The Qualitative and Quantitative Insight Partners team is looking for a data savvy lead analyst to help us in our mission to provide personalized, actionable data driven insights for customers, working with cross-functional partners to streamline accessible and affordable care.

The Business Lead Analyst will play an active part of a dynamic team that is designing, developing/building and deploying novel and complex decision models to support several key products. This role blends technical expertise, analytical rigor, and cross‑functional collaboration to enable data‑driven decision making. The Lead Analyst uses ADS (Automated Decisioning Service) to deliver scalable, transparent, and actionable decision logic for business partners.

Responsibilities

• Implement and Deploy Decision Modeling by translating business requirements into structured decision frameworks, rule sets and model logic

• Use business requirements to design, develop, and maintain decision models using ADS or similar rule‑based / decision automation tools

• Conduct exploratory analysis to validate rules, identify patterns, and ensure model robustness

• Ensure all models follow best practices for documentation, governance, and version control

• Support user acceptance testing, scenario testing, and validation of deployed logic

• Troubleshoot model performance issues and implement iterative improvements

• Communicate complex modeling concepts in clear, business‑friendly terms

• Create and maintain thorough documentation of rule sets, model assumptions, data inputs, and testing results

• Adhere to organizational standards for compliance, governance, and audit

• Partner with risk, compliance, or quality teams to maintain transparency and explainability of decision logic

Qualifications

• 2+ years' of experience in analytics, decision modeling, or business rules development

• Hands‑on experience with ADS (highly preferred) or other similar decision automation platforms such as: Drools, Blaze Advisor, ODM or Pega

• Strong SQL skills and comfort working with large datasets

• Intermediate knowledge of Python (highly preferred) or similar scripting languages

• Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into structured analytical solutions

• Experience designing rules‑based models in healthcare, insurance, or other regulated industries

• Familiarity with statistical analysis or machine learning concepts

• Experience integrating decision models into production workflows or APIs

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 and paid holidays. 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 require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: See Yourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email See Yourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

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.