Manager, Health Data

Position Title:  Health Data Manager

Location: Washington D.C. (Hybrid work schedule, 2 days in the office)

Department: Digital Products & Information Technology

Reports to: Director, Data Scientist

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range for US Based Staff: $55,463 - $65,250

Organization Summary:

Founded in 1968, Special Olympics is a global movement to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities. We foster acceptance of all people through the power of sport and programming in education, health, and leadership. With nearly four million athletes and Unified Sports® partners and one million coaches and volunteers in more than 170 countries, Special Olympics delivers more than 30 Olympic-type sports and nearly 50,000 games and competitions every year. Learn more at SpecialOlympics.org. 

Position Summary:

The Special Olympics Digital Products and Technology team is focused on improving outcomes for the athletes we serve, enabling rapid and efficient health research, supporting business decisions, managing risk, and responding to and developing technology-driven solutions to address the needs of Special Olympic programs at the state, country, and regional levels. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to make major positive impact in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.

As a Health Data Manager, you will partner with the Health team to support data management, support research and evaluation, and develop automated analytics solutions. You'll work with others on the team to harness the power of Special Olympics’ data with machine learning to provide insights at scale that drive both long-term strategy and near-term Health department operations, outcomes, and research. You will help answer impactful and meaningful questions.

Responsibilities:

• Manage internal and external Health data requests and support
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to create and maintain dashboards to support longitudinal studies and other Health Research & Evaluation activities
• Create and support analysis and visualization for conference posters, peer-reviewed manuscripts, presentations and other communications materials (e.g., infographics, resource materials)
• Support Health data cleaning activities
• Serve as system admin for REDCap and other data systems
• Support historical data management, data governance activities, and data collection applications

Minimum qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience plus Three to Five years of relevant work experience. Experience and/or coursework in the area of Data management, Data governance, Data Engineering, Database Management, Data analysis and/or Data science is a plus.
• Familiarity with SQL and other general-purpose programming languages
• Experience in visualizing and summarizing data
• Demonstrated self-direction. Willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in Power BI or other analytics software
• Demonstrated skills in selecting the right frameworks and tools to deliver data management and support analytics projects.
• Familiarity with health information systems (HIS) and EHR/EMR

*For USA based staff: Special Olympics offers full-time employees a generous and comprehensive benefits package, which includes: medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life insurance, disability, retirement, legal resources, and PTO. 

Special Olympics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

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