Director, Data Science & Underwriting Forecasting

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

Job summary

CVS Health in the United States is seeking a Lead Director of Data Science to guide forecasting accuracy and analytical insights across underwriting. You will lead a 10+ person team delivering analytics, P&L validation, reporting solutions, and strategic recommendations to improve underwriting outcomes.

This role blends finance-minded leadership with advanced analytics, partnering with Product, Engineering, Underwriting, and Finance to drive data-driven decisions and scalable BI.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in analytics or data science with business impact.
• 5+ years leading large analytics teams.
• Expertise in analytical validation, anomaly detection, and financial validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data science and analytics strategy for underwriting transformation software products.
• Design and operationalize predictive, and scenario-based analytical capabilities supporting underwriting, pricing, and risk decisions.
• Time-series, advanced regression, tree based modeling and forecasting for volume, financial, and risk projections.
• Machine learning and statistical modeling to improve underwriting accuracy and efficiency.
• Partner closely with Product Management and Engineering to embed analytics and reporting into core product workflows.
• Define, track, and report product, operational, and business metrics and OKRs.

Skills

Analytics leadership

Team leadership

Analytical validation

Anomaly detection

SQL/data analysis

Communication with stakeholders

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Python

Job description

CVS Health in the United States is seeking a Lead Director of Data Science to guide forecasting accuracy and analytical insights across underwriting. You will lead a 10+ person team delivering analytics, P&L validation, reporting solutions, and strategic recommendations to improve underwriting outcomes.

This role blends finance-minded leadership with advanced analytics, partnering with Product, Engineering, Underwriting, and Finance to drive data-driven decisions and scalable BI.