Senior Health Data Informaticist - Compass
New York - New York CityFull-TimeSeniorOther
What You’ll Do
- Curate, standardize, and validate medical and pharmacy claims data to ensure accuracy and usability across Compass products
- Map drugs to indications and therapeutic areas using coding standards such as ICD-10, CPT/HCPCS, NDC, RxNorm, and ATC
- Design, maintain, and document hierarchical structures, taxonomies, and vocabularies, including therapeutic area frameworks, diagnosis/procedure groupings
- Develop business rules, validation routines, and clinical logic to support reliable analytics and product use
- Lead data integration and modeling efforts, applying healthcare data standards for consistent, interoperable data assets
- Troubleshoot complex data issues, ensuring data integrity, system reliability, and adherence to regulatory requirements (HIPAA)
- Produce clear documentation (ERDs, flowcharts, sequence diagrams) to communicate processes and data solutions effectively
- Translate complex clinical and payer data concepts into actionable insights for cross-functional teams and leadership
- Mentor and guide junior team members to strengthen overall team capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Biomedical Informatics, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Public Health, or related field
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with healthcare data systems, clinical vocabularies, coding systems, and payer data
- Deep expertise in drug classification and coding systems (NDC, RxNorm, ATC)
- Advanced knowledge of diagnostic and procedural code sets (ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, HCPCS)
- Experience with payer data, including commercial and government payers, and a history of acting as a subject matter expert
- Strong SQL skills and experience with data modeling, transformation, and aggregation on large healthcare datasets
- Proven ability to design, maintain, and govern complex hierarchical structures (taxonomies, ontologies, clinical groupers)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve technical challenges in healthcare data systems
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to translate complex data concepts for technical and non-technical audiences
- Familiarity with U.S. healthcare system structures, data standards, and payer mix concepts
Nice to Have
- Experience with terminology or ontology management tools (e.g., Apelon, SNOMED CT browsers, OHDSI/OMOP)
- Familiarity with data governance platforms (e.g., Collibra, Informatica) and FAIR data principles
- Background in pharmacy, clinical informatics, or health economics/market access analytics
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, R, SAS) or other ETL/data manipulation tools
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
Compensation
- Base pay: $80,000 - $115,000
- The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.
