Analytics Program Manager - Foundational Platform

The Data & Analytics (D&A) team delivers strategic insights, analytics products, and decision-support capabilities across Risant Health, Risant Health’s Value-Based Platform (VBP) and Risant Health Organizations (RHOs), and Kaiser Permanente (KP). Through four key pillars—Risant Strategic Analytics, VBP/Solution Intelligence, RHO Support & Enablement, and Foundational Capabilities—the team translates data into actionable intelligence that drives clinical quality improvement, total cost of care reduction, better experiences for members and clinicians, and health equity.

The Analytics Program Manager for Foundational Platform owns the business requirements, product strategy, and delivery coordination for Risant's core data and analytics infrastructure (part of D&A’s Foundational Capabilities pillar). This role bridges business needs and technical execution, ensuring the platform delivers scalable, high-quality data and analytic capabilities that enable operations and strategic analytics across D&A pillars. The Analytics Program Manager for Foundational Platform will ensure immediate needs are served through interim platform capabilities while pursuing the long-term architecture vision that is needed for Risant.

Job Responsibilities 

Technical Program Management & Roadmap Planning: Coordinate delivery for the Foundational Platform build, balancing across interim solution build and long-term platform implementation. Working closely with Risant Technology and business partners, define and maintain a roadmap with tracked dependencies and release schedule that consists of sprints that combine data, analytic and technology outputs that cumulatively deliver business value.

Business & Requirements Ownership: Partner closely with business teams to drive alignment between strategic goals and execution scope. Own business requirements gathering and documentation for the platform, including for member/patient master data management (MDM), provider MDM/hierarchy, and other core data models. Translate business needs from analytics pods, RHOs and other stakeholders into requirements for Architecture & Engineering teams and coordinate with those teams on technical designs to ensure capabilities meet business requirements and scalability needs. Lead acceptance testing (UAT and BAT) for all releases.

Standards Definition and Governance: Establish and govern source data onboarding process, metric definitions, calculation / methodology logic, and data quality standards. Document and maintain data contracts between Risant, RHOs and third-party vendors as needed.

Vendor & Partner Coordination: Co-manage (with Risant Technology) third-party vendors and partners as needed, identifying co-development activities and ensuring performance expectations and service levels are met.

Budget and Investment Oversight: Partner with D&A Portfolio Lead and Risant Technology partners to prioritize platform investments against competing analytics delivery needs. Support budget planning and vendor procurement processes for platform tools, technologies, and services.

Risk & Change Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate program risks and issues, escalating when necessary. Drive platform adoption across analytic pods and other Risant stakeholders through robust change management that includes stakeholder communications, training and cutover planning.

Platform Performance Monitoring: Establish and monitor platform KPIs including data quality metrics (e.g. accuracy, completeness), system performance (e.g. uptimes, usability, query speed), user adoption / satisfaction and cost efficiency. Provide executive reporting as needed.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, external partners, and senior leadership to ensure alignment, buy-in, and engagement throughout the platform delivery lifecycle.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science or related field

Experience:

• Seven (7) years in technical program management, data engineering, or analytics platform delivery
• Five (5) years working with enterprise data platforms, data warehouses, or analytics infrastructure
• Three (3) years in healthcare data environments with exposure to claims, clinical, and operational data sources (incl. third parties)
• Experience with modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) 
• Experience with BI platforms (Tableau, Power BI, Qlik) and their architecture requirements
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR, X12) & standard sources (incl. EHRs)
• Understanding of MDM solutions, data quality tools, and metadata management

Supervisory/Management Experience:

• Five (5) years demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, coordinate across business and engineering functions, and influence senior stakeholders without explicit authority.

Education Preferred:

• Master’s degree in Data Science/Analytics, Information Systems or a related discipline.

Certification and/or Licensure Preferred:

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
• PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
• SAFe Product Owner / Manager (POPM)
• SAFe Agile Product Manager (APM)
• SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)
• Cloud platform certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Data Governance certifications (CDMP, DGSP, ADGP)

Technical Competencies Preferred: 

• Working knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management approaches, with ability to adapt to needs
• Change management expertise to drive adoption of new portfolio processes and governance structures
• Familiarity with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, Confluence, MS Project)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI) for reporting and presentations

This hybrid role requires working onsite up to two days per week in either our Washington, DC or Renton, WA office. Bi‑monthly travel is also required. 

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits: The projected base salary for this position ranges from $130,000 to $171,600 and depends on experience and qualifications. This role is also eligible for incentive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including wellness programs, retirement savings, and relocation support as applicable.

Join us! If you are passionate about improving healthcare through innovative solutions and want to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply. Risant Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.