Lead Analyst
Your Opportunity:
As the Lead Analyst for Emergency Department (ED) Medicine, you will have a unique opportunity to shape the future of analytics within one of the most fast‑paced and high‑impact areas of the health system. In this pivotal role, you will provide strategic leadership in building a modern, reliable, and high‑performing ED analytics program. You will champion the development of a robust data infrastructure, guide data governance practices, and ensure alignment with health system priorities. As a trusted advisor to physicians, operational leaders, and executive partners, you will lead a team of skilled analysts to deliver meaningful insights through advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and innovative data visualization. Your work will directly influence improvements in patient flow, wait times, resource utilization, and performance. You will oversee the creation of strategic dashboards and reporting tools that help leaders make timely, data‑driven decisions. In this newly established ED Medicine Analytics Team, your role will be instrumental in defining the program’s direction, engaging customers, conducting research, and assessing resource needs. You will mentor analysts, cultivate analytical excellence, and promote a culture where data is used proactively to enhance patient care and operational efficiency. If you are passionate about leveraging analytics to drive system‑level impact, thrive in building new programs, and enjoy working alongside clinical and operational leaders to solve complex challenges, this is an exceptional opportunity to support transformative work in emergency care.
Description:
The Lead Analyst for Emergency Department (ED) Medicine provides strategic leadership in the development and advancement of a modern ED analytics program. This role is responsible for building and governing a robust data infrastructure, ensuring alignment with provincial and federal reporting requirements, and supporting organizational priorities related to patient flow, access, and performance. As a trusted advisor to physicians, operational leaders, and executive partners, the Lead Analyst leads a team of analysts to deliver high-quality insights through advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and innovative data visualization tools. The Lead Analyst oversees the design and delivery of strategic dashboards and reports that monitor key ED metrics such as wait times, resource utilization, patient volumes, and flow performance. This role fosters a culture of data‑driven decision-making and ensures analytic outputs are actionable, accurate, and meaningful to front-line teams and leaders. As the ED Medicine Analytics Team is newly established, the Lead Analyst plays a critical role in shaping the direction and structure of the program. This includes customer engagement, research, program design, standard development, and assessment of resource and infrastructure needs. The role also provides mentorship to analysts, ensures adherence to data governance and security best practices, and leads initiatives that support improved patient experience and outcomes through innovative analytical approaches.
- Transition Company: Health Shared Services
- Classification: Lead
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Emergency Department Analytics, Data & Analytics
- Primary Location: Southport Tower
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 20-FEB-2026
- Date Available: 23-MAR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $37.82
- Maximum Salary: $64.86
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Master’s degree in health informatics, Data Science, Statistics, Economics or a related field.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Minimum 8 years of experience in healthcare analytics. Advanced proficiency in SQL and experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake). Strong knowledge of healthcare data standards, provincial/federal reporting requirements, and data governance principles. Expertise in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) and dashboard development. Familiarity with predictive analytics, modeling, and simulation techniques. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights. Demonstrated leadership in mentoring and developing analytical teams. Proven track record in building and maintaining robust data infrastructures aligned with organizational priorities. Experience in implementing governance frameworks for data integrity, security, and compliance. Hands-on experience delivering performance monitoring dashboards and reports for clinical and operational improvement. Practical application of advanced analytics to optimize resource allocation and patient flow. Successful collaboration with physicians, operational leaders, and quality improvement teams to drive data-informed decisions. Background in quality assurance for analytical outputs. Previous experience with migration of legacy data from Oracle/SQL Server to Snowflake.
Preferred Qualifications:
As required.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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