Data Scientist - Healthcare Analytics & Research (Hybrid)

Akron Children's Hospital; Akron (OH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Data Scientist within the Surgery Research Enterprise at Akron Children's Hospital advances analytics across surgical divisions and supports clinical research, outcomes research, and advanced analytics. Reporting to the Director of Research, the role develops and leads research and data science projects from concept through analysis and dissemination.

Responsibilities include building predictive and prescriptive models, creating data visualizations, and collaborating with investigators,

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field required; PhD preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of data science, healthcare analytics, or related experience.
• Experience leading research or analytical projects is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supports development of analytics capabilities and develops a clear roadmap.
• Builds collaborative relationships with investigators and clinical leaders.
• Cultivates external partnerships with professional associations and institutes.
• Collects and explores raw data from multiple sources; cleans and validates data.
• Designs and implements predictive and prescriptive models using statistical and ML techniques.
• Engineers meaningful features to enhance model performance.
• Develops and evaluates models for clinical or research use; ensures relevance.
• Creates data visualizations and dashboards using Tableau, Power BI, or code.
• Prioritizes high-impact use cases; collaborates with partners to secure support.
• Leads data science and outcomes research projects from concept to dissemination.
• Teaches and coaches others in advanced analytics and data science methods.
• Monitors industry trends to identify new methods for research questions.

Skills

Data science

Analytical thinking

Communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Healthcare analytics

Education

Master's degree in data science or related field

PhD preferred

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

SAS

R

Python

SQL

Job description

The Data Scientist within the Surgery Research Enterprise at Akron Children's Hospital advances analytics across surgical divisions and supports clinical research, outcomes research, and advanced analytics. Reporting to the Director of Research, the role develops and leads research and data science projects from concept through analysis and dissemination.

Responsibilities include building predictive and prescriptive models, creating data visualizations, and collaborating with investigators,