As a part of the Tenet and Catholic Health Initiatives family, Conifer Health brings 30 years of healthcare industry expertise to clients in more than 135 local regions nationwide. We help our clients strengthen their financial and clinical performance, serve their communities and succeed at the business of healthcare. Conifer Health helps organizations transition from volume to value-based care, enhance the consumer and patient healthcare experience and improve quality, cost and access to healthcare. Are you ready to be part of our solutions? Welcome to the company that gives you the resources and incentives to redefine healthcare services, with a competitive benefits package and leadership to take your career to the next step!

JOB SUMMARY

Identify and implement opportunities to apply mathematical and/or statistical modeling and other optimizing methods to improve business performance, generate new ideas, and influence business leaders with decision making, policy formulation, or other managerial functions. Frequently concentrates on collecting and analyzing test and control data and develops operational decision recommendations. May develop and supply optimal time, cost, or logistics networks for evaluation, review, or implementation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Include the following. Others may be assigned.

• Perform statistical analysis, build predictive models, and formulate decision models that relate operational activities to financial results.

• Provide sophisticated data interpretation, compilation and verification to guide departmental efforts.

• Prepare charts, illustrations, and other graphics and narrative reports to identify and explain patterns and trends.

• Lead operations research projects and guide other operations research analysts through their projects.

• Design, conduct, and evaluate champion/challenger experiments within Operations, measure the cost/benefit, and recommend operational changes.

• Provide guidance to peers, internal customers and other team members around statistical analysis and optimization through casual interactions.

• Collaborate with others in the organization to ensure successful implementation of chosen problem solutions.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (Specify Revenue/Budget/Expense):

• Expected to contribute data driven decisions that materially reduce Conifer�s operating expense, increase Conifer�s revenue, or both.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Demonstrated knowledge of operations research and/or statistical modeling concepts.
• Has excellent communication, customer service, analytical, project management and time-management skills.
• Has good interpersonal skills and ability to work well with other team members and customers.
• Has intermediate business knowledge, the ability to understand operations goals and initiatives, and leveraging mathematical and/or statistical tools to assist in achieving those goals and initiatives.
• Has proven experience with regression methodologies, and tree-based models such as CHAID, CART, etc. using statistical and/or data mining software packages such as SPSS, SAS, R-Project or proven experience with building decision models using operations research methodologies in Excel, Lindo, ARENA, Promodel, @Risk, SAS or similar software packages. Experience with modeling using VBA is a plus.
• Has proven experience in idea development and taking initiatives.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

Include minimum education, technical training, and/or experience required to perform the job.

• BA/BS, MA/MS, or PhD from a leading program in Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or a related field and/or work experience in related fields.

• Healthcare experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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.

• Sitting at a computer terminal for extended periods.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Office

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant�s or employee�s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.