Data Scientist Senior

spectrumhealth; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Payactiv on-demand pay

Discounts directory

Identity theft protection

Retirement options

Job summary

Corewell Health seeks a Senior Data Scientist to lead data science initiatives addressing clinical and business challenges. You will mentor junior team members and design innovative, complex models, guiding stakeholders with data-driven insights.

You will collaborate with clinical and business teams, ensure data quality, and communicate results to leadership using storytelling techniques. This role emphasizes SDLC/MLOps adherence and continuous professional growth.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in a quantitative discipline health care, data science, statistics, or related field.
• Experience working with revenue data and analytics (sales, marketing, customer success, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and evaluation of complex data science solutions, designing, implementing, and evaluating advanced machine learning models and algorithms, evaluating the effectiveness of models, algorithms, and optimizing their performance.
• Mentor and guide Associate and Intermediate Data Scientists, collaborating with various business and clinical teams to align projects with organizational objectives and contributing to strategic planning and decision‑making processes.
• Seeks appropriate data sources and ensures data quality for projects, and identifies new data sources to improve existing projects.
• Develops advanced descriptive, inferential, and predictive models, and enhances and fine tunes existing models.
• Independently creates data visualizations and uses storytelling methods to communicate model results and findings to senior department leadership.
• Adheres to the team's application of best practices and organizational standards of the Software Development Lifecycle and machine learning operations (MLOps) to ensure reproducibility of findings and effective model deployment.

Skills

Data science

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master's degree in quantitative discipline

Tools

SAS

AWS Sagemaker

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for leading data science projects and initiatives, mentoring junior team members, and developing innovative and more complex solutions to address clinical and business challenges. The Senior Data Scientist role requires strong technical, analytical, and problem‑solving skills, coupled with the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and guide decision‑making processes based on data-driven insights.

Individual Job Responsibilities

• Leading the development and implementation of complex data science solutions, designing, implementing, and evaluating advanced machine learning models and algorithms, evaluating the effectiveness of models, algorithms, and optimizing their performance.

Leadership Job Responsibilities

• Mentoring and guiding Associate and Intermediate Data Scientists, collaborating with various business and clinical teams to align projects with organizational objectives and contributing to strategic planning and decision‑making processes.

Essential Functions

• Seeks appropriate data sources and ensures data quality for projects, and identifies new data sources to improve existing projects.
• Develops advanced descriptive, inferential, and predictive models, and enhances and fine tunes existing models.
• Independently creates data visualizations and uses storytelling methods to communicate model results and findings to senior department leadership.
• Actively pursues opportunities to grow their business acumen and skills from more experienced team members. Provide support and recommendations to less experienced team members to enhance their technical skills.
• Adheres to the team's application of best practices and organizational standards of the Software Development Lifecycle and machine learning operations (MLOps) to ensure reproducibility of findings and effective model deployment.

Qualifications

Required

• Master's Degree or equivalent training in a quantitative discipline - Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field. Similar certified online education or work experience will be considered on a case-based basis.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in a quantitative discipline health care, data science, statistics, or a related field.
• Experience working with revenue data and analytics (sales, marketing, customer success, etc.).

Preferred

• Experience working with SAS.
• Experience working with AWS Sagemaker.
• Experience working with Microsoft Fabric.

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv.
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance.
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings.
• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status.

Primary Location

SITE - Corewell Health Place - 100 Corewell Drive NW - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Integrated Data and Analytics - Corporate

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Days Worked

Monday to Friday

Weekend Frequency

N/A

Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members, patients, visitors, and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR, Varicella, Tdap, and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an onsite or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief.

Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.

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