Manager, Business Insights

Position Purpose: The Manager, Business Insights leads workforce capacity planning and staffing forecast initiatives that support operational performance and enterprise objectives. This role develops and manages staffing models using historical volume, membership forecasts, productivity, processing times, and other operational data to determine workforce needs across markets and lines of business. The Manager partners with business leaders to translate complex data into clear staffing and financial recommendations, influence workforce decisions, and help ensure teams are appropriately staffed to meet business and regulatory requirements. This individual works across Analytics, Finance, Strategy, Information Technology, and operational business areas.

Key Details: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, or CPT.

Highly Preferred Skills and Experiences:

• Lead the planning and execution of enterprise-wide analytics projects and strategic initiatives, including workforce capacity planning and staffing forecast initiatives, translating business goals into actionable solutions.
• Partner cross-functionally at all levels of the organization and communicate findings and insights to non-technical business partners.
• Independently engage with business leaders to understand market-specific business needs, evaluate staffing and capacity requirements, and align analytic capabilities with strategic objectives.
• Facilitate cross-team project collaboration between state-based health plans and business units.
• Research key business problems and proactively identify potential enterprise solutions.
• Provide product ownership support for deployment and adoption of analytic tools and technology.
• Support analytics organizational performance management by monitoring SLAs, customer satisfaction, staffing trends, and workforce capacity indicators.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science or IT, healthcare administration, statistics, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in general business, analytics or IT. Healthcare or consulting organization experience preferred.
• Experience in technology product ownership, development, deployment, and user adoption preferred.
• Working knowledge of analytical tools, including PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, SAS, or related tools preferred.
• Experience in organizational performance management, continuous improvement and customer feedback mechanisms, or change management preferred.
• Experience in communication and change management, learning and development, or human resources preferred.

By applying to this requisition, you acknowledge and understand that you may be considered for other job opportunities for which Centene believes you may be qualified.

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.
 

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status.  Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act