Senior Data Scientist

Requirements Analysis

• Acts as an active member of the team throughout the design and implementation of the solution.
• Participate in build vs. buy decisions with outside vendors as it relates to analytic-based solutions
• Facilitate & lead meetings with the business/customers and IT teams in order to gather and document requirements
• Analyze business requirements, procedures and problems, to design solutions and make recommendations
• Develop features and stories based on requirements to feed product backlogs
• Conduct impact assessments across all existing applications, integration and data warehouses resulting from the solution implementation

Responsibility #4 – 10%

Knowledge Sharing

• Provide data, data relationships, and data science practice advice, demonstrations and presentations to colleagues, clients, and management. Conduct research, as needed
• Provide mentoring and training

Responsibility #5 – 10%

Data Operations

• Develop project estimates and work plans
• Identifying, developing, reviewing, and evolving best practices, standards, operating procedures, and processes
• Participating in the review of team member deliverables

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 4 or more years

Education

Bachelors (Required)

Skills

• Statistical Models: probabilistic and predictive statistical models including multiple regression, t-tests, z-tests, log modeling, Naïve Bayes and Monte Carlo Simulation (using R or Python)
• Clinical Data: UB and 1500 claims, HL7, CDA,EHR, etc. and standard healthcare taxonomies
• Data Analysis: advanced querying techniques (ad hoc, ETL, and 3-tier application context), Oracle, DB2, Postgres, SQL Server & Netezza
• Health care research experience, with large patient data sets

Experience

• Statistical methodology Design/development
• Data analytics and standardization
• Consulting and Conflict Management

Education

• Master’s degree

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time
• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Operate computer programs and software
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.
• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)
• Making independent decisions
• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Working Conditions: RemoteTravel

• Travel 1-20% within the USPhysical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time.
• Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees.
• Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location.
• Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.

Qualified full-time and part-time employees also receive access to the following benefits:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k retirement program
• Paid time off
• Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities