Blackcanyonconsulting
Senior Data Analyst
Bethesda, Maryland. Posted 2 months ago
The role
The Senior Data Analyst will provide analytical leadership to develop a 10-year strategic plan summary report. This person will establish evidence frameworks, synthesize information, and develop systems for continuous progress measurement.
What you will do
- Serve as the day-to-day project and analytic lead for the 2017-2027 Strategic Plan Summary.
- Develop and manage the report workplan, evidence framework, and analytical plan.
- Synthesize existing information from disparate administrative, scientific, financial, and other sources.
- Organize and reconcile information across time periods and organizational units.
- Assess the quality, completeness, and strength of available evidence.
- Conduct quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method synthesis.
- Develop executive-ready reports, dashboards, visualizations, and briefing materials.
- Translate lessons into recommendations for the next strategic planning cycle.
- Establish systems and processes for ongoing evidence collection and performance monitoring.
- Manage multiple workstreams, schedules, milestones, risks, and stakeholders.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in data analytics, data science, statistics, public health, health informatics, evaluation, economics, public policy, business analytics, information science, management, or a relate
- 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in program evaluation, performance measurement, business intelligence, data analytics, organizational analysis, or a related area.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex analytical initiatives across multiple organizational units or stakeholder groups.
- Ability to independently translate ambiguous leadership questions into analytical approaches and executive-level recommendations.
- Experience collecting, validating, integrating, and interpreting complex quantitative and qualitative information from multiple sources.
- Experience developing evaluation frameworks, baselines, or monitoring approaches.
- Experience with several analytical methods such as trend analysis, forecasting, benchmarking, portfolio analysis, scenario analysis, or ROI/value analysis.
- Strong program and project management skills with experience managing multiple workstreams, schedules, risks, and deliverables.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or comparable business intelligence and data visualization tools.
- Practical experience with SQL, Python, R, or comparable analytical tools.
- Excellent analytical writing, presentation, and executive communication skills.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a relevant analytical, quantitative, public health, policy, informatics, business, or management discipline.
- Experience supporting NIH, HHS, another federal agency, or a complex scientific or public-health organization.
- Experience supporting enterprise strategic planning or multi-year strategic-plan assessments.
- Experience designing systems for ongoing performance measurement, evidence collection, or enterprise reporting.
- Knowledge of data governance, metadata standards, or FAIR data principles.
- Experience with NIH reporting or portfolio tools such as RCDC, SPIRES, or RePORT.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- 401k plan with employer contribution
- paid holidays
- vacation
- tuition reimbursement
Before you apply
- subject to contract authorization and candidate availability
About the company
Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization.