Lead Data Scientist

CVS Health•Hartford, CT

1d•$118,450 - $284,280

About The Position

Aetna, a CVS Health company, is a leading health innovation organization focused on transforming healthcare delivery and improving outcomes. As part of the growing Medicare Stars organization, we are seeking a Principal Data Scientist to lead advanced analytics, forecasting, and scientific modeling efforts that drive enterprise-level Star Ratings performance. This role is a senior individual contributor and thought leader responsible for defining and scaling the next generation of Stars forecasting, cutpoint analytics, and performance modeling. The individual will lead development of predictive models, statistical frameworks, and AI-enabled analytics solutions to inform strategic decision-making across Medicare Stars domains. This position will own end-to-end analytic strategy—from data engineering and model design to executive insights and business impact—and will serve as a key partner to leadership across Product, Clinical, Quality, and Data organizations.

Requirements

7+ years in data science, analytics, or forecasting roles
Significant experience in Medicare Stars or healthcare quality analytics preferred
Experience leading large-scale forecasting or Stars performance programs
Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale analytics solutions and business impact
Strong experience of data extracts, data blending, publishing dashboards.
Expertise in working with BigQuery and Cloud SQL services offered by GCP eco system.
Experience in GCP Looker to create and maintain enterprise dashboards and derive insights.
Extensive knowledge of data visualization techniques and visual design concepts using Tableau
Proficient in Python, Jupyter Notebooks, GitHub version controls, and SQL
Experience in Data Processing, expertise in developing Queries.
Good Knowledge in various phases of SDLC, Requirement Analysis, Design, Development and Testing on various developments and enhancement projects.
Very good understanding of relational data structures and skilled in writing complex data analysis queries.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degrees (Master's or Ph.D.) in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Economics, Computer Science, or related field are highly desirable.
Certifications: Professional certifications in data science, machine learning, or business analytics can be beneficial.
Experience with CMS Stars regulatory interpretation and analytics
Prior work in Medicare Advantage or healthcare quality organizations

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, and maintains complex Tableau reports for scalability, manageability, extensibility, performance, and re-use.
Interacts directly with key high-level stakeholders, end-users, and colleagues to design and develop Dashboards in Tableau.
Works with other teams to create useful reports and dashboards that provide insight, improve/automate processes, or otherwise add value to team.
Apply advanced technical, analytical and consultative skills utilizing an extensive knowledge of healthcare data, Tableau and information systems to develop and deliver reporting components that satisfy business needs within defined SLAs.
Lead, design and develop user friendly dashboards using complex health care datasets from different Medicare data sources.
Creates high performance Tableau reports that address strategic and tactical business needs.
Implements best practices to ensure dashboard design consistency across all dashboards for best user experience.
Provides technical expertise in areas of development, design, and implementation.
Communicate findings and insights to stakeholders through clear, understandable presentations.
Ensure data quality and integrity in dashboards and reports.