Senior Data Science Lead - Mission-Driven Analytics

LMI; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI is seeking a Data Scientist/Data Science Lead to provide hands-on analytical leadership across VA modernization initiatives. The role blends advanced analytics, coding, data quality, and decision support in a hybrid model with about 25% onsite work at Tysons or DC.

The lead will inspect data, write code, test assumptions, and set standards for the team while communicating findings to technical, clinical, and executive audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, or a related field.
• 7+ years in data science or advanced analytics.
• Strong Python and SQL with statistical modeling, validation, and complex data interpretation.
• Translate business questions into defensible analytical methods and decisions.
• Cloud data science/ML certification recommended from major providers.
• VA vetting eligibility and handling sensitive data as required.
• Solid statistics including regression, classification, sampling and uncertainty.
• Experience with large, messy multi-source datasets and data quality issues.
• Technical leadership: review analytics, set standards, mentor staff.
• Own analytics from problem framing to deployment and handoff.
• Strong written and verbal communication of complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytical strategy for complex operational, clinical, workflow questions.
• Assess data readiness, quality, lineage, and fitness for measures.
• Develop and review models, ML methods, and AI evaluations.
• Design reporting-ready data models and validation logic.
• Perform hands-on Python/SQL analysis and troubleshoot issues.
• Coordinate with clinicians and evaluators on baselines and outcomes.
• Explain uncertainty and data limitations clearly to leaders.
• Coach analysts and establish reusable analytics and peer-review practices.
• Set reproducibility, validation, and documentation standards.
• Lead model selection, validation, bias assessment, and interpretation.
• Create reusable notebooks and templates to accelerate work.
• Collaborate with engineering on data pipelines and handoff.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistical modeling

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Databricks

Power BI

Snowflake

Azure/AWS/Google Cloud

Job description

LMI is seeking a Data Scientist/Data Science Lead to provide hands-on analytical leadership across VA modernization initiatives. The role blends advanced analytics, coding, data quality, and decision support in a hybrid model with about 25% onsite work at Tysons or DC.

The lead will inspect data, write code, test assumptions, and set standards for the team while communicating findings to technical, clinical, and executive audiences.