Senior Data Scientist

Choosegreaterpeoria; United States; Remote; USD 117,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana’s Membership Analytics team is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to build advanced forecasting models and perform predictive analytics to enhance Medicare services. This remote role focuses on utilizing AI and various modeling techniques to drive business insights and strategies aimed at improving member experiences and retention.

Benefits

Health benefits effective day 1

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match

Tuition assistance

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 3+ years of statistical analytics and/or predictive modeling experience.
• Experience in using AI and statistical techniques to analyze data.
• Ability to create reports and presentations that support business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develop forecasting models using AI techniques for Medicare membership.
• Identify drivers of Medicare sales, retention, and enrollment growth.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to leverage data for business insights.

Skills

Statistical analytics

Predictive modeling

Data analysis

Machine learning

AI techniques

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Analytics, Data Science

Tools

SAS

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first

Humana’s Medicare Growth Analytics Organization is seeking a talented Senior Data Scientist to join our Membership Analytics team working remote anywhere in the US. The Membership Analytics team is seeking a Senior Data Scientist that will build forecast models using advanced AI techniques for our Medicare membership by leveraging disparate data sources, business knowledge, and sophisticated statistical models. Responsibilities will also include building models to understand the root causes of member acquisition and retention, with the end goal of providing the best product for the consumer.

As the Senior Data Scientist, you will identify drivers of Medicare sales, retention, and enrollment growth by developing datasets and constructing models. You will also have the opportunity to provide insights by creating projections, analyses, and presentations to support business strategy and tactics. You will have a critical role in supporting our workflow using advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence tools. Coding, modeling, and building simulations to develop data-driven strategies and measure success will support our continuous efforts to improve our business strategy.

Key Role Functions

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities for leveraging data to drive business insights for our strategic partners

• Identifying drivers of Medicare sales, retention and enrollment growth

• Develop custom machine learning models, advanced analytic models, and statistical models

• Use predictive modeling to bring insights into Humana member experiences utilizing Regression, Random Forest, XG Boost models, clustering, text mining for membership growth, and other business outcomes

• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy

• Coordinate with different functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes

Only persons with authorization to work permanently in the U.S. need apply. EEO

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mathematics, Statistics, Analytics, Data Science, or related field

• 3+ years of statistical analytics and/or predictive modeling experience

• Demonstrated experience with SAS, Python, R, and/or SQL

• Experience in using mathematics, statistics, modeling, artificial intelligence, and technology to transform high volumes of complex data into advanced analytic solutions

• Experience in working with assignments that involve complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors

• Experience in developing, maintaining, and collecting structured and unstructured data sets for analysis and reporting

• Experience in creating reports, projections, models, and presentations to support business strategy and tactics

• Ability to make decisions on complex issues regarding technical approach for project components

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Mathematics/Statistics/Data Science

• Experience with healthcare or managed care data

• Experience performing data management, mining, and manipulation along with analytics

Additional Information

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:

• At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested

• Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership

• Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

• Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.

• Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Humana offers a variety of benefits to promote the best health and well-being of our employees and their families. We design competitive and flexible packages to give our employees a sense of financial security—both today and in the future, including:

• Health benefits effective day 1

• Paid time off, holidays, volunteer time and jury duty pay

• Recognition pay

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match

• Tuition assistance

• Scholarships for eligible dependents

• Parental and caregiver leave

• Employee charity matching program

• Network Resource Groups (NRGs)

• Career development opportunities

Our Hiring Process

As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we may contact you via text message and email to gather more information using a software platform called HireVue. HireVue Text, Scheduling and Video technologies allow you to interact with us at the time and location most convenient for you.

If you are selected to move forward from your application prescreen, you may receive correspondence inviting you to participate in a pre-recorded Voice, Text Messaging and/or Video interview. Your recorded interview will be reviewed and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews.

If you have additional questions regarding this role posting and are an Internal Candidate, please send them to the Ask A Recruiter persona by visiting go/Buzz and searching Ask A Recruiter! Please be sure to provide the requisition number so we may be able to research your request quicker.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.$117,600 - $161,700 per yearThis job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.Application Deadline: 06-06-2025

About us

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.