Data Scientist III (Product Analytics)

Cedar • New York, NY

1d • $148,750 - $175,000 • Remote

About The Position

Our healthcare system is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S. Every year, over 50 million Americans suffer adverse financial consequences as a result of seeking care, from lower credit scores to garnished wages. The challenge is only getting worse, as high deductible health plans are the fastest growing plan design in the U.S. Cedar’s mission is to leverage data science, smart product design and personalization to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Today, healthcare providers still engage with its consumers in a “one-size-fits-all” approach; and Cedar is excited to leverage consumer best practices to deliver a superior experience. Background: Cedar is a patient payment and engagement platform that leverages data science, AI, consumer-centric design and technology to improve the healthcare experience for patients. The Data Science team plays a critical role in achieving Cedar’s vision. We ensure data and insights are accessible and trusted by all internal and external stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making. Through analytics, descriptive analyses, and statistical models, we consistently aim to better understand the needs of patients, find improvement opportunities, and impact the product development process. We run experiments to test our various hypotheses and measure our progress. We build ML models and embed them into our web app to deliver a personalized experience to patients. We help differentiate Cedar's product offerings with hard-to-copy competitive advantages. To do this, we have built an open, supportive, and collaborative team culture. “Love thy teammate” is one of our Data Science values, and we live into this value by operating from a mindset of curiosity, possibility, and the best intentions of each of our team members. As a team, we are dedicated to continually growing our technical excellence and collaborative excellence, equally. The Role: Cedar is growing rapidly and the demand for data expertise is increasing exponentially along with our growth. We’re seeking a Data Scientist III (Product Analytics) on our Data Science team to work with our product development teams to enable robust data-driven decisions and understand user behavior through in-depth data analysis. As a Data Scientist III (Product Analytics), you will be responsible for ensuring that we are building world-class products that truly address the needs of our users and customers through data insights. You will identify clear and strategic product opportunities, measure the success of our products and AI personalization platform, understand product strengths and areas for improvement - by immersing yourself in Cedar data and the stories that it tells. You will continuously apply a growth mindset in your approach to problems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an analytical role, bonus points for healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, or other related industries
• A go-getter attitude, passion for delivering a world-class product experience, and a mindset focused on growth and learning
• An analytical attitude and passion for finding opportunities and insights within data
• Understanding of statistical methods for research and experimentation purposes
• Experience collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams
• SQL and Python expertise is a must-have

Nice To Haves

• Experience with dbt, Hex, and Looker is a nice to have

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Product, Design, and Engineering teams to develop an understanding of user behavior and opportunities for product improvement using data
• Influence data focused decision making on product teams to move metrics and improve the patient experience
• Perform exploratory research to provide product teams with new strategic ideas and levers to improve impactful metrics
• Analyze, measure, and track the performance and success of product features
• Identify data insights and recommendations for product teams to act and iterate on
• Ideate, design, and evaluate product experiments
• Build dashboards and visualizations to democratize data insights
• Present and clearly communicate data findings and underlying methodology to partners across all levels of the organization
• Think from the perspective of a user and develop expert intuition of Cedar’s data models and product

Benefits

• This role is equity eligible
• This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package
• Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
• Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles), and health benefits, including fertility & adoption assistance, that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
• Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
• Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees