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Do you envision finding a meaningful role with an inclusive and compassionate team? At Children’s Mercy, we believe in making a difference in the lives of all children and shining a light of hope to the patients and families we serve. Our employees make the difference, which is why we have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top pediatric hospital, for eleven consecutive years.
Children’s Mercy is in the heart of Kansas City – a metro abounding in cultural experiences, vibrant communities and thriving businesses. This is where our patients and families live, work and play. This is a community that has embraced our hospital and we strive to say thanks by giving back. As a leader in children’s health, we engage in meaningful programs and partnerships throughout the region so that we can improve the lives of children beyond the walls of our hospital.
Overview
Principal Analytics Engineer provides strategic vision and leadership in the overall design and execution of our Analytics Strategy. Analytics Engineer will report to the Chief Data Officer and will be responsible for devising and executing against our standards of analytics solution development and automation. Principal Analytics Engineer is equal parts advisor and hands-on engineer and will require an individual with broad skills and experiences in developing business-critical analytics solutions, as well as a proven ability to mentor others in analytics engineering best practices.
Important Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Experience:
- Expert SQL skills
- Experience utilizing Agile methodology
- Experience building and maintain data models
- Knowledge of data integration tools: dbt, Informatica, MS Integration Services, etc.
- Ability to consume and create APIs
- Proficient in Python and/or additional programming languages
- Experience using version control systems such as Git
- Databricks, Snowflake, or similar platform
- Cloud Computing (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Expert Tableau, PowerBI, or similar tool
- Knowledge of Epic's data and analytics tooling is a plus
At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.
Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children’s Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.
Responsibilities
Builds high-performing and high-impact analytics solutions to deliver novel and timely insights:
- Owns end-to-end development of solutions, including data extraction, transformation, and visualization of high-profile analytics products.
- Develops and deploys data assets to our Enterprise Data Platform, enabling scalable and extensible use (and reuse) of business-critical data.
- Refactors data assets to improve performance, accuracy, and quality of insights.
- Conducts highly complex work, unsupervised, and with extensive latitude for independent judgment.
- Designs and builds complex data models, approve modifications, and implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility.
Provides guidance to leaders, engineers, architects, and analysts to drive the design and development of analytics solutions:
- Acts as a project consultant for other members of the Data Intelligence team as they work to overcome challenges in the solution development lifecycle.
- Provides hands-on support for prioritized Data Intelligence work streams.
- Mentors less experienced team members and provide coaching as needed.
- Optimizes overall data/information flow by reducing redundancy and enabling accessibility within security boundaries.
- Provides consultation to other technologists and leaders on emerging best practices in analytics solution development.
Establishes and provides leadership for our Analytics Center of Excellence:
- In partnership with other Data Intelligence team members, develops and delivers data and analytics literacy content to stakeholders across Children’s Mercy.
- In partnership with Analytics leaders, establishes and standardizes all reporting and analytics roles across the organization, driving our hiring and career development practices for those roles at Children’s Mercy.
- In partnership with Analytics leaders, develops and maintains an onboarding plan for analytics and reporting staff across Children’s Mercy.
- Serves as a consultant to data users throughout the organization (i.e., technical design, data curation, code review, repeatable processes, performance tuning, functional design of visualizations, etc.).
- Works with Data Intelligence and Operational leaders to identify opportunities to develop and deploy self-service solutions to our users.
- Provides direction for the buy/build decision process for related technologies such as business intelligence applications, data transformation tools, and data governance solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of work experience. At least 3 years of leadership experience in data and analytics and/or mentoring analytics staff. Experience includes work in analytics solution design, data visualization, data transformation and modeling, including ETL/ELT processes and tools. Preferred experience in all phases of data analytics lifecycle (requirements, architecture, testing, and deployment).
- At least one application-specific Epic certification relevant to the department (determined by role leadership) required within 120 days of hire.
Benefits at Children's Mercy
The benefits plans at Children’s Mercy are one of many reasons we are recognized as one of the best places to work in Kansas City. Our plans are designed to meet the changing needs of our employees and their families.
Learn more about Children’s Mercy benefits.Starting Pay
Our pay ranges are market competitive. Your salaried offer will be determined based upon your education and experience.
Remote Work/Work from Home
This position is entirely remote or work-from-home. The person hired must live in the Kansas City metro area and may attend on-site meetings, as scheduled.
EEO Employer/Disabled/Vet
Children’s Mercy hires individuals based on their job skills, expertise and ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors. A personal interview, formal education and training, previous work experience, references and a criminal background investigation all are factors used to select the best candidates. The hospital does not discriminate against prospective or current employees based on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, creed, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry or veteran status. A drug screen will be performed upon hire. Children’s Mercy is smoke and tobacco free.
Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
CM is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our patients and families come from all walks of life, and so do we. We know that our greatest strengths come from the people who make up our team so we hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger and our patient care more compassionate.
If you share our values and our enthusiasm for service, you will find a home at CM. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, including education, ideas, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, religion, disability and beliefs.