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April 7, 2010
Senior Research Analyst
Location: Northbrook, Illinois, USA
Reference number: 22734BR
Position Summary
The position is part of a strategic analytics team which focuses on providing analytic support to internal business partners across the CVS Caremark business units, presenting a unified view of the effects of the changing pharmacy landscape to the PBM and Retail arms of the company. The emphasis of the position is on developing and interpreting financial and outcomes models, while analyzing a variety of data including pharmacy and medical administrative claims. The position is responsible for leading and conducting all stages of analytic study: collaborating with multiple business partners to understand the underlying business need to formulate study specifications, guiding analytic dataset specification and preparation, planning and conducting statistical analysis, and interpreting analytic findings for business use.
The individual in this position will be responsible for handling multiple analytic requests and working with data analysts to create analytic datasets and reports. The individual will establish and maintain extensive knowledge of the existing and ongoing analytic efforts in the larger Analytics and Outcomes organization and serve as a liaison between the business partners and other analytic teams.
Qualifications
A dynamic individual with ability to effectively generate and test research hypotheses, identify analysis opportunities with potential business implications, interpret analytic findings verbally and visually.
Advanced knowledge and experience with data analysis and statistics, including regression and predictive modeling techniques.
Advanced knowledge of statistical software (SAS, SPSS, Stata)
Advanced skills with spreadsheets, database, and presentation software, including strong working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Superior problem solving and quantitative modeling skills combined with an ability to understand and relate business objectives.
Proven ability to identify relevant, rather than merely interesting, analytic results and communicate them in written, presentation, and oral form in a way that is easily understood by others who may not have the same technical background or expertise.
Strong project management skills, with ability to work independently on multiple projects with sometimes competing priorities.
Ability to respond quickly to new requests, proactively identifying and engaging resources from across the organization.
Education
MBA or advanced degree in health care sciences, finance, statistics, mathematics, economics, marketing or other quantitative field required with significant experience in analytics.
Experience
6+ years of professional analysis and research experience with additional experience in PBM/retail pharmacy data preferred.
Experience working with large datasets, such as claims or transaction data. Experience working with PBM and/or administrative medical claims data strongly preferred.
To apply please apply online at http://www.cvscaremark.com/careers and reference job id#: 22734BR.
