Director of Data Analytics - Healthcare Analytics Leader Rol in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This Director of Data Analytics role at Molina Healthcare sits at the intersection of healthcare operations, data strategy, and people leadership — a high-value niche in a growing sector. Molina is a Fortune 500 managed care company serving Medicaid and Medicare populations, signaling organizational scale and job stability.
Compensation context: No salary is listed, but Director-level healthcare analytics roles at large managed care organizations typically command $130,000–$185,000 annually, with bonus potential. Research Molina's Glassdoor profiles for benchmarking.
Skills developed in this role:
- Value-based care analytics and CMS/Medicaid reporting — highly specialized and in-demand
- Power BI and Salesforce Analytics — widely transferable BI skills
- Executive-level stakeholder communication and cross-functional leadership
- Lean Six Sigma methodology (if not already certified)
Green flags: Broad strategic scope, exposure to C-suite reporting, and team management create a strong path toward VP of Analytics. The role spans clinical, financial, and operational domains — a rare breadth for career development.
Considerations: The posting is light on culture details and does not mention PTO, flexible scheduling, or remote policy — candidates should ask directly about work-life balance expectations. The 10+ year experience requirement sets a senior bar, meaning internal competition may be limited.
Job Summary
As a member of the Customer Experience team, the Director, Data Analytics ensures timely creation of key Executive and Health plan management reports, as well as providing critical analytical insights. This role will assist in developing, implementing and monitoring the organization's enrollment, utilization and operational-related reporting and analytics to support business and customer satisfaction decision making. Drives analytic engagement among interdepartmental customers including, but not limited to, IT; Finance; Actuarial, Claims, Call Centers and Utilization and Care Management. Manages data analytic staff who assist in the development and execution of standard and ad-hoc reporting along with supporting analysis as needed.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Design and develop analytical reporting tools to efficiently measure, monitor, and communicate clinical, operational & financial results.
- Lead end-to-end efforts to establish a comprehensive set of actionable reporting metrics, dashboards and scorecards tied to market share growth and Molina member and provider experience.
- Support and provide insightful provider/contract and value-based analytics.
- Create meaningful cost, enrollment and operational metrics and data visualizations to support monthly operating reviews.
- Oversee enrollment/clinical reporting for State and/or Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) where applicable.
- Serve as subject matter expert for any projects and/or new business related to areas of oversight.
- Collaborate with health plan finance staff in review and analysis of premium rates received from the state(s) for appropriateness.
- Act as a liaison to all other internal and external customers on behalf of Molina and data management areas.
- Manage, mentor and develop/coach analytical team.
Job Qualifications
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related field, or equivalent of 7+ years in Managed Care or Medicare related field.
Required Experience
- 10+ years operational experience with Managed Care and/or Medicare.
- 5+ years in supervisory and/or management experience in Managed Care or Medicare related field.
- 5+ years in Excel and financial analysis skills.
- Ability to work with Power BI, Salesforce and Salesforce Analytics; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or related certification a plus.
- Strong communication and team/interpersonal skills.
- Strong leadership capabilities and ability to initiate and maintain cross-team relationships.
- Ability to work closely with remote staff to ensure State and Federal requirements as well as standard processes are accommodated within the enrollment and premium process.
- Knowledge of applicable state, federal and third-party regulations.
Preferred Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field.
To all current Molina employees: If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply through the Internal Job Board.
Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V.
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