Principal Data Scientist: AI Strategy & Health Analytics

Sutter Health; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yes

Job summary

Sutter Health seeks a principal data scientist to own data science initiatives within the Center for Applied AI. You will drive projects from data acquisition and transformation through model development, validation, and deployment, while mentoring team members and shaping technical standards.

The role emphasizes governance, model monitoring, and collaboration with clinical, operational, and IS stakeholders to deliver measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, biostatistics, CS, mathematics, data science, medical informatics, or related field required.
• 10 years of recent relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead data science projects from problem framing with stakeholders to production deployment.
• Set technical direction and standards for the team and mentor staff.
• Contribute to AI governance and model monitoring.
• Translate complex technical work for executive and clinical audiences.

Skills

Statistics

Machine Learning

Python

SQL

LLMs

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics/CS/Math/Data Science

Tools

Epic EHR (Clarity, Caboodle)

HL7 / FHIR

Job description

Sutter Health seeks a principal data scientist to own data science initiatives within the Center for Applied AI. You will drive projects from data acquisition and transformation through model development, validation, and deployment, while mentoring team members and shaping technical standards.

The role emphasizes governance, model monitoring, and collaboration with clinical, operational, and IS stakeholders to deliver measurable impact.