Senior Business Analyst - Data Platform

Responsibilities

The Senior Business Analyst leads discovery and requirements definition for complex data initiatives while acting as a strategic partner to engineering and business leaders. They are responsible for mentoring team members, enforcing documentation standards, and driving cross-functional alignment across the data platform.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 6 years of experience in business or data analysis, including 4 years specifically working with healthcare data. A bachelor's or master's degree in a STEM field, public health, or economics is preferred, along with advanced SQL proficiency.

Skills

• Business analysis
• Data platform
• SQL
• Healthcare data
• Agile
• Scrum
• Stakeholder management
• Requirements definition
• Mentorship
• Data quality
• Root cause analysis
• Documentation standards
• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• Strategic planning
• Cross-functional leadership

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K retirement plan
• Company match
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• Flex Time Off
• Paid parental leave
• Pet insurance

About this role

Opportunity Overview
The Senior Business Analyst on the Data Platform team serves as a high-impact contributor responsible for leading strategic data initiatives, mentoring peers, and ensuring technical execution aligns with evolving business needs. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, engineering execution, and stakeholder communication.
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will lead cross-functional efforts to define, structure, and deliver large-scale data initiatives while embedding best practices across our business analysis discipline. You are expected to operate with a high degree of independence, influence without authority, and drive clarity across complex domains. This is a key role for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, has deep healthcare data experience, and excels at translating ambiguity into actionable insight.
What you’ll do:
Lead the discovery and requirements definition process for complex, high-impact data initiatives
Act as a strategic partner to business, analytics, and engineering leaders to align data platform work with broader company goals
Translate cross-functional needs into scalable technical requirements, user stories, and documentation
Collaborate with architects and senior engineers on technical design and prioritization
Drive and enforce consistency in user story creation, documentation standards, and validation procedures
Proactively lead Agile ceremonies and influence roadmap development in partnership with product owners
Conduct root cause analyses and support the definition of data quality standards and controls
Provide mentorship and coaching to other Business Analysts on the team
Represent the Data Platform team in enterprise-level planning, discussions, and change initiatives
What you’ll need:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a STEM field, public health, economics, or related field preferred
Minimum 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Systems Analyst and/or other related analytics role with at least 3 years in a data platform, analytics, and/or an engineering setting
Minimum 4 years of experience working with healthcare data (payer, provider, clinical, or regulatory)
Advanced SQL skills for querying, validation, and ad-hoc analysis
Proven experience independently owning cross-functional initiatives from discovery through delivery
Demonstrated facilitation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate across technical and executive audiences
Experience establishing best practices, documentation standards, and mentorship within a BA function
Deep familiarity with Agile/Scrum and backlog management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps)
Pay & Perks:
💻 Fully remote opportunity with about 5% travel
🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
📈 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account
🏝️ Flex Time Off + company holidays
👶 Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave
🐶 Pet insurance
The salary range for this position is $92,000 to $105,000 annually; as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus. In accordance with state applicable laws, Cohere is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including but not limited to qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and internal alignment.
Interview Process*:
Connect with Talent Acquisition for a Preliminary Phone Screening
Meet your Hiring Manager!
Behavior based interview
Cross functional interview
*Subject to change
About Cohere Health:
Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans’ strategic goals and providers’ needs, optimizing the speed, cost, and quality of care. With an enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making across the care continuum–including policy, prior authorization, payment accuracy, and more–the company improves collaboration and reduces burden, resulting in up to 8x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction.
With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we’ve further enhanced our platform by launching our Payment Integrity Suite, anchored by Cohere Validate™, an AI-driven clinical and coding validation solution that operates in near real-time. By unifying pre-service authorization data with post-service claims validation, we’re creating a transparent healthcare ecosystem that reduces waste, improves payer-provider collaboration and patient outcomes, and ensures providers are paid promptly and accurately.
Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition. We’ve been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list and in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024. Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners.
The Coherenauts, as we call ourselves, who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.
We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all. To us, it’s personal.
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About Cohere Health

Software Development · 501-1,000 employees · headquartered in Remote · founded 2019