Staff Data Analyst

Team: Data and informatics

Location: Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, Dallas, TX, California, New York City, New York, Phoenix, AZ, Seattle, WA

Commitment: Full Time

Workplace Type: remote

Job Duties – What you’ll be doing

• Define and Govern Analytical Strategy: Establish the multi-quarter analytical roadmap for a major business area (e.g., Clinical, Growth, or Operations), translating strategic objectives into measurable, actionable data initiatives.
• Architect Data Models: Serve as the principal steward of Synapticure’s data models and semantic layers (dbt/Snowflake), ensuring scalability, performance, and data integrity across the enterprise.
• Lead Cross-Functional Initiatives: Manage complex, high-impact projects that require integration of diverse data sources and alignment across Product, Clinical, Finance, and Operations teams.
• Strategic Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leadership—framing key questions, guiding methodology, and delivering data-driven insights that shape company direction.
• Mentorship & Team Development: Provide technical mentorship to other analysts, establish standards for analytical rigor and reproducibility, and elevate the analytical maturity of the entire organization.
• Define and Govern Key Metrics: Create and maintain consistent definitions for enterprise-level KPIs to ensure alignment and accuracy across teams.
• Storytelling with Data: Communicate analytical findings through compelling narratives that connect technical results to business and clinical impact.
• Champion Data Integrity: Lead by example in maintaining high standards of quality, governance, and documentation across all analytical outputs and infrastructure.

Requirements – What we look for in you

• 8+ years of experience in advanced data roles (Data Analyst, Analytics Engineer, BI Architect, or equivalent) with proven impact in complex, high-growth organizations
• Deep understanding of healthcare data ecosystems, including CMS data, clinical workflows, value-based care models, and regulatory compliance
• Expert-level SQL proficiency and experience building transformation pipelines using dbt or equivalent modern data stack tools
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining production-grade data models within Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift environments
• Strong knowledge of BI tools such as Tableau, Looker, Power BI, or Knowi, including building scalable analytics environments
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytical plans and actionable insights
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills—capable of influencing C-level stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated experience mentoring data professionals and implementing analytical best practices at scale
• Proven track record of delivering measurable business and clinical impact through data-driven decision-making

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Python or R for advanced statistical modeling or machine learning
• Deep understanding of patient journey analytics, cohort building, and healthcare funnel analysis
• Familiarity with value-based care metrics, risk adjustment, and clinical quality measurement
• Background in statistical methods, causal inference, and experimental design
• Prior startup or high-growth experience, ideally in health-tech or healthcare analytics
• History of contributing to the data community through open-source projects, blog posts, or speaking engagements

We’re founded by a patient and caregiver, and we’re a remote-first company. This means our values are at the heart of everything we do, and while we’re located all across the country, these principles are what tie us together around a common identity:

• Relentless focus on patients and caregivers. We are determined to provide an exceptional experience for every patient we have the privilege to serve, and we put our patients first in everything we do.
• Embody the spirit and humanity of those living with neurodegenerative disease. Inspired by our founders, families, and personal experiences, we meet every challenge with empathy, compassion, kindness, joy, and hope.
• Seek to understand, and stay curious. We start by listening to one another, our partners, our patients, and their caregivers. We communicate with authenticity and humility, prioritizing honesty and directness while recognizing we always have something to learn.
• Embrace the opportunity. We are energized by the importance of our mission and bias toward action.