Director of Data Science & Forecasting for Underwriting

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health seeks a Lead Director of Data Science and Analytics to drive forecasting accuracy and insights across underwriting. You will lead 10+ data scientists, shaping analytics-driven financial products and risk management within underwriting and sales decisions.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Underwriting, and Finance to embed analytics into core workflows, deliver scalable dashboards, and provide executive-level insights with clear narratives.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of analytics, decision science, BI, or related experience.
• 5+ years leading large analytic teams and developing people leaders.
• Expertise in anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and financial validation.
• Advanced SQL and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data science and analytics strategy for underwriting transformation software products.
• Design and operationalize predictive and scenario-based analytics for underwriting, pricing, and risk decisions.
• Develop time-series, regression, and forecasting models for volume, financial, and risk projections.
• Apply machine learning and statistical modeling to improve underwriting accuracy and efficiency.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to embed analytics into core product workflows.
• Define and track product, operational, and business metrics and OKRs.
• Deliver executive-ready insights and dashboards showing progress and risks.
• Lead a high-performing team of decision scientists, analysts, and validators.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics

Strategic thinking

Communication

Executive presentation

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Self-service reporting

Financial validation

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Python

Job description

CVS Health seeks a Lead Director of Data Science and Analytics to drive forecasting accuracy and insights across underwriting. You will lead 10+ data scientists, shaping analytics-driven financial products and risk management within underwriting and sales decisions.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Underwriting, and Finance to embed analytics into core workflows, deliver scalable dashboards, and provide executive-level insights with clear narratives.