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Prior Authorization Strategy & Analytics Analyst
US RemoteFull-time$85.1k - $110kPosted 2 days ago
Summary
Natera is hiring a Prior Authorization Strategy & Analytics Analyst to join their Data & Analytics team. This role sits within the Billing Strategy organization, which supports operational excellence and reimbursement optimization across the company’s growing product portfolio. Key skills: AI, SQL.
About the role
Prior Authorization Strategy & Analytics Analyst
About Natera
Natera is a leader in precision medicine and advanced diagnostics focused on improving patient outcomes through innovative testing and data-driven healthcare solutions.
This role sits within the Billing Strategy organization, which supports operational excellence and reimbursement optimization across the company’s growing product portfolio.
Position Summary
We are seeking a Prior Authorization Strategy & Analytics Analyst to support operational analytics and reporting initiatives across Natera’s Prior Authorization function.This role combines technical analytics capabilities with operational partnership. The ideal candidate will work closely with business leaders to develop dashboards, build KPI reporting, conduct ad hoc analyses, and support operational decision-making.This is a highly collaborative role suited for candidates who enjoy solving operational problems through analytics and data enablement.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with Prior Authorization leadership to develop operational reporting and KPI frameworks
- Build dashboards, reports, and performance tracking tools
- Write and optimize SQL queries to support operational analytics initiatives
- Create and maintain views and datasets within Snowflake
- Conduct ad hoc analyses to support business decisions and operational improvement initiatives
- Identify trends, workflow gaps, and performance opportunities through data analysis
- Translate operational needs into scalable reporting solutions
- Support process improvement and operational optimization initiatives
- Ensure data accuracy and usability across reporting workflows
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in:
- Healthcare Analytics
- Operational Analytics
- Revenue Cycle Analytics
- Business Intelligence
- Prior Authorization Analytics
- Advanced SQL proficiency
- Experience building dashboards and KPI reporting
- Experience working with Snowflake, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to partner effectively with operational stakeholders
- Familiarity with healthcare revenue cycle workflows
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior Authorization operational experience
- Experience supporting healthcare operations teams
- Familiarity with denials management and reimbursement workflows
- Exposure to AI-assisted analytics tools or modern analytics environments
- Experience in diagnostics, laboratory, or specialty healthcare organizations
What Makes Someone Successful in This Role
Successful candidates:
- Are technically strong but business-oriented
- Can translate operational requests into scalable analytics solutions
- Move quickly and independently
- Partner effectively with operational leaders
- Balance technical execution with practical business impact
Why Join This Team?
This role offers the opportunity to directly support operational performance and analytics innovation within a rapidly growing healthcare organization. You will work closely with operational leaders and play a key role in improving visibility, efficiency, and decision-making across Prior Authorization workflows.
The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.
Austin, TX
$85,100—$110,000 USD
OUR OPPORTUNITY
Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.
The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.
WHAT WE OFFER
Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!
For more information, visit www.natera.com.
Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.
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