Lead Decision Scientist - Product Analytics

CVS Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Job summary

CVS Health's Aetna unit is seeking a Lead Decision Scientist to own analytics initiatives, translate insights into business actions, and collaborate with data science and business partners to drive impact. You will shape roadmaps, manage stakeholders, and deliver data-driven recommendations for strategic decisions.

The role emphasizes strong communication, ownership of problems, and end-to-end delivery in a fast-paced healthcare context within CVS Health.

Qualifications

• 4+ years leading mid-scale analytics initiatives with measurable impact.
• 7+ years total business experience.
• 2+ years stakeholder management experience.
• 4+ years experience with strategy consulting or on strategy teams in large companies.
• Ability to work with data using SQL and Python.
• Experience reviewing analytical methods and outputs.

Responsibilities

• Define product roadmaps for analytics initiatives and own the analytics backlog.
• Translate data insights into actionable business recommendations for decision makers.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Data Science, business partners and Sales teams.
• Communicate technical concepts and implications in business terms to executives.
• Identify delivery risks and apply a structured Agile project management approach.

Skills

SQL

Python

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

The Product Analytics team at Aetna, a CVS Health company, engages with a number of functional teams across CVS businesses to serve our members with better insurance products and to support our Sales teams in selling the right product to the right customer.

Lead Decision Scientists play an instrumental role in building cross-functional coalitions, defining product roadmaps that drive forward the most impact and engage with our Data Science team to deliver the appropriate business solutions.

Lead Decision Scientists structure ambiguous business problems into analytics frameworks, translate data insights into recommendations for business decisions, guide the evaluation of the business impact for those decisions and prioritize possible actions based on value, feasibility and risk.

To be successful in the role, Lead Decision Scientists need to excel in stakeholder management, consult with multiple business functions, recommend data-driven decisions to grow the business impact and ultimately deliver the solutions built by our Data Science team into the hands of our stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will:

• Apply experience from strategy consulting, and analytics to successfully act as the product owner for multiple analytics initiatives.
• Demonstrate strong ability to communicate both technical concepts and implications to business partners, and business drivers to data-science partners.
• Be regarded as a business specialist with deep content specific knowledge.
• Translate business questions into analytics frameworks using the language of Data Scientists.
• Present the business recommendations in executive-ready stories with concise recommendations and influence senior leaders
• Identify delivery risks and apply a solid project management framework
• Anticipate and prevent problems and roadblocks autonomously before they occur
• Demonstrate a high level of ownership for business problems, roadmap prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and impact measurement

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of business experience leading mid-scale initiatives with track record of business impact
• 7+ years total business experience
• 2+ years of stakeholder management experience
• 4+ years of experience with strategy consulting or on strategy teams in large companies
• Ability to work with data using SQL and Python
• Experience reviewing analytical methods and outputs

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years in a consulting firm using data to solve for client engagement
• Experience in collecting user requirements and translating them into functional requirements for a data analytics solution
• Experience in leading projects with Agile methodologies
• Healthcare sector experience

Education

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative field, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience.
• Master's degree in quantitative field or MBA strongly preferred.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$142,140.00 - $284,280.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/20/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.