Healthcare Market Forecasting Specialist

This role is responsible for researching, collecting, and analyzing market data to provide strategic insights to senior management. The analyst will publish market size and composition data by segment, geography, and carrier, as well as develop future market forecasts. The goal is to equip leadership with fact-based market data to inform decisions on strategic positioning and tactical initiatives.

What are the Key Responsibilities:

• Data Analysis and Reporting: Research, extract, and manipulate data from multiple sources to create consolidated reports, utilizing tools like R, SQL, and statistical techniques to assess segment and product-level performance.
• Model Development and Deployment: Use model selection techniques to identify and deploy the best models for stated business objectives and develop new predictive models that lead to innovative solutions.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to develop optimal solutions and communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences to ensure timely and accurate delivery.
• Market Analysis and Strategy: Utilize industry-standard tools, market research, and predictive modeling techniques to determine market membership segmentation and categorization, supporting market sizing and strategic planning activities.
• Process Improvement and Ad-hoc Support: Proactively identify opportunities to improve accuracy and techniques used in market analytics, develop new methodologies, and support ad-hoc reporting and assignments.

What is Required:

• 6+ years' work experience in the health or medical industry or equivalent
• Intermediate level experience leveraging reporting, analytical and intermediate to advanced level of writing SQL, SAS, or related coding language
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, with strong attention to detail
• Experience using Microsoft Office to include advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas, VBA and macro coding)
• Experience with data publishing tools such as PowerBI and Tableau
• Experience delivering results on short notice, and with unstructured requirements
• Demonstrated relationship skills, active listening skills, and the ability to understand, translate, and communicate marketing and data concepts
• Bachelor's degree

What is Preferred:

• SQL certification
• Experience with healthcare industry data and knowledge of healthcare products
• Experience with market sizing and forecasting within the healthcare industry
• Master's degree

General Physical Demands
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

Physical/Environmental Activities
Must be able to travel to multiple locations for work (i.e. travel to attend meetings, events, conferences). Occasionally

What We Offer:
As a Florida Blue employee, you will thrive in our Be Well, Work Well, GuideWell culture where being well as an individual, and working well as a team, are both important in serving our members and communities.

To support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:

• Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance;
• Income protection benefits: life insurance, Short- and long-term disability programs;
• Leave programs to support personal circumstances;
• Retirement Savings Plan includes employer contribution and employer match;
• Paid time off, volunteer time off, and 11 holidays
• Additional voluntary benefits available; and a comprehensive wellness program

Employee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.

To support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.

Typical Annualized Hiring Range: $88,100 - $110,100, within a full annualized salary range of $88,100 - $143,100

Final pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Protected Veteran/Disabled Employer committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture for our employees and communities.