Senior Data Scientist, Healthcare Analytics Lead

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Hermann in Houston seeks a senior Data Scientist to lead analysis of complex and unstructured data, guiding data-driven decisions across departments. You will build models, explore data, and communicate insights to stakeholders to support strategic initiatives.

This role includes mentoring a data science team, managing multiple projects, and applying advanced statistics and machine learning to improve patient care and hospital operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or related STEM field required.
• Master’s Degree in Data Science preferred.
• Seven (7) years of experience in data science is required.
• Experience in hospital setting or healthcare IT/finance/revenue cycle data management is preferred.
• Strong communication and storytelling with data are essential.

Responsibilities

• Leads high-priority data science projects that impact the organization.
• Provides technical supervision/mentoring to other data scientists.
• Develops custom data models and algorithms for key business metrics.
• Applies models to improve operations and decision-making.
• Communicates findings clearly to project leadership.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistical analysis

Data mining

SQL

Python

Communication

Project management

Storytelling with data

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or related STEM field

Master’s degree in Data Science preferred

Tools

R

Excel

Job description

Memorial Hermann in Houston seeks a senior Data Scientist to lead analysis of complex and unstructured data, guiding data-driven decisions across departments. You will build models, explore data, and communicate insights to stakeholders to support strategic initiatives.

This role includes mentoring a data science team, managing multiple projects, and applying advanced statistics and machine learning to improve patient care and hospital operations.