At HCSC, this position is responsible for providing advanced mathematical and statistical methods to solve business problems. Data Scientists collect, integrate and analyze data from sources related to health status and outcomes for our members, characteristics of health care providers, internal business processes, and other domains.
Requirements
- data analysis and relational-style query languages
- machine learning and/or statistical modeling
- data visualization
- a high-level programming language
- distributed computing
- understanding of healthcare
Responsibilities
- collect, integrate and analyze data from sources related to health status and outcomes for our members, characteristics of health care providers, internal business processes, and other domains.
- perform complex statistical analysis on experimental or business data to validate and quantify trends or patterns identified by business analysts.
- use machine learning and probabilistic modeling to construct predictive algorithms to support data analysis or product functions; they verify model and algorithm effectiveness based on real-world results.
- design experiments and methodologies to generate and collect data for business use.
- create visualizations, interactive analytical applications and interpretive artifacts to support business application of data science findings.
Other
- Learning and growth mindset.
- Customer focus
- Interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree and 1 year of work experience in a mathematical, statistical, computer science, engineering, physics, economics or related quantitative field; OR Actuarial credential; OR Master’s degree in an advanced mathematical, statistical, computer science, engineering, physics, economics or related quantitative field without experience; OR 5 years experience in an advanced mathematical, statistical, computer science, engineering, physics, economics or related quantitative field.
- Master's or Ph.D. in a quantitative field, or bachelor's degree with significant healthcare experience.
