The Manager of Quality Data and Analytics provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s quality data and analytics infrastructure. This role is responsible for developing and executing analytic strategies that quantify clinical performance, ensure accurate reporting, and facilitate decision making around the organization. The Manager is accountable for leading a team of data professionals, overseeing data management platforms, and implementing modern tools that create efficiencies and facilitate data accessibility.
Essential Responsibilities
Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities, with or without an accommodation, may result in disqualification from the position.
- Develops, implements, and sustains the organization’s quality, safety, and patient experience data and analytics infrastructure aligned with strategic goals and publicly reported performance measures.
- Leads and manages a team of data analysts, including performance management, coaching, mentoring, and professional development planning.
- Oversees team architecture of data structures, metric logic, and analytic frameworks used for quality reporting and improvement programs.
- Represents the quality analytics function on organizational committees, workgroups, and governance forums as appropriate.
- Partners with executive, physician, and site‑based leadership to develop and deploy reporting and analytic tools that advance organizational goals and identify opportunities.
- Prioritizes and oversees regulatory reporting activities, ensuring alignment with national standards and reporting requirements (e.g., CMS, Leapfrog, Joint Commission).
- Leads enterprise insight generation by interpreting complex analyses and performance trends to support leadership decision‑making.
- Guides organizational readiness for changes in national quality programs, incorporating evolving requirements into analytic and reporting processes.
- Establishes and reinforces standards for analytic quality, documentation, and consistency across quality reporting initiatives.
General Responsibilities:
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Health Informatics, Statistics, Data Science, or related filed required.
Experience: At least five (5) years of experience working in an academic medical center or complex healthcare environment, with at least three (3) years of progressive leadership experience required.
Certification/License Requirements: None required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams with multiple high-priority deliverables.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret complex clinical data and develop sophisticated analyses.
- Expert-level analytic, statistical, and visualization competencies using SQL, Python, Power BI, and Tableau.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, public reporting, and quality payment programs.
- Executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Health Informatics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field
- At least five years of experience in an academic medical center or complex healthcare environment
- At least three years of progressive leadership experience
- Expert-level analytic, statistical, and visualization skills using SQL, Python, Power BI, and Tableau
- Ability to lead and manage teams with multiple high-priority deliverables
- Ability to interpret complex clinical data and develop sophisticated analyses
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, public reporting, and quality payment programs
- Executive-level written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and project management skills
What We Do
OU Health is the state’s only comprehensive academic health system of hospitals, clinics and centers of excellence. With 11,000 employees and more than 1,300 physicians and advanced practice providers, OU Health is home to Oklahoma’s largest doctor network with a complete range of specialty care. OU Health serves Oklahoma and the region with the state’s only freestanding children’s hospital, the only National Cancer Institute-Designated OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center and Oklahoma’s flagship hospital, which serves as the state’s only Level 1 trauma center. Becker’s Hospital Review named University of Oklahoma Medical Center one of the 100 Great Hospitals in America for 2020. OU Health’s oncology program at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center was named Oklahoma’s top facility for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report in its 2020-21 rankings. OU Health also was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as high performing in these specialties: Colon Surgery, COPD and Congestive Heart Failure. OU Health’s mission is to lead healthcare in patient care, education and research.
