Data Scientist

Surescripts serves the nation through simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing, in order to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care. We deliver insights at critical points of care for better decisions — from streamlining prior authorizations to delivering comprehensive medication histories to facilitating messages between providers.
 

The Data Scientist will play a key role in developing and implementing data-driven solutions across various business functions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to analyze complex data sets, derive actionable insights, and drive strategic decision-making.

The Data Scientist will design, deliver, and optimize powerful insights and visuals with a primary focus on, but not limited to, use of advanced analytics and AI.  This role is expected to possess business, data, and analytics expertise to handle advanced analytics initiatives. The incumbent is self-motivated and able to work independently on significant projects or in a supporting role on multiple projects simultaneously, and is responsible for making connections and integrating work across teams and departments.

Working closely with data solutions architects and other leaders, the incumbent ensures alignment of prioritization of work and appropriate allocation of resources. The incumbent will participate in efforts around process improvement to enhance team effectiveness in leveraging advanced analytics tools and techniques in our Google Cloud environment.

• Data Exploration: Explore and preprocess data from various sources, measuring and ensuring data quality and integrity.

• Advanced Analytics: Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to collect and analyze large datasets and identify patterns by developing predictive models using frameworks like Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.

• Model Development: Design, build, and validate predictive models to solve business problems.

• Data Visualization: Create compelling visualizations to communicate findings and insights to stakeholders.

• Collaboration: Work closely with business leaders, product managers, data scientists, and engineers to translate business requirements into analytical solutions.

• Continuous Learning: Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data science.

• Question, validate, and perform quality assurance of the data for integrity and consistency to support ongoing data quality assessment and improvement initiatives.

• Understand all applicable data privacy and security laws, rules, regulations, and contractual restrictions, and follow all Surescripts data governance and data usage rights policies and procedures.

• Demonstrate ability to communicate complex analytic results in a clear and concise fashion to business stakeholders.

• Summarize and synthesize large bodies of work down to the essential elements and convey those results effectively and efficiently, in both written and oral form, to business stakeholders.

• Effectively communicate with & engage colleagues at all levels of the organization.

• Develop internal and external networks of contacts and have a positive influence on those networks.  

• Play a key role in supporting corporate initiatives and support senior leadership initiatives to realize Surescripts' goals. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or other related field; or equivalent experience

• 2+ years of experience in data science, data management and/or applying data analysis and reporting skills in a business context

• 2 years of experience with large transactional datasets/reporting

• 2 years of experience in healthcare transaction data, including QA, testing and reporting

• Fluency in programming languages to facilitate analysis (e.g. Python, R, or MATLAB)

• Statistical modeling and machine learning experience

• Proficiency in Advanced Excel and PowerPoint

• Proficiency with SQL, Relational and NoSQL databases, and Structured and Unstructured data

• Ability to translate statistical analysis into a written and verbal presentation for non-data science audience.

• Analytical background and research experience with large volumes of data

• Experience with Reporting Platforms such as Tableau Server/Software

• Knowledge of privacy laws and regulations around health data (HIPAA)

• Experience with data science workbench environments (JupyterLab or others)

• Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Data Science, Statistics)

• Health IT industry knowledge with a special focus on e-prescribing

• Experience with statistical analysis and rigor, statistical software (R or SAS)

• Experience with applied machine learning, large language models or natural language processing.

• Cross-functional team project experience

• Google Cloud environment experience

• Experience migrating data science products to production systems (MLOPs)

• Experience with MLOps frameworks such as GCP, DataBricks, or SnowFlake

Surescripts embraces flexibility through its Flexible Hybrid Work model for most positions. This model allows employees to work virtually while still utilizing our offices as collaboration centers. With alignment and agreement from your leadership, you can come and go from the office as needed.
 

Why Wait? Apply Now 

 
We’re a midsize company. This means you’re not just another employee ID number. Here, you can build real relationships and feel supported by truly awesome people with diverse backgrounds and talents in an innovative and collaborative work culture. We strive to create an environment where you can be yourself, share your ideas and work your way. We offer opportunities for employee development, as well as competitive compensation packages and extensive benefits.
 

Benefits include, but are not limited to, comprehensive healthcare (including infertility coverage), generous paid time off including paid childbirth and parental leave and mental health days, pet insurance, and 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting. To learn more, review the Keep You and Yours Healthy, Balancing Work and Life, and Where Talent Takes Shape links under the Better Benefits. Better Work. Better Life section of our careers site.
 

While performing duties of this job, an employee may be required to perform any, or all of the following: attend meetings in and out of the office, travel, communicate effectively (both orally and in writing), and be able to effectively use computers and other electronic and standard office equipment with, or without, a reasonable accommodation. Additionally, this job requires certain mental demands, including the ability to use judgement, withstand moderate amounts of stress and maintain attention to detail with, or without, a reasonable accommodation.

Surescripts is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.