BI Director
This role requires candidates who are currently authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship, and C2C arrangements are not accepted. This role is hybrid near Irvine, CA.
Position Summary
The Director of Business Intelligence & Analytics is a hands-on leader responsible for driving enterprise business intelligence, data strategy, reporting, and analytics within a growing healthcare organization. This role combines technical expertise, strategic leadership, and strong business partnership skills to deliver accurate, scalable, and actionable reporting solutions.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working with healthcare data, developing trusted reporting environments, and partnering directly with executive leadership. This individual must be comfortable working hands-on with SQL, data pipelines, and data warehouses while leading a small internal team and offshore resources.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead enterprise BI strategy, analytics delivery, reporting standards, and data governance initiatives.
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Partner directly with executive leadership, clinical operations, finance, revenue cycle, and IT to identify reporting needs and business priorities.
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Develop and maintain executive dashboards, operational scorecards, and analytical reporting solutions.
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Establish standardized metrics, data definitions, reporting processes, and quality controls to ensure accuracy and consistency.
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Work hands-on with SQL, data models, ETL processes, data pipelines, and enterprise data warehouses.
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Analyze healthcare data across EHR, practice management, billing, revenue cycle, clinical operations, and financial systems.
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Oversee data integration, reconciliation, validation, and troubleshooting to resolve reporting discrepancies.
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Support BI platform enhancements, migrations, and transitions, including Looker and Power BI.
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Translate complex technical concepts into clear business insights and recommendations for nontechnical stakeholders.
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Manage reporting priorities, project timelines, stakeholder expectations, and deliverables.
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Lead and mentor a small internal analytics team and offshore resources while remaining actively involved in technical execution.
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Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to improve data infrastructure, reporting capabilities, and overall analytics performance.
Required Qualifications
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7+ years of progressive experience in business intelligence, analytics, data engineering, or related disciplines.
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2+ years of leadership experience managing analytics teams, technical resources, or enterprise BI initiatives.
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Strong hands-on SQL expertise, including complex queries, data transformation, optimization, and validation.
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Experience with enterprise data warehouses, data lakes, data modeling, ETL, and data integration.
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Proficiency with BI platforms such as Power BI, Looker, Tableau, or similar tools.
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Experience developing executive dashboards, operational reporting, and scalable analytical solutions.
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Strong understanding of data governance, reporting standards, metric definitions, and data quality.
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Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
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Demonstrated ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical responsibilities.
Preferred Qualifications
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Healthcare industry experience, preferably within medical groups, physician practices, specialty healthcare, or multi-site clinical organizations.
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Experience with clinical operations, surgery center reporting, revenue cycle management, and financial analytics.
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Familiarity with EHR, practice management, scheduling, billing, and healthcare data integrations.
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Experience managing offshore technical teams or external development resources.
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Experience supporting BI platform migrations, particularly from Looker to Power BI.
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Background working in fast-paced, growing organizations with evolving data and reporting environments.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will be a technically strong, business-oriented BI leader who can communicate effectively with C-suite executives while remaining hands-on with data and reporting solutions.
This individual should demonstrate a service-oriented mindset, strong ownership and accountability, and the ability to drive initiatives independently. A collaborative leadership style, sound judgment, and the ability to challenge assumptions constructively are essential.
