Senior Data Scientist

Title: Senior Data Scientist

Location: Remote (EST)
Type/ Duration: Contract (12 month+)
Industry: Healthcare

The Senior Data Scientist will be responsible for the development and implementation of predictive modeling algorithms and techniques to solve complex business problems and optimize member experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and lead predictive modeling projects to address more complex business problems determined by consultation with business partners

Piping and processing massive data-streams in distributed computing environments (e.g Hadoop) to facilitate analysis

Recommends appropriate batch and real-time model scoring to drive actions

Provides oversight in development of proprietary algorithms to build customized solutions that go beyond standard industry tools and lead to innovative solutions

Develop advanced visualization of analysis output for business users

Publish results and address constraints/limitations with business partners

Provides actionable insights to output produced to ensure established targets are met

Determines the continuous improvement opportunities of current predictive modeling algorithms

Proactively collaborates with business partners to determine identified population segments and develop actionable plans to enable the identification of patterns related to quality, use, cost, and other variables.

Lead and mentor Data Scientists

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Physics, Biostatistics, or related Quantitative disciplines and 5+ years experience in predictive analytics or equivalent field

Masters degree in related field and 3+ years experience in predictive analytics or equivalent field

Advanced expertise with software such as Python, R, SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner (or equivalent)

Excellent coding skills in Python, SQL, and Bigdata technologies

Experience leading end-to-end data science project implementation

Experience managing a small team either through formal or informal reporting relationship

Experience with developing recommendation engines is preferred

Experience working in a Healthcare organization or with healthcare data preferred