About this Senior Manager, Data & Analytics Platform Engineering role at Inovalon
Inovalon was founded in 1998 on the belief that technology, and data specifically, would empower the transformation of the entire healthcare ecosystem for the better, improving both outcomes and economics. At Inovalon, we believe that when our customers are successful in their missions, healthcare improves. Therefore, we focus on empowering them with data-driven solutions. And the momentum is building.
Together, as ONE Inovalon, we are a united force delivering solutions that address healthcare’s greatest needs. Through our mission-based culture of inclusion and innovation, our organization brings value not just to our customers, but to the millions of patients and members they serve.
Overview:
The Senior Manager, Data & Analytics Platform Engineering will own, end to end, a centralized Power BI monitoring and reporting platform for the Data Governance, Informatics, and Analytics teams within the Enterprise Data Strategy department. This platform is critical for having visibility into Inovalon's data upstream, serving as a tool for data quality improvement, auditing, and data rights management. This leader will be accountable for the full solution, from backend data architecture, pipelines, and infrastructure through to the reports and DAX models stakeholders ultimately use. They will also build and manage a team to deliver it. While day-to-day focus will be on backend platform ownership and team leadership, this person should be hands-on capable across the full stack, stepping in wherever needed to keep delivery moving.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Data Architecture: Define the data architecture and schemas underpinning the platform, ensuring the structure supports governance, analytics, and informatics reporting needs across multiple business-critical systems
- Backend Platform Ownership: Design, build, and maintain ingestion pipelines and integrations connecting the platform to underlying source systems, ensuring data is accurate, timely, audit-ready, and structured to drive Power BI reporting.
- Hands-On Flexibility: Step in to develop or troubleshoot Power BI reports and data models as needed to support the team, unblock delivery, or cover gaps.
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Hire, manage, and mentor a data operations team of engineers; set engineering standards and oversee architecture decisions across the team.
- End-to-End Accountability: Own the platform's success from data architecture through to final report, ensuring pipelines, data models, and Power BI work together seamlessly to meet stakeholder needs.
- Data Security & Sensitivity: Ensure the platform handles highly sensitive data appropriately throughout the full data lifecycle, in line with company policy and regulatory requirements.
- Infrastructure & Scalability: Own the infrastructure supporting the platform (performance, capacity, and environment security), ensuring it scales reliably as data volume and stakeholder usage grow.
- Stakeholder Partnership: Work directly with Data Governance, Informatics, and Analytics leads to understand monitoring, KPI, and audit-readiness requirements, and translate them into backend data models and pipeline design.
- Engineering Standards: Lead the team in writing high-quality, testable code using a test-first approach where possible, and ensure all work meets an agreed "Definition of Done."
- Quality, Testing & Defect Resolution: Oversee creation of automated unit, system, and acceptance tests for data pipelines and services; lead design and code reviews; manage integration, testing, and deployment tasks; and ensure timely resolution of data and pipeline defects.
- Agile Delivery: Drive end-of-iteration demos, retrospectives, and continuous team improvement; manage work through Agile tools (e.g., JIRA or similar) and participate in change management as scope evolves.
- Documentation: Ensure documentation is written and maintained describing data architecture, pipeline logic, coding standards, testing, and changes.
- Maintain compliance with lnovalon's policies, procedures and mission statement.
- Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within lnovalon's Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position.
- Fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by lnovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success of the Company.
- Uphold responsibilities relative to the separation of duties for applicable processes and procedures within your job function.
- We reserve the right to change this job description from time to time as business needs dictate and will provide notice of such.
Experience:
- 10+ Years of data architecture and engineering experience required
Skills and Abilities:
- Proven track record building, leading, and growing high-performing engineering teams within an Agile development environment for 5+ years, with the ability to operate as both a hands-on individual contributor and a people manager.
- Proven experience building and scaling large backend data platforms and pipelines that support BI/reporting layers.
- Experience working with healthcare data specifically (e.g., claims, clinical/EHR, payer/provider data) strongly preferred; experience in another highly regulated industries considered.
- Demonstrated ability to define data architecture and schemas, not just implement against them.
- Strong proficiency in backend technologies (e.g., Java, Python, or similar) and data pipeline/ETL tools.
- Experience with AWS data services and cloud-based data storage solutions.
- Working proficiency in Power BI and DAX — strong enough to build, review, or troubleshoot reports.
- Experience with modern DevOps/Agile practices (CI/CD, Git, JIRA or similar).
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience partnering directly with non-technical business leaders.
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (B.A./B.S.) in computer science, software engineering, information technology required
- Master’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (M.A./M.S.) preferred
Licenses and Certifications:
- CRISC certification Preferred
- Lean Six Sigma certification Preferred
Inovalon Offers a Competitive Salary and Benefits Package
In addition to the base compensation, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.
The actual base pay offered may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. At Inovalon, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.
Inovalon invests in associates to help them stay healthy, save for long-term financial goals, and manage the demands of work and personal commitments. That’s why Inovalon offers a valuable benefits package with a wide range of choices to meet associate needs, which may include health insurance, life insurance, company-paid disability, 401k, 18+ days of paid time off, and more.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship (e.g. H-1B, TN, or E-3). Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States as a condition of employment. (This is only applicable for US-based positions)
If you don’t meet every qualification listed but are excited about our mission and the work described, we encourage you to apply. Inovalon is most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and you may be just the right person for this or other roles.
By embracing inclusion, we enhance our work environment and drive business success. Inovalon strives to provide equal opportunities to the communities where we operate and to our clients and everyone whom we serve. We endeavor to create a culture of inclusion in which our associates feel empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work and pursue their professional goals in an equitable setting. We understand that by fostering this type of culture, and welcoming different perspectives, we generate innovation and growth.
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