Medica is a nonprofit health plan with more than a million members that serves communities in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri, and beyond. We deliver personalized health care experiences and partner closely with providers to ensure members are genuinely cared for.
We're a team that owns our work with accountability, makes data-driven decisions, embraces continuous learning, and celebrates collaboration — because success is a team sport. It's our mission to be there in the moments that matter most for our members and employees. Join us in creating a community of connected care, where coordinated, quality service is the norm and every member feels valued.
The Manager of External Partnerships Analytics leads analytic initiatives that support Medica’s collaborations with external organizations, including provider groups, strategic employer partners, and other external stakeholders. This role oversees the development, interpretation, and communication of reporting and performance insights tied to financial, operational, and quality outcomes across multiple business segments. The manager directs cross‑functional work, guiding analysts and partnering closely with leaders to ensure reporting accuracy, consistent workflows, and actionable recommendations that strengthen Medica’s external relationships. Additionally, the role serves as a key liaison to external partners, facilitating data sharing, clarifying performance trends, and supporting continuous improvement efforts across Medica’s external analytic strategies Performs other duties as assigned.
Key Accountabilities
- External Partnership Analytics
- Build and maintain analytical frameworks and dashboards that support insights for external partners
- Analyze performance trends across segments to identify risks, opportunities, and emerging patterns
- Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights tailored for external audiences
- Reporting Oversight
- Ensure timely delivery of financial, quality, and operational reporting across business lines
- Validate data accuracy, reconcile discrepancies, and maintain documentation for reporting processes
- Provide narrative interpretation and recommendations that contextualize performance drivers
- Team Leadership
- Direct analyst workflow by assigning tasks, setting expectations, and ensuring alignment to priorities
- Conduct rigorous quality assurance reviews to ensure consistency and accuracy across all outputs
- Mentor team members, develop skills, and improve analytical and communication capabilities
- External Engagement
- Prepare and deliver materials that support discussions with external partners and stakeholders
- Respond to partner inquiries with clear, data-driven explanations supported by validated reporting sources
- Facilitate collaborative conversations to align expectations, clarify trends, and identify improvement opportunities
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree of equivalent experience in a related field
- 5+ years of work experience beyond degree
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years in management/leadership position
- 5+ years of experience in the health care industry, with 3 years of direct experience in the health management or health plan analytics in a plan with 500,000 members.
- Excellent communication skills in both one-to-one and group settings
- Working knowledge of health care industry, products and benefits
- Strong knowledge of health care data, data analysis, predictive modeling, statistical measurement, quantitative methods and evaluative study designs
- Knowledge of applicable state and federal laws
- Experience with state and federal regulations
- Work well in an evolving and lightly structured environment
- Quickly adaptive to market changes
- Comfortable in pursuing and understanding cutting edge technologies in particular product space
- SAS/SQL and/or Microsoft Access, PowerPoint, Excel
This position is an Office role, which requires an employee to work onsite at our Minnetonka, MN office, on average, 3 days per week.
The full salary grade for this position is $100,300 - $172,000. While the full salary grade is provided, the typical hiring salary range for this role is expected to be between $100,300 - $150,465. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and/or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for incentive plan compensation in addition to base salary. Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.
The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica’s compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Eligibility to work in the US: Medica does not offer work visa sponsorship for this role. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. Employment is contingent on verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field
- 5+ years of work experience beyond degree
- At least 2 years of management or leadership experience
- At least 5 years of healthcare industry experience
- At least 3 years of direct health management or health plan analytics experience
- Experience in a health plan with at least 500,000 members
- Excellent one-to-one and group communication skills
- Working knowledge of healthcare industry products and benefits
- Knowledge of healthcare data, data analysis, predictive modeling, statistical measurement, quantitative methods, and evaluative study designs
- Knowledge of applicable state and federal laws
- Experience with state and federal regulations
- Ability to work effectively in an evolving and lightly structured environment
- Ability to adapt quickly to market changes
- Comfort pursuing and understanding emerging technologies in the product space
- Experience with SAS, SQL, Microsoft Access, PowerPoint, or Excel
- Ability to work onsite at the Minnetonka, Minnesota office an average of three days per week
What We Do
Medica is a non-profit health plan that serves communities in Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin — the heart of America. As a company, we empower communities by listening to their voices, learning about community needs, and devoting time and resources to help. Medica partners with the communities it serves in many ways, including the Medica Foundation, a nonprofit, charitable grant-making foundation. The Medica Foundation, which provides more than $1 million in grants annually, generally seeks to fund community-based programs and initiatives that can provide sustainable, measurable improvements in the availability, access and quality of health care. Mission To be the trusted health plan of choice for customers, members, partners and our employees. Vision To be trusted in the community for our unwavering commitment to high quality, affordable health care. Values Customer Focus Excellence Stewardship Integrity Diversity
