Lead Health Data Scientist — Remote Healthcare Analytics

Inovalon; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Inovalon in the United States is seeking a Principal Health Data Scientist to drive advanced analytics and modeling across healthcare datasets. You will lead complex programming, apply statistical methods, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams.

You will collaborate with research scientists, clinicians, and data engineers, mentor teammates, and ensure scalable, well-documented code and processes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in healthcare data analytics.
• Experience with large administrative claims, EMR, and registry data.
• Proven ability to document code, algorithms, and methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead programming, analytics, and modeling on large healthcare datasets.
• Develop and apply complex analyses and hypothesis testing.
• Use SQL for data extraction, transformation, and management.
• Communicate findings clearly to stakeholders and clients.
• Mentor junior staff and collaborate across teams.
• Assist in evaluating data analytics vendors and tools.

Skills

Advanced analytics

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Master’s degree in computer science, ML, applied mathematics, econometrics, statistics, engineering, physics, or related

Tools

SQL

Job description

Inovalon in the United States is seeking a Principal Health Data Scientist to drive advanced analytics and modeling across healthcare datasets. You will lead complex programming, apply statistical methods, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for clients and internal teams.

You will collaborate with research scientists, clinicians, and data engineers, mentor teammates, and ensure scalable, well-documented code and processes.