Lead Data Scientist, Healthcare GenAI/LLM - Production

Job Juncture; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Houston Chronicle is seeking a hands-on Lead Data Scientist with deep healthcare data science experience and production GenAI/LLM expertise. This is a leadership role requiring end-to-end ML ownership and mentoring for a multidisciplinary team.

The ideal candidate will have direct experience with clinical/EHR data, advanced analytics, and proven production deployments in regulated healthcare environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Science/Engineering/CS/Math or related STEM.
• Master's in Data Science preferred.
• 7+ years of professional data science experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end ML development, validation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Direct production GenAI/LLM projects in healthcare contexts.
• Mentor data scientists and influence technical direction.

Skills

Healthcare data science

GenAI / LLM

Production deployment

Technical leadership

End-to-end ML

Big data / EHR data

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Math/Stats

Master's in Data Science preferred

Tools

SQL

Python/ML tooling

GenAI / NLP tools

Model deployment & monitoring

Job description

Houston Chronicle is seeking a hands-on Lead Data Scientist with deep healthcare data science experience and production GenAI/LLM expertise. This is a leadership role requiring end-to-end ML ownership and mentoring for a multidisciplinary team.

The ideal candidate will have direct experience with clinical/EHR data, advanced analytics, and proven production deployments in regulated healthcare environments.