Principal Health Data Scientist

Inovalon; Romulus (MI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Inovalon is seeking a Principal Health Data Scientist in the United States to lead data science and analytic modeling for HEOR/RWE studies. You will design and execute studies from protocols to insights, working with administrative claims and EHR data and coordinating with cross-functional teams.

You will manage data extraction, develop hypotheses, validate models, and communicate results to clients, while ensuring HIPAA and internal policy compliance in a fast-paced research environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries
• Experience with administrative claims data and big data
• Proficiency in SQL and statistical analysis tools
• Strong problem solving and analytical reasoning skills
• Excellent communication to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to manage multiple projects with minimal supervision
• Advanced knowledge of health care policy and related issues

Responsibilities

• Lead programming, analytics, and statistics for health services research projects
• Develop solutions using modeling and statistical analysis on large healthcare datasets
• Use SQL for data extraction and data management; document code and algorithms
• Formulate hypotheses and communicate findings clearly to clients
• Respond to complex data requests and create ad-hoc queries for research
• Provide quality control and mentorship across project teams
• Collaborate with Enterprise Data Management and related teams to resolve data issues
• Troubleshoot production-related issues and coordinate resolutions
• Evaluate data analytic vendors and tools
• Maintain compliance with company policies and HIPAA requirements
• Support operational and financial success of the company
• Uphold separation of duties within processes

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Project management

Communication

Research

Education

Master's degree in statistics/related field

Tools

Snowflake

SAS

R

MatLab

Job description

Overview:

The Principal Health Data Scientist will lead and serve as subject matter expert in data science, programming, and analytical modeling in support of health economics and real-world evidence (HEOR/RWE) research within Inovalon's Insights team. This position executes research studies from start to finish, reviewing protocols for methodological appropriateness, building and validating cohorts, performing analysis, and generating insights from administrative claims and EHR data. This is an independent contributor role requiring deep domain expertise and the ability to manage projects with minimal supervision in a fast-paced research environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as lead for programming, analytics, and statistics when working collaboratively with teams of health services researchers and business analysts to draw insight and intelligence from large administrative claims datasets, electronic medical records and various healthcare registry datasets.
• Identify and develop solutions that can be implemented to key strategic business problems using high-level modeling and statistical analyses techniques.
• Utilize SQL to perform advanced-level data extraction, transformation and data management; fully document and manage library of source code and algorithms for future use.
• Identify, develop and test hypotheses in support of research and product offerings, and communicate findings in a clear, precise, and actionable manner to our clients.
• Respond to and lead highly complex operational data requests and create ad-hoc queries to support research projects.
• Provide quality control, quality assurance and review for projects where not the lead including solution orientated approaches and mentoring for cross functional training across the functional project teams.
• Serve as lead when working closely with Inovalon's Enterprise Data Management, Data Integration, MORE2 Registry®, and iPORT+™ teams to identify, understand, and resolve data issues and improve the efficiency, productivity and scalability of Avalere and Inovalon Product and production data processes.
• Troubleshoot complex production-related issues and coordinate successful resolution.
• Assist with the evaluation of data analytic vendors and tools.
• Maintain compliance with Inovalon's policies, procedures and mission statement.
• Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Inovalon's Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position.
• Fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success of the Company.
• Uphold responsibilities relative to the separation of duties for applicable processes and procedures within your job function.
• We reserve the right to change this job description from time to time as business needs dictate and will provide notice of such.

Job Requirements:

• 7 + years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries working with administrative claims data and big data.
• Excellent SQL programming skills including experience with Snowflake cloud data platform, in addition to working knowledge and experience using statistical analysis tools such as SAS, R, , and/or MatLab.
• Demonstrated high level problem solving, analytical reasoning and decision-making skills.
• Strong understanding and experience in researching and resolving data issues with a logical, instinctive, and problem-solving mentality working with large, complex and incomplete sources.
• Business analytical skills (process flows, procedures, spreadsheets, modeling, etc.) and good understanding of design and architecture principles.
• Exhibit excellent project management skills, with an ability to work independently on multiple projects with competing priorities and a strong commitment to meeting goals and deadlines.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to understand and interpret results based on advanced statistical techniques.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in IT and business environments; ability and willingness to communicate to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment.
• Advanced knowledge of health care, health policy, pharmaceutical, medical device, and related issues;
• Superior customer service in the form of first-rate work product and project management.
• Strong ability to manage challenging client situations.
• Strong ability to troubleshoot and recommend solutions.
• Strong ability to translate complex information for a wide range of clients.

Education:

• Master's degree in statistics, applied mathematics, computer science, machine learning, econometrics, engineering, or related discipline; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Sedentary work (i.e. sitting for long periods of time).
• Frequently or constantly to lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects and repetitive motions.
• Subject to inside environmental conditions.
• Travel for this position will include less than 5% locally usually for training purposes.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship (e.g. H-1B, TN, or E-3). Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States as a condition of employment. (This is only applicable for US-based positions)

If you don’t meet every qualification listed but are excited about our mission and the work described, we encourage you to apply. Inovalon is most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and you may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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