Principal Data Scientist: Strategic Data & AI Leader

Blue Cross NC; United States; On-site; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Bonus

401(k) with employer match

Paid Time Off

Health benefits

Wellness programs

Job summary

Blue Cross NC seeks a Principal Data Scientist to lead strategic analyses and translate data into actionable decisions that align with enterprise strategy. You will own delivery of multiple large-scale data science and engineering projects and partner with cross-functional teams to drive impact.

The role requires senior-level analytics, scalable data modeling, production pipelines, and clear communication of insights to executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)
• 8+ years of experience in related field
• In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience
• Strong Analytic/Data Science skills
• Experience with Snowflake
• Experience building AI Agents
• Understand Bell curve analysis
• Incorporate Industry benchmarks into analysis
• Perform outlier detection
• Strong healthcare experience with Payment Integrity/FWA business knowledge is required

Responsibilities

• Lead in development and testing of hypotheses across functional data sets
• Lead requirements gathering sessions with business and technical staff
• Define and implement integrated data models
• Design and develop scalable data pipelines for ingestion, cleansing, transformation, integration, and validation
• Define and implement data stores based on requirements
• Design and develop models to solve complex business solutions using data mining, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and network analysis
• Design and implement production models using Python and R
• Engineer new data sets including SQL queries and data integration
• Apply advanced understanding of Big Data systems to data set engineering and analytics
• Lead development and reviews of complex analytic models and algorithms
• Identify actionable insights and influence business direction by communicating results to cross functional groups
• Document and test analytic processes including validation
• Engage with enterprise areas to incorporate feedback into audit processes across Payment Integrity, SIU, Provider, Behavioral Health, Med Policy, Claims, Pharmacy
• Articulate analytic methods and drive business outcomes with executive leadership
• Informally lead other analysts and synthesize information for leadership

Skills

Big Data

Data Analysis

Data Engineering

Data Mining

Data Modeling

Data Visualization

Machine Learning

Predictive Analytics

Python

Statistical Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or advanced degree

8+ years of experience in related field

In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience

Tools

Snowflake

Python

R

Job description

Blue Cross NC seeks a Principal Data Scientist to lead strategic analyses and translate data into actionable decisions that align with enterprise strategy. You will own delivery of multiple large-scale data science and engineering projects and partner with cross-functional teams to drive impact.

The role requires senior-level analytics, scalable data modeling, production pipelines, and clear communication of insights to executive leadership.