Principal Data Analyst, Clinical Analytics and Reporting

Posting Date

11/03/20261150 Lake Hearn Dr NeSte 100, Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1566, United States of America

The Clinical Analytics & Reporting (CA&R) team delivers advanced analytical solutions to DaVita’s clinical and operations executives. Our mission is to improve patient quality of life by transforming data into actionable insights that drive clinical strategy, innovation, and strategic decision-making. The Principal Data Analyst provides advanced analytical and data support to clinical leadership, driving the analytical lifecycle for clinical initiatives, including the design and evaluation of clinical protocols and pilots. This role executes high-complexity analyses and provides the critical insights and expertise necessary to inform the strategic direction of clinical programs. As a senior individual contributor, the Principal Data Analyst is responsible for leading data strategy and delivering impactful results across the enterprise. A successful candidate exemplifies DaVita’s core values (Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment, and Fun) while demonstrating a strong work ethic, adept communication, and mastery of clinical data analysis and statistical methods.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Influence

• Strategic Thought Partnership: Acts as a primary thought partner for clinical and operations executives to identify opportunities for new analyses that align with DaVita’s clinical strategy.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Influences vertically and horizontally to ensure analytical insights are integrated into broader business decisions across clinical lanes.
• Complex Problem Solving: Independently resolves high-complexity, unprecedented problems by transforming raw data into clear, enterprise-level action plans.

Technical Excellence

• Methodological Stewardship: Leads the design and evaluation of clinical protocols and pilots using advanced methods, serving as a primary SME for the Scientific Review Board (SRB).
• End-to-End Execution & Governance: Directs the analytical lifecycle from ideation to presentation or publication, establishing technical standards for epidemiologic and statistical methods to ensure rigor, scalability, and documentation.
• Continuous Innovation: Regularly reviews emerging methods and technologies in clinical analytics and data science to support the team’s adoption of best demonstrated practices.

Mentorship & Team Development

• Technical Mentorship: Guides analysts across the team by overseeing analysis plans and conducting rigorous code and methods reviews to ensure data integrity.
• Capability Building: Drives continuous improvement across the team by establishing scalable workflows and documentation; identifies professional development resources and mentorship opportunities to elevate analytical expertise and technical standards across the broader Village.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7-10+ years of relevant experience in clinical data analysis, biostatistics, epidemiology, or a related quantitative field. A significant track record of technical leadership is preferred, demonstrating the ability to independently drive project strategy and provide high-level mentorship to analytic teams.
• Education: Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Data Science, or a related field from an accredited university

Technical Expertise

• Expert-level experience with statistical and/or epidemiological methods, including study design, causal inference analysis, and epidemiologic modeling
• Proficiency in at least one advanced data analysis platform or language (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS, etc.)
• Familiarity with database management and query languages (e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL, Netezza SQL) for large-scale clinical data extraction
• Experience with data visualization and reporting software (e.g., Tableau, IBM Cognos, Power BI, or similar)
• Proven ability and willingness to independently master additional platforms or programming languages as required by project needs

Core Competencies

• Methodological Rigor: Expert application of advanced biostatistical and epidemiological techniques to drive accurate clinical conclusions.
• Decision Making: Uses data-driven decision-making to impact functional area and department goals.
• Priority Management: Manages multiple competing priorities and deadlines under pressure.
• Independent Execution: Works independently with minimal guidance to deliver precise, high-quality work-product.
• Communication: Drives alignment across all levels of the organization; exceptional ability to synthesize complex analyses into concise narratives for executive leadership.
• Values Alignment: Shapes the culture by connecting people's strengths to meaningful work; models DaVita’s core values and belonging behaviors.

What We’ll Provide: 

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.  

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out  
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more 
• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning

At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.  We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong."  Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

The Salary Range for the role is $78,000.00 - $119,000.00 per year. If a candidate is hired, they will be paid at least the minimum wage according to their geographical jurisdiction and the exemption status for the position.New York Exempt: New York City and Long Island: $66,300.00/year, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $66,300.00/year, Remainder of New York state: $62,353.20/year New York Non-exempt: New York City and Long Island: $17.00/hour, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $17.00/hour, Remainder of New York state: $16.00/hourWashington Exempt: $80,168.40/year Washington Non-exempt: Bellingham: $19.13/hour, Burien: $21.78/hour, Everette: $20.77/hour, Unincorporated King County: $20.82/hour, Renton: $21.57/hour, Seattle: $21.30/hour, Tukwila: $21.65/hour, Remainder of Washington state: $17.13/hour

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.