Senior Data Scientist, Real-World Evidence (Remote)

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 125,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day with my

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Sr. Data Scientist in Specialty Networks Solutions to lead the design, hardening, and deployment of high-impact real-world data products and advanced analyticss for biopharma partners.

You'll ensure clinical data quality, optimize data availability, and translate complex health data into actionable insights for commercial and clinical value. The role requires domain expertise across healthcare data ecosystems and collaboration with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of data science, advanced analytics, healthcare data, or real‑world evidence, including experience supporting biopharma clients, preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in related field is required.
• Advanced degree in measurement, statistics, epidemiology, or related field preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise with complex healthcare datasets (EHR, claims, lab, genomic data).
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and at least one language such as R or Python, with Databricks experience.
• Strong understanding of healthcare data models, patient journeys, and real‑world evidence methodologies.
• Experience translating business requirements into technical specs for scalable data products.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders in matrixed organizations.
• Excellent communication and consulting skills for technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Data Governance & Standards: Define governed definitions for high-priority variables; set QC rules; document pipeline and data model; Harden data assets for production reliability.
• Engineering Partnership: Assess delivery against requirements; manage client queries; identify growth areas to enhance data pipelines; standardize data models.
• Client & Strategic Partnership: Join discovery conversations; build prototype dashboards on real data; present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Databricks

Healthcare data

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Advanced degree in statistics/epidemiology/measurement

Tools

Databricks

Datavant

Job description

Cardinal Health, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Sr. Data Scientist in Specialty Networks Solutions to lead the design, hardening, and deployment of high-impact real-world data products and advanced analyticss for biopharma partners.

You'll ensure clinical data quality, optimize data availability, and translate complex health data into actionable insights for commercial and clinical value. The role requires domain expertise across healthcare data ecosystems and collaboration with