Director, Data Science & Forecasting for Underwriting

CVS Health; Texas; Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement options

Equity award program

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director, Data Scientist for Forecasting Accuracy to guide analytics across underwriting. You will lead a 10+ member team delivering P&L forecasting, risk insights and validation, and executive-ready analytics to support underwriting decisions.

This full-time role demands strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable business narratives for stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Underwriting, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in analytics, decision science, BI or data validation.
• 5+ years leading large analytical teams and developing people leaders.
• Expertise in analytical validation, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, financial validation.
• Strong ability to analyze and synthesize data to generate insights and explain outcomes.
• Experience developing self-service reporting and communicating insights from dashboards.
• Proven experience validating business outcomes and financial results using large datasets.
• Advanced SQL and data analysis skills.
• Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead data science and analytics strategy for underwriting transformation software products.
• Design predictive and scenario-based capabilities for underwriting, pricing, and risk decisions.
• Time-series, regression, tree-based modeling and forecasting for volume and financial projections.
• Apply ML and statistical modeling to improve underwriting accuracy and efficiency.
• Embed analytics into core product workflows with Product Management and Engineering.
• Define and report product, operational, and business metrics and OKRs.
• Build scalable reporting frameworks and dashboards for transparency.

Skills

Analytics leadership

SQL & data analysis

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Python

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director, Data Scientist for Forecasting Accuracy to guide analytics across underwriting. You will lead a 10+ member team delivering P&L forecasting, risk insights and validation, and executive-ready analytics to support underwriting decisions.

This full-time role demands strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable business narratives for stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Underwriting, and