Sr. Director, Data Science

Strive Health

87d • $153,000 - $191,000

About The Position

The Sr. Director, Data Science thrives in a fast-paced environment and is ready for a challenge. This person is responsible for supporting the development of product roadmaps, achieving optimal design, driving effective prioritization, establishing OKRs, facilitating definitions of business processes and attaining assurance of usability for end users as well as effective delivery of stakeholder requirements. The Sr. Director, Data Science is a data product leader, scientist with organizational leadership experience in the development of technology for data-driven management. They are an integral part of the Technology team in managing team members, coaching, training, and driving collaboration to ensure effective utilization of solutions.

Requirements

• M.S. or above in a quantitative field
• 7+ years of full-time experience in building machine learning and/or statistical products and services
• 3+ years of people leadership experience
• 3+ years of experience at a healthcare organization ideally in population health
• Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.
• Ability to travel and be onsite to meet business needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading and growing a high-performing data science team
• Proven track record of driving cross-functional effort to initiate and deliver high-impact data science projects
• Result-oriented approach with a can-do, entrepreneurial mindset
• 5+ years of people leadership experience

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, clinical, operation and business stakeholders to define and align data science initiatives and roadmap
• Oversee cross-functional execution and implementation of data science initiatives, ensuring consistent alignment between goals at all levels, and translation of effort into value
• Instill and cultivate result-oriented mindset cross-functionally
• Represent data science voice in strategic discussion with a balance between short-term and long-term value-add, customer-facing priorities and non-customer-facing priorities
• Foster strong stakeholder relationships and improve adoption and trust for data science products
• Work with teams on MLOps implementations, ensuring high-quality standards and best practices
• Represent data science perspectives in overarching data system design discussion, ensuring coherence and alignment across data acquisition, management, enrichment, and delivery
• Wear SME hat in applied statistics and applied machine learning when there is gap
• Hands-on involved in the full life cycle of solution development, from scope & definition to delivery
• Manage a high-performing team of Sr. Data Scientists and machine learning engineers
• Coach members with individualized approach, catering towards their interests, strengths, and weaknesses
• Act as a servant leader who guides the team to reach their goals
• Act as a core member of the tech leadership team, contributing to the culture of Strive tech community

Benefits

• Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
• Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts.
• Financial & Retirement Support – Competitive compensation with a performance-based discretionary bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
• Time Off & Leave – Paid holidays, flexible vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
• Wellness & Growth – Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees