JOB DESCRIPTION
Your Role

The Data and Analytics (D&A) team will be responsible for performing detailed data analysis, source to target dashboard and data product designs, data profiling, and metadata management in support of new development /implementation or enhancement of existing data products. The Consultant, Data Visualization Analyst will report to the of Director, Data Visualization and Democratization. In this role you will be a key member of an elite team to work with the analytics teams, data teams, and business stakeholders to accelerate data-driven transformation by designing, developing, and driving adoption of easy-to-use business user self-service access to single source of truth business insights, across all stakeholders’ enterprise-wide in Blue Shield of California, largely thorough self-serve dashboard platforms like Tableau.

This role will combine both “art” and “science” expertise to designing an entire enterprise-wide portfolio of stylistically and functionally consistent data visualization systems and interconnected dashboards that are efficient at querying the underlying data stores, responsive to user input, and of clear value to business stakeholders as measured through adoption. This role blends the well-designed visualization with data analysis and change management expertise to accelerate our data-driven transformation journey to move from “data checking decisions” to “data making decisions”.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Own a set of data visualizations that may need to be continuously evolved to increase level of sophistication and/or answer new business questions, but remain simple to use
• Partner with analytical teams and business stakeholders to understand what metrics/information would be most useful to uncovering insights and accelerate meeting business goals
• Work with Data management team under D&A to design the necessary datasets balancing pre-aggregation versus live query in terms of flexibility and response time
• Demonstrate the business savviness and stakeholder management skills to juggle against multiple, often competing priorities, to deliver maximum value
• Design, as needed, for multiple levels of seniority from business analysts to C-level executives, with a flair for extracting “stories” or “insights” from the data
• Apply world-class design skills to enable ease-of-use and simplicity; success judged through adoption/usage which this role will be responsible to track
• Stay abreast of emerging business intelligence trends, technologies, tools, and approaches
• Be comfortable working both top-down in terms of a specific hypothesis/questions to answer as well as bottom-up exploratory approaches
• Implement appropriate views or filters to ensure display of any sensitive data is enabled only for the targeted audiences
• Build and maintain a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and agility
• Mentor and provide guidance to peers and junior staff

QUALIFICATIONS
Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree preferably in computer science, statistics, mathematics, economics, or equivalent experience
• Requires at least 8 years’ experience in data analysis
• 5+ years of data/analytics experience, with a strong focus on data storytelling & visualization
• Significant experience with business intelligence / visualization tools; Tableau desktop certification a strong plus
• Possesses excellent design skills with a bent for creating "easy to use" interfaces leveraging the full capability set of the platforms; drives adoption/usage
• Deep experience with both on-premise approaches but also visualization approaches in a Cloud environment, in particular Tableau on Snowflake in Azure
• Working knowledge of descriptive statistics (correlations, trends, distributions, etc.) to be able to profile / showcase key insights from datasets; understands how to provide relevant drill-up, drill-down, filter capabilities
• Strong SQL skills and database expertise; knowledge of constructing effective queries across multiple datasets (all join types, nested queries, etc.)
• Strong written, verbal and presentation abilities; exceptionally clear communicator and influencer; can speak not only to technical audiences but also key business partners at varying levels of seniority
• Strong design skills, with a focus on usability, equity, and accessibility
• Extremely detailed oriented; is proud of his or her end products and can be a role model for the visualization team
• Has grit; energized by challenges
• Excited by the prospects of using data & analytics to improve the lives of people
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision
• Prior Healthcare experience is a plus

Pay Range

The pay range for this role is: $ 118800.00 to $ 178200.00 for California.

Note

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Blue Shield of California’s mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. We are transforming health care in a way that truly serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion combines a focus on our people, processes, and systems with a deep commitment to promoting social justice and health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.

Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Great Place to Work, best place to work for LGBTQ equality, leading disability employer, one of the best companies for women to advance, Bay Area’s top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world’s most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we are striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in – join us!

Our Values:

• Honest . We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human . We strive to be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes.
• Courageous . We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

From the earliest days of the pandemic, Blue Shield of California has been unyielding in our commitment to putting the health and safety of our people, our members and our communities first. As a health care company, Blue Shield requires all employees to be up to date with COVID-19 vaccination prior to start date as a condition of employment. Blue Shield will consider requests for medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement prior to your start date.

The definition of "up to date with your COVID-19 vaccine" is when you have received all doses in the primary series and one booster when eligible. If you are unable to be up to date with your COVID-19 vaccine by your start date, your start date will need to be postponed and you will have 30 days to remedy. If you cannot fulfill the requirement nor obtain an accommodation within 30 days, your offer will be rescinded.