| POSITION SUMMARY
Applies experience from strategy consulting, analytics, and data engineering to successfully act as the product owner for multiple analytics initiatives. Regarded as a specialist with deep content specific knowledge.
FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS
• Consults with internal clients to identify opportunities to implement data science solutions to business problems at an advanced level.
• Acts as an analytics product owner translating business needs into analytics projects and actions.
• Ability to structure data analysis, driving analytics insights and analytical solutions to help data scientists determine the best analytical solution.
• Understanding key drivers of business value and being able to translate into business opportunities and frame them as analytical problems. eg how to grow business?
• Ability to translate business problems into analytical solutions by knowing appropriate models to suggest to data scientists.
• Understands and recommends modeling techniques to data scientists.
• Presents recommendations to senior staff and internal clients.
• Mentors more junior team members.
• Shares insights across teams.
• Reviews work of more junior team members.
• Autonomously leads the client relationship.
• Leads development of solutions with high complexity and risk.
• Consults on the creation of analytics solutions that effectively weigh business and technical tradeoffs using an advanced understanding of business strategy as well as relevant big data environment topics.
• Acts as an analytics product owner translating business needs into analytics projects and actions.
• Collaborates with business partners to understand their problems and goals, develop predictive modeling, statistical analysis, data reports and performance metrics.
BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE desired:
• Minimum 7 years total business experience
• 4 years experience strategy consulting or on strategy teams in large companies
• 3 years experience programming using R, Hadoop, or Python
• 4 years of business experience leading analyses and initiatives with track record of business impact.
• 2+ years of people management experience
• Healthcare sector experience preferred
• Demonstrates proficiency in most areas of mathematical analysis methods, machine learning, statistical analyses, and predictive modeling and in-depth specialization in some areas.
• Strong knowledge of advanced analytics tools and languages to analyze large data sets from multiple data sources.
• Anticipates and prevents problems and roadblocks before they occur.
• Demonstrates strong ability to communicate technical concepts and implications to business partners.
EDUCATION
The highest level of education desired for candidates in this position is a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
ADDITIONAL JOB INFORMATION
Aetna is about more than just doing a job. This is our opportunity to re-shape healthcare for America and across the globe. We are developing solutions to improve the quality and affordability of healthcare. What we do will benefit generations to come.
We care about each other, our customers and our communities. We are inspired to make a difference, and we are committed to integrity and excellence.
Together we will empower people to live healthier lives.
Aetna is an equal opportunity & affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of personal characteristics or status. We take affirmative action to recruit, select and develop women, people of color, veterans and individuals with disabilities.
We are a company built on excellence. We have a culture that values growth, achievement and diversity and a workplace where your voice can be heard.
Benefit eligibility may vary by position.
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