Business Analytics Lead Analyst - Hybrid

Join Evernorth as a Business Analytics Lead Analyst and help turn complex data into clear insights that improve product performance, client reporting, and business decisions. In this role, you will support multiple products within the Drug Trend & Formulary department, partnering across Product, Finance, Operations, Account Management, Pharma, Research, Advanced Analytics, and Knowledge Solutions. You will bring curiosity, strong analytic skills, and a growth mindset to build practical reporting and analytic solutions that help teams move faster and make confident decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop reports, models, dashboards, and analytic solutions that help teams understand product performance, client impact, and business trends.

• Support ad hoc analytics for internal and external stakeholders by combining business knowledge, data insights and technical skills in SQL, SAS, and other tools.

• Query data warehouses, extract claims and product data, and transform complex data into clear reporting for client and business needs.

• Consult with Product and Account Management partners to clarify requests, frame business questions, and recommend practical analytic approaches.

• Collaborate across departments to align stakeholders, support project handoffs, and provide subject matter expertise for initiatives.

• Manage multiple priorities, negotiate timelines, and deliver work within agreed service levels and project deadlines.

• Communicate findings, risks, next steps, and outcomes in a clear, concise way that supports open dialogue and shared decision-making.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience in business analytics, reporting, data analysis, or a related function.

• Experience writing queries and working with relational databases, data warehouses, or claims data.

• Working knowledge of SQL and/or SAS for data extraction, manipulation, and reporting.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and prioritization skills.

• Ability to manage multiple requests, meet deadlines, and adjust priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Customer-focused mindset with the ability to translate data into useful insights for business partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Finance, Computer Science, Healthcare, or a related field.

• Experience with SQL, Tableau, Microsoft Office, Alteryx, Python, or similar reporting and automation tools.

• Experience supporting product development, client reporting, product performance, or healthcare analytics.

• Familiarity with pharmacy, formulary, supply chain, or healthcare claims data.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 79,000 - 131,600 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the online application process, please email [email protected] for assistance.  Please note that this email inbox is dedicated to accommodation requests only and cannot provide application updates or accept resumes.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.