Senior Staff Analyst - Data Analytics Specialization

Senior Staff Analyst - Data Analytics Specialization

The Data & Analytics Unit is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting healthcare data to support decision-making across the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS). The unit manages patient care and operational data, using analytics to identify patterns, predict outcomes, and improve service delivery. The unit also ensures data integrity, security, and regulatory compliance.

The Senior Staff Analyst will be responsible for managing requirements gathering, tracking project status, maintaining project plans, meeting deadlines, and ensuring all action items are followed up on. Additionally, this role involves maintaining a detailed project plan in Smartsheet, capturing all tasks at a granular level. The Senior Staff Analyst will contribute to the development and execution of data strategies, support hiring processes, and drive department-wide projects to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Essential Functions

• Lead agile project and program management efforts, ensuring timely execution, alignment with department goals, and effective risk mitigation.
• Manage business and technical requirements gathering, collaborating with stakeholders to define business rules and measures, ensuring alignment with SQL-based data structures where applicable.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans in Smartsheet, tracking tasks, dependencies, deadlines, and action items at a granular level.
• Facilitate Data & Analytics (D&A) meetings, ensuring stakeholder engagement, capturing key decisions, tracking follow-ups, and managing meeting documentation.
• Prepare project status reports, executive updates, and performance metrics to communicate progress, risks, and key milestones.
• Develop and maintain data product roadmaps to support enterprise-wide data initiatives.
• Create clear, well-structured reports, policy documents, business cases, and stakeholder presentations for the D&A unit.
• Support hiring and talent development by drafting job descriptions, participating in interview panels, and contributing to onboarding activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to promote data governance best practices and advance organizational objectives.
• Conduct research and provide strategic recommendations to management on program, policy, and operational improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Job Qualifications

The ideal candidate for the Senior Staff Analyst Data Analytics Specialization should have a strong background in project and program management, business analysis, and agile methodologies, particularly within a Data & Analytics unit. The role requires excellent writing and communication skills to produce well-structured reports, policy documents, and strategic recommendations.

Candidates should have experience leading requirements-gathering sessions, defining business rules and measures, and collaborating with technical teams to ensure data structures align with business needs. Familiarity with Smartsheet, Jira, or other project management tools is essential for tracking and managing project deliverables.

This role demands strong leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills to facilitate cross-departmental collaboration, influence decision-making, and align initiatives with organizational priorities.

Education / Experience

Certificates / Licenses / Clearances

Other Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

Physical Demands

Stand : Not applicable

Walk : Not applicable

Sit : Frequently

Handling / Fingering : Constantly

Reach Outward : Constantly

Reach Above Shoulder : Not applicable

Climb, Crawl, Kneel, Bend : Not applicable

Lift / Carry : Occasionally - Not applicable

Push / Pull : Occasionally - Not applicable

See : Constantly

Taste / Smell : Not Applicable

Not Applicable = Not required for essential functions

Occasionally = (0 - 2 hrs / day)

Frequently = (2 - 5 hrs / day)

Constantly = (5+ hrs / day)

Work Environment : Hybrid

EEOC Statement : It is the policy of Heluna Health to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, without regard to age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, reproductive health decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer or a record or history of cancer), AIDS or HIV, genetic information or characteristics, veteran status or military service.