Senior Health Data Analyst

About the role

Veeva is seeking a Senior Health Data Analyst to enhance the Veeva Compass product suite. This position involves ensuring the accuracy and consistency of health data, specifically focusing on prescription and medical claims. You will manage reference data for key attributes like drug information and diagnostic codes, contributing to the quality and integration of data across Veeva's offerings. Key facts

Location: Massachusetts - Boston

Boston

Engagement: Full-Time What you'll do

• Oversee and expand the Terminology Reference Library (TRL), managing core reference datasets for prescription and medical claims, including drug details, ICD-10 codes, procedure/lab codes, and payer/plan data.
• Conduct in-depth data querying, field mapping, and structural analysis to evaluate and integrate new data sources into existing schemas.
• Execute data quality and cleansing workflows, performing exploratory analysis to identify discrepancies, address missing values, deduplicate data, and ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Continuously improve the product by investigating data anomalies within the Veeva Compass suite and testing data changes to assess customer impact.
• Create interactive dashboards to monitor key data quality metrics, contributing to technical documentation, validation reports, and team process enhancements.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Developers to clarify data quality issues, pinpoint root causes, and develop data pipelines. Requirements
• Four or more years of experience analyzing record-level prescription and medical claims datasets.
• Four or more years of experience in health data quality analysis, data profiling, and data governance principles.
• Advanced SQL skills, with extensive experience querying, manipulating, and aggregating large-scale relational databases.
• Deep understanding of healthcare code sets and industry standards, including NDC, ICD-10, CPT/HCPCS, LOINC, and payer/plan reference data.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, visualize, and present data quality findings to stakeholders using Excel, BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Sigma), or interactive dashboards.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to investigate complex, unstructured healthcare data issues, identify root causes, and propose solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM, quantitative, or healthcare informatics field, or equivalent practical experience. Nice to have
• Experience with Python.
• Experience with the BI tool Sigma.
• Experience in the life science industry. Skills & tools
• SQL
• Excel
• Tableau
• Power BI
• Sigma
• Python (nice to have) Practical notes

Base pay for this role ranges from $80,000 to $125,000, with actual salaries varying based on experience and location. Additional compensation may include variable bonuses and/or stock bonuses. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, flexible PTO, company-paid holidays, and retirement programs. Veeva operates as a Work Anywhere company, offering flexibility for remote or office work. The application process includes a personality assessment within three days of submission. If selected for interviews, the process involves a conversation with the hiring manager, a practical case exercise, and a final conversation with a senior leader. About the company Veeva Systems Inc. provides cloud computing software, data, and consulting services for the life sciences industry. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Its products are used to track all aspects of drug development and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Veeva serves 1,552 customers worldwide. This client base includes major pharmaceutical enterprises such as Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly and Company, Gilead Sciences, Merck & Co., and Novartis. It also supports innovative biotechnology firms including Alkermes plc, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, bluebird bio, and Idorsia. The platform helps organizations manage complex clinical, regulatory, and commercial processes. Life sciences companies rely on these tools to maintain compliance and improve operational efficiency across the product lifecycle. Veeva focuses on the specific requirements of the sector, offering applications that connect data and workflows from research through commercialization. The company works closely with its customers to address evolving regulatory standards and market demands. Its technology supports the delivery of new therapies to patients. Veeva continues to invest in cloud solutions that address the unique challenges of life sciences organizations.