Remote Research Scientist, Health Analytics

Humana Inc; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 78,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Research Scientist 2 for a remote role within the Quality and Cost Strategy Analytics Team. You will lead research and development to optimize healthcare delivery, lower costs, and improve member health outcomes using statistical and data-science methods.

Collaborate with clinicians and analysts to translate results into actionable business insights, design studies, and measure program impact. Travel occasional; compensation includes bonus plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Interest in healthcare and population health impact.
• Experience applying mathematics, statistics or econometrics to transform large datasets.
• Proficient in Python or R for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Research, prototype and scale ideas to improve population health.
• Collaborate with analytic and business teams to set objectives.
• Evaluate programs and measure new healthcare solutions.
• Transform large, complex data into actionable insights.
• Extract clinical information from medical and claims data for analytics and modeling.
• Translate analytic results into business recommendations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Healthcare interest

Independent worker

Python

R

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PySpark

Spark R

Spark Scala

Job description

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Research Scientist 2 for a remote role within the Quality and Cost Strategy Analytics Team. You will lead research and development to optimize healthcare delivery, lower costs, and improve member health outcomes using statistical and data-science methods.

Collaborate with clinicians and analysts to translate results into actionable business insights, design studies, and measure program impact. Travel occasional; compensation includes bonus plan.