at Elevance Health in CHICAGO, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Director Data Science
Location: This position will work a hybrid model (remote and office). Ideal candidates will live in Chicago IL, within 50 miles of one of our PulsePoint locations.
The Director Data Science will lead a team of Data Scientists engaged in the development and implementation of machine learning algorithms and techniques to solve business problems and optimize member experiences.
How you will make an impact:
- Champion the design & execution of machine learning projects to address specific business problems determined by consultation with business partners.
- Provide guidance to the team on working with data-sets of varying degrees of size and complexity including both structured and unstructured data.
- Piping and processing massive data-streams in distributed computing environments such as Hadoop to facilitate analysis.
- Lead batch and real-time model scoring to drive actions.
- Oversee the development of proprietary machine learning algorithms to build customized solutions that go beyond standard industry tools and lead to innovative solutions.
- Develop sophisticated visualization of analysis output for business users.
- Publish results and address constraints/limitations with business partners.
- Provides high-level controllership/evaluation of all 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.
- Hires, trains, coaches, counsels, and evaluates the performance of direct reports.
- Associates in this role are expected to have expert knowledge of software such as SAS and SAS Enterprise Miner Lead and programming languages such as Python and R.
Minimum Requirements:
Requires MA/MS in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Physics, Biostatistics or related Quantitative disciplines. Requires 7 years of experience or more in predictive analytics or any combination of education and experience that would provide an equivalent background.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:
- Requires 3 years of experience leading advanced modeling teams.
- Experience working with cross-functional project teams and managing communications including in-person or virtual meetings is required.
- Experience with presenting project output to a wide range of audiences is required.
- PhD and experience in the healthcare sector preferred.
