Principal Health Data Scientist — Advanced Analytics

Inovalon; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Inovalon seeks a Principal Health Data Scientist to lead complex analytics on administrative claims, EMRs, and registry data, collaborating with research scientists, clinicians, and analysts to deliver actionable healthcare insights.

You will develop statistical models, apply hypotheses, and translate results into recommendations, guiding junior staff and shaping data-driven products and services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in healthcare or pharma using admin claims data and big data.
• Master’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience required.
• Advanced expertise in programming, analytics, statistics, and modeling for complex healthcare data use cases.
• Experience with admin claims data, EMRs, registry data, and large-scale data environments.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL for data extraction, transformation, and ad hoc querying.
• Ability to document code, algorithms, and methods for reuse and scalability.
• Ability to learn new datasets/tools and apply knowledge to improve performance.
• Ability to influence cross-functional partners and mentor less experienced team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced programming, analytics, and statistical work on large healthcare datasets.
• Develop and apply complex modeling, analyses, and hypothesis testing for strategic problems.
• Use SQL to perform advanced data extraction and data management and maintain code libraries.
• Communicate analytical findings clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
• Respond to and lead complex data requests for research projects and client deliverables.
• Provide quality control and cross-functional mentoring across teams.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Data Management and related teams to improve processes.

Skills

Advanced analytics

Statistical modeling

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Data storytelling

Big data experience

Education

Master's degree in CS/ML/Applied Math/Statistics

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Inovalon seeks a Principal Health Data Scientist to lead complex analytics on administrative claims, EMRs, and registry data, collaborating with research scientists, clinicians, and analysts to deliver actionable healthcare insights.

You will develop statistical models, apply hypotheses, and translate results into recommendations, guiding junior staff and shaping data-driven products and services.