Senior Data Analyst, Sana Benefits
$120-160k
+ Equity
Employee health benefits & insurance plans
Open for applications
Employee health benefits & insurance plans
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$120-160k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make quality healthcare understandable, accessible and affordable for all.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is deeply curious, comfortable with ambiguity, and energized by messy, real-world healthcare data
- You enjoy digging into details, spotting patterns, and translating your findings into stories your non-technical stakeholders can understand and (most importantly) act on
- Equally important, you bring a collaborative, flexible, and entrepreneurial mindset well-suited to a fast-growing startup
- If you love solving hard problems to make people’s lives easier, come build with us
- 5+ years of relevant experience in data analysis, analytics, or a related quantitative role
- Strong fluency in SQL and comfort working directly with large, complex datasets
- Advanced experience building clear, trustworthy dashboards and visualizations using tools such as Tableau and Mode
- Experience with (or strong interest in learning) programming and statistical analysis using tools like Python or R; experience working with healthcare data (e.g., claims, eligibility, utilization, clinical, or benefits data) is also a plus
- Experience with version-controlled data transformation using tools like dbt, Git, and Amazon Redshift
- Use AI-native development tools (like Cursor and dbt Copilot) to accelerate modeling workflows to deliver high-performance Tableau and Mode reports that drive strategic decision-making
- Strong attention to detail, paired with the ability to communicate insights clearly in both written and verbal form paired with a natural curiosity to dig beneath the surface of the data
- Comfortable partnering cross-functionally and translating between technical analysis and business decision-making in a fast-moving, ambiguous startup environment, where priorities evolve and roles are not rigidly defined
- Bring a builder’s mindset -- you are enjoy both improving existing tools while designing new dashboards and frameworks from the ground up
- Communicate clearly and thoughtfully, whether collaborating asynchronously, writing documentation, or working through complex problems live
- Care deeply about Sana’s mission and are motivated by the opportunity to make healthcare work better for people and employers
- Show humility, curiosity, and follow-through, earning trust through strong judgment, accountability, and collaboration
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a Senior Data Analyst to play a critical role on our Actuarial, Underwriting, and Data Team, helping turn complex healthcare data into clear, actionable insights to drive real business decisions
- This person will work across revenue, pricing, claims, eligibility, clinical, product, and other day-to-day operational data to answer high-impact questions like: What’s driving our cost trends? Where are members struggling in their healthcare journey? How are our care programs performing?
- Reporting to the Head Actuary, you’ll build and maintain core reporting dashboards, develop ad hoc analyses that support underwriting and pricing decisions, evaluate the impact of care and benefit design changes, and partner closely with teams across Revenue, Finance, Product & Engineering, Legal, Care, and Operations
- Analyze revenue, pricing, claims, eligibility, clinical, product, and other day-to-day operational data to identify trends, cost drivers, risks, and opportunities across Sana’s health plans and care model
- Support actuarial and underwriting decisions through exploratory analysis, reporting, and ongoing performance monitoring
- Evaluate the impact of various care programs, benefit designs, and operational initiatives on cost, utilization, and member experience
- Serve as a trusted thought partner to stakeholders across Revenue, Finance, Care Team, Operations, and Product on strategic initiatives and ambiguous problems
- Write production-quality SQL and analytical code; validate results, document assumptions, and ensure analyses are reproducible and trustworthy
- Build and maintain dashboards and recurring reports used by leaders across the organization
- Ensure metrics are accurate, consistent, and aligned with shared definitions; proactively surface data quality issues and anomalies
- Communicate findings clearly through data visualizations, written summaries, and presentations tailored to non-technical audiences
- Collaborate with the Product/Engineering team on data modeling, pipeline improvements, and analytics standards
- Contribute to data governance, documentation, and data literacy efforts across the company
- Handle sensitive healthcare data thoughtfully, securely, and in compliance with applicable regulations
Our take
Health insurance benefits are essential for employers to remain competitive. But it can be difficult for small businesses to offer high-quality benefits at a reasonable rate, and without paying for things they don't need. Sana Benefits provides self-financed health insurance benefit plans which allow small businesses to pick and choose the services that they offer.
The company aims to provide options that are more affordable to small businesses than the insurance giants of the US. For example, Sana touts partnerships with Meditech startups such as Beam for dental coverage and Calm for mental wellness, and has intelligently partnered with small medical businesses and insurance startups.
Following investment from some top names in insurtech, the company has pursued expansion into new states and is set to be an industry leader. The economic situation caused a round of layoffs early in 2023, but Sana Benefits has remained positive - stating that by "re-orienting", it will be able to deliver on its mission well into the future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2022
$60m
SERIES B
Oct 2021
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $106.8m
Company benefits
- Equity
- 100% remote
- Monthly stipend to work away from home
- Flexible PTO
- Medical, life, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Annual Learning Stipend
Company HQ
East Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX
Leadership
Will Young
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having worked in Motion Picture and Business Development, and with YouTube Content Partnerships, they took an MBA at Harvard Business School. They then spent 2 years as Director of Justworks before co-founding Sana in June 2017.
Nathan Hackley
(Co-Founder)They started their career at Dynosaur Creative, before working in Web Development for Rogue Fitness and Barrel. They left their position as Engineer at Justworks to co-found Sana with Will in 2017.
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