Senior Data Scientist: AI-Driven Analytics & Prototyping

Vizient, Inc; Irving, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior data scientist to develop automated analytics products and advanced data science solutions that address complex clinical, operational, and economic questions.

You will work in a fast-paced environment, turn ideas into testable solutions, and collaborate with product and platform teams to move concepts from research to production. The role requires strong experience in statistical modeling, ML, NLP, and end-to-end data science workflows, plus proficiency in

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant data science experience.
• Experience with statistical modeling, predictive analytics, machine learning, natural language processing, and generative AI.
• Experience with end-to-end data science workflows, including data preparation, feature engineering, model development, validation, deployment, and visualization.

Responsibilities

• Develop data science solutions, automated analytics products, and actionable insights across multiple projects and domains with minimal guidance.
• Translate emerging concepts and business needs into testable solutions through experimentation, rapid prototyping, validation, and iterative development.
• Apply machine learning, natural language processing, statistical modeling, and predictive analytics techniques to structured and unstructured data.
• Evaluate technical and business feasibility, analyze results, and refine models and methods through successive development cycles and continuous feedback.
• Apply expertise across data discovery, structuring, cleaning, enrichment, statistical design, modeling, validation, deployment, and insight delivery.
• Make autonomous analytical decisions related to exploratory analysis, model development, methodology selection, visualization, and deployment based on project objectives.
• Analyze complex datasets and communicate exploratory and predictive findings through clear insights and visualizations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Develop and revise technical code, apply data science best practices, and provide guidance to other data scientists on analytical approaches and solution development.
• Partner with product, engineering, and platform teams to advance promising capabilities from research and prototyping through pilots, production readiness, and ongoing enhancement.
• Evaluate emerging data science methods, tools, and technologies to identify opportunities to improve analytical capabilities and client solutions.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Predictive analytics

Machine learning

Natural language processing

Generative AI

Data science methods

Experimentation

Prototyping

Model evaluation

End-to-end workflows

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

Python

R

SQL

SAS

MATLAB

Java

Databricks

Apache Spark

Hadoop

Tableau

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior data scientist to develop automated analytics products and advanced data science solutions that address complex clinical, operational, and economic questions.

You will work in a fast-paced environment, turn ideas into testable solutions, and collaborate with product and platform teams to move concepts from research to production. The role requires strong experience in statistical modeling, ML, NLP, and end-to-end data science workflows, plus proficiency in