Health Informatics Director jobs in Albany, NY

Bachelor's degree and five years of professional research experience in public health, epidemiology, medicine, program evaluation, statistics, biostatistics, psychology, sociology, social science, economics, information science, or a related area.
Substitutions: Master's degree in an appropriate field may substitute for one year of experience. Ph.D. in an appropriate field may substitute for an additional year of experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Strong statistical and data management skills. Proficient in the use of data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI, with Tableau experience strongly preferred. Experience with SPSS, R and/or SQL, Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point. Experience extracting, merging, and linking health care datasets, including Medicaid data, for the application of data visualization and advanced statistical analysis. Knowledge of statistical methods and their application for predictive analytics. Excellent communication and organizational skills. The ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

• The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of Data Strategy and Management is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.