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Director of Healthcare Analytics

Charing Cross
2 months ago
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About The Role
Team – Clinical Leadership Team
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in either the London or Bournemouth Office. Full time hours.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top skills needed for this role:

Experience in healthcare data analytics/metrics
HealthCare and strategic insights
Stakeholder management and alignment
Development of production models (+ or - AI to track healthcare claims)What this role is all about:
The role involves leading a team to deliver insights and analyses that support decision-making in commercial, customer, and colleague engagement, primarily for operational and clinical risk teams. Responsibilities include managing healthcare spend, network strategy, operational and corporate analysis, and overseeing the entire process from data management to strategy development. The goal is to enhance the value, quality, and effectiveness of provided services.
This is a senior leadership role and will be relied on as the interface for insights from CEO of Vitality Health, the Chief Actuary, the Commercial Director, Clinical Operations Director and the Deputy Chief Actuary for approx. c. £1.2bn of group claims spend per annum.
The postholder is also responsible for senior analytical leadership across the Vitality Health division and will need to represent Vitality Health externally at appropriate functions.
Key Actions

Lead the development and implementation of predictive models for healthcare claims.
Utilise Power BI and advanced analytics tools for strategic insights.
Collaborate with actuarial teams to provide healthcare insights for financial analyses.
Mentor and develop a team of analysts.
Oversee reporting on financial, claims, service performance, and strategic trends.
Develop a deep understanding of operational, clinical, pricing, and Vitality areas.
Ensure accurate and timely reporting.
Embed high-quality analytics using SQL, Excel VBA, and machine learning techniques.
Manage stakeholder expectations through effective communication.
Adapt reporting styles to suit different audiences.
Lead end-to-end analysis on performance and quality, creating insightful dashboards.
Develop tools for frontline decision-making and enhance consultant profiling capabilities.
Integrate external data to improve existing data.
Support non-analytical teams with interpretation and decision-making.What do you need to thrive?

An ability to bring insights out of data, not just report
A creative focus and an aptitude at “filling in the blanks” with data
Impeccable analytics, including excellent SQL, VBA, Excel, Power BI.
Effective communication of complex analytical concepts and results including word and PPT report preparation where required
Experience of using variable data sets to yield credible, effective insights
A proven understanding of or interest the UK healthcare system
Proven leadership of managing high-performing analytics teams responsible for over £100m in spend and/or valueSo, what’s in it for you?

Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
Life Assurance – Four times annual salaryThese are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
Be there for you when you need us.
Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company
We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. 
 
Diversity & Inclusion
At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Vitality’s approach to sustainability
Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. 
If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early

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