Principal Data Scientist - Strategy, Modeling & Pipelines

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Mississippi; On-site; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina seeks a Principal Data Scientist to lead complex data science initiatives, translating analytics into strategic decisions across divisions. You will own delivery of multi-project programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align with enterprise strategy and drive impactful outcomes.

The role requires deep statistical, data mining, predictive modeling, and production model experience, with emphasis on data integrity and scalable pipeline

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher required or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in related field; 10+ years if no degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and testing of hypotheses across data sets.
• Define and implement integrated data models from multiple sources.
• Design and develop scalable data pipelines for ingestion, cleansing, transformation, and validation.
• Develop production models using Python and R where appropriate.
• Engineer data sets and write SQL queries for data integration and quality issues.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to executive leadership.

Skills

Big Data

Data Analysis

Data Engineering

Data Mining

Data Modeling

Data Visualization

Machine Learning

Python

Statistical Analysis

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Snowflake

AI Agents

Job description

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina seeks a Principal Data Scientist to lead complex data science initiatives, translating analytics into strategic decisions across divisions. You will own delivery of multi-project programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align with enterprise strategy and drive impactful outcomes.

The role requires deep statistical, data mining, predictive modeling, and production model experience, with emphasis on data integrity and scalable pipeline