinical strategy
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Influences vertically and horizontally to ensure analytical insights are integrated into broader business decisions across clinical lanes
- Complex Problem Solving: Independently resolves high-complexity, unprecedented problems by transforming raw data into clear, enterprise-level action plans
- Methodological Stewardship: Leads the design and evaluation of clinical protocols and pilots using advanced methods, serving as a primary SME for the Scientific Review Board (SRB)
- End-to-End Execution & Governance: Directs the analytical lifecycle from ideation to presentation or publication, establishing technical standards for epidemiologic and statistical methods to ensure rigor, scalability, and documentation
- Continuous Innovation: Regularly reviews emerging methods and technologies in clinical analytics and data science to support the team’s adoption of best demonstrated practices
- Technical Mentorship: Guides analysts across the team by overseeing analysis plans and conducting rigorous code and methods reviews to ensure data integrity
- Capability Building: Drives continuous improvement across the team by establishing scalable workflows and documentation; identifies professional development resources and mentorship opportunities to elevate analytical expertise and technical standards across the broader Village
Skills
- 7-10+ years of relevant experience in clinical data analysis, biostatistics, epidemiology, or a related quantitative field
- Master's degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Data Science, or a related field from an accredited university
- Expert-level experience with statistical and/or epidemiological methods, including study design, causal inference analysis, and epidemiologic modeling
- Proficiency in at least one advanced data analysis platform or language (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS, etc.)
- Familiarity with database management and query languages (e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL, Netezza SQL) for large-scale clinical data extraction
- Experience with data visualization and reporting software (e.g., Tableau, IBM Cognos, Power BI, or similar)
- Proven ability and willingness to independently master additional platforms or programming languages as required by project needs
- Expert application of advanced biostatistical and epidemiological techniques to drive accurate clinical conclusions
- Uses data-driven decision-making to impact functional area and department goals
- Manages multiple competing priorities and deadlines under pressure
- Works independently with minimal guidance to deliver precise, high-quality work-product
- Drives alignment across all levels of the organization; exceptional ability to synthesize complex analyses into concise narratives for executive leadership
- A successful candidate exemplifies DaVita's core values (Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment, and Fun) while demonstrating a strong work ethic, adept communication, and mastery of clinical data analysis and statistical methods
- A significant track record of technical leadership is preferred, demonstrating the ability to independently drive project strategy and provide high-level mentorship to analytic teams
Benefits
- Eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment: medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, and PTO cash out.
- Eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment: family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access to Headspace®, backup child and elder care, and maternity/paternity leave.
- Professional development programs to help strong performers grow within their career, and on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.
- Remote work arrangement.
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