Director, Data Platform Design & Strategy

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MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. is looking for extraordinary people to join our team!

Why join MedImpact? Because our success is dependent on you; innovative professionals with top notch skills who thrive on opportunity, high performance, and teamwork. We look for individuals who want to work on a team that cares about making a difference in the value of healthcare.

At MedImpact, we deliver leading edge pharmaceutical and technology related solutions that dramatically improve the value of health care. We provide superior outcomes to those we serve through innovative products, systems, and services that provide transparency and promote choice in decision making. Our vision is to set the standard in providing solutions that optimize satisfaction, service, cost, and quality in the healthcare industry. We are the premier Pharmacy Benefits Management solution!

Summary

The Director, Data Platform Design and Strategy orchestrates and leads several functional areas within the data platform under Technology Services. This position works at the strategic level for optimizing and streamlining processes and defining data platform design and strategy roadmaps. The role is responsible for evolving and modernizing the enterprise Business Intelligence reporting platform and data infrastructure to enhance output capabilities. This position also oversees enterprise projects from the initiation phase through production readiness and ultimately capability management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Creates and maintains strategy and forward-looking data product execution plans for enterprise data platform

• Drives AI innovation by leveraging data to provide predictive and prescriptive analytics to internal and external customers

• Identifies and implements AI-driven solutions to increase intelligent operational efficiencies across the organization.

• Directs the modernization of the Business Intelligence (BI) reporting ecosystem to ensure high-quality, actionable data output for stakeholders.

• Develop and maintain data platform roadmaps that are aligned with enterprise vision and goal

• Works in partnership with technical experts, enterprise architects, business analysts, and developers from strategic partners (internal and external) to design and guide new IT solutions.  

• Manages and leads subordinates in the management and administration of data platform and champions automaton to improve current processes within the data engineering area.

• Provides technical guidance and mentors team members from both a technical and professional perspective.

• Monitors and directs all data engineering functions to ensure solution design meets standard architecture considerations, including database structures and security.

• Lead the assessment of current systems and evaluates marketplace solutions to create a technical vision/roadmap for implementing state of the art systems.(Including build/buy recommendations to leadership)

• Provides day-to-day management and supervision for data engineering team by directing and coordinating activities consistent with established goals, objectives, and policies. Provides hands-on design guidance and documentation as needed.

• Develops and maintains solid working relationships with employees and management in cross-functional areas.

• Keeps up to date with emerging IT trends and technologies and the industry’s best practices.

Supervisory Responsibilities        

Manages assigned staff in the segment area. Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the unit. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Supports and enforces all company policies and procedures in a fair and consistent manner, taking corrective action whenever necessary.

Client Responsibilities

This is an internal and external client facing position that requires excellent customer service skills and interpersonal communication skills (listening/verbal/written).  One must be able to; manage difficult or emotional client situations; Respond promptly to client needs; Solicit client feedback to improve service; Respond to requests for service and assistance from clients; Meet commitments to clients.

Qualifications

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

BA/BS Degree or equivalent; plus 10 years’ related experience; 10 years of SME in respective area(s); (or equivalent combination of education and experience); and 8 years supervisory experience; Supervisory experience may be substituted with 10 years of MedImpact experience plus an appropriate external leadership training program and internal mentorship with a seasoned leader at the Director level or above that must be  completed within 12 months in new position.

Computer Skills

• Proficient in data architecture, data topology and emerging data technology and strategies.

• Proficient with MS Suite (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook, Project) to create data strategy roadmaps, manage priorities and share vision for organization growth.

• Expertise in model business intelligence platforms and advanced visualization techniques

• Strong proficiency in Data Science, Machine Learning and AI frameworks to support predictive and prescriptive modeling

• Understanding of Generative AI (LLMs), Prompt Engineering, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for predictive analytics.

• Proficient in architecting and managing high-performance relational Database Management Systems (e.g., Oracle & PostgreSQL), distributed OLAP databases (e.g., StarRocks) and cloud-native data warehousing solutions.

• Experience in re-piping or re-engineering of data infrastructure.

• Experience working with data infrastructure on prem and cloud.

• Experience in data science, machine learning and AI is a plus.

• Knowledge of software architecture and system design skills.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None required.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Sound knowledge of PBM / Healthcare industry standard best practices and innovations in the realm of data platform

• Extensive knowledge of strategy setting, program requirement, product development and project management methodologies

• Demonstrated analytical and logical reasoning

• Adept in problem solving and change management

• Demonstrated ability to be client focused, responsive, flexible, and positive

• Ability to work effectively with external partners/vendors to implement new solutions.

• Proven ability to work as a team player and collaborate effectively with peers

• Excellent time management skills and ensure deadlines are met.

• Demonstrated ability to influence others in meeting enterprise goals.

• Excellent organizational and communication skills (both written and verbal).

• Experience working with agile methodology is a plus.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.

• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

Language Skills    

• Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Competencies To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Business Acumen

Directing Others

Organizational Agility

Conflict Management

Drive for Results

Political Savvy

Customer Focus

Innovation Management

Strategic Agility

Decision Quality

Managerial Courage

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

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

This position may regularly be exposed to or encounter moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, risk of electrical shock or vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).

Work Location

This position must work on-site at the San Diego Headquarters for purposes of providing adequate support to internal clients; being available for face-to-face interactions and coordination of work with other employees, colleagues, clients, or vendors; as well as for facilitation of quick and effective decisions through collaboration with stakeholders.  Remote work is not an option for these purposes.

Working Hours

This is an exempt level position requiring the incumbent to work the hours required to fully accomplish job responsibilities and reasonably meet deadlines for work deliverables. The individual must have the flexibility to work beyond traditional hours and be able to work nights, at weekends or on holidays as required.  Work hours may be changed from time to time to meet the needs of the business.  Typical core business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Travel

This position requires domestic travel of up to 15% of the time. 

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Wellness Programs
• Paid Time Off / Company Paid Holidays
• Incentive Compensation
• 401K with Company match
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus

To explore all that MedImpact has to offer, and the greatness you can bring to our teams, please submit your resume to www.medimpact.com/careers

MedImpact, is a privately-held pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) headquartered in San Diego,
California. Our solutions and services positively influence healthcare outcomes and expenditures, improving the position of our clients in the market. MedImpact offers high-value solutions to payers, providers and consumers of healthcare in the U.S. and foreign markets.

To perform this job successfully, the successful candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed 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.

The above
statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.