Head of Data Science & Forecasting for Underwriting

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award program

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director - Data Scientist for Forecasting Accuracy and Analytical Insights in Underwriting. This role leads a 10+ person data science team, directing analytics, P&L forecasting accuracy, and financial validation across underwriting systems.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Underwriting to embed analytics into core workflows and drive business impact. The role emphasizes strategic leadership, stakeholder management, and executive communication to

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in analytics, decision science, BI, or data validation.
• 5+ years of leading large analytical teams and developing people leaders.
• Strong ability to analyze and synthesize quantitative and qualitative data to generate insights.
• Experience building self-service reporting solutions and communicating insights from dashboards.
• Proven track record validating business outcomes using large-scale datasets.
• Advanced SQL and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead data science and analytics strategy for underwriting software products.
• Design predictive and scenario-based analytics supporting underwriting decisions.
• Develop time-series, regression, and forecasting models for volume and risk.
• Apply ML and statistical modeling to improve underwriting accuracy and efficiency.
• Embed analytics and reporting into core product workflows with Product and Engineering.
• Define and track product, operational, and business metrics and OKRs.
• Create scalable dashboards and reporting frameworks for transparency.
• Translate insights into clear, actionable narratives for diverse audiences.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of decision scientists and analysts.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Forecasting

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Databricks

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Python

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Lead Director - Data Scientist for Forecasting Accuracy and Analytical Insights in Underwriting. This role leads a 10+ person data science team, directing analytics, P&L forecasting accuracy, and financial validation across underwriting systems.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Underwriting to embed analytics into core workflows and drive business impact. The role emphasizes strategic leadership, stakeholder management, and executive communication to