Senior Healthcare Data Scientist: AI-Driven Analytics

RXinsider LTD.; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Surescripts is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead data-driven healthcare analytics, delivering insights and visuals across business functions. You will design AI-enhanced solutions, collaborate with leaders, and mentor teammates while ensuring privacy-aware workflows and governance.

This role emphasizes rapid adoption of advanced analytics and scalable cloud-based practices. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with healthcare data, statistical modeling, and training materials

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in data science, data management, or analytics in a business context.
• 2+ years with large healthcare datasets/ reporting.
• Expertise in programming languages (R, Python, or MATLAB).
• Expertise with SQL/PLSQL, relational/NoSQL databases, and structured/unstructured data.
• Ability to translate statistical analysis into presentations for non-data audiences.
• Experience in statistical modeling using healthcare data.
• Experience developing training material for user groups of 10+.
• Knowledge of HIPAA/privacy regulations.
• Proficiency with AI assistants across planning, design, and documentation with human review.
• QA oversight for analytics/ML deliverables and test strategies.
• Experience with AI-teaming, prompt engineering, and documentation of decisions.

Responsibilities

• Data Visualization: Create visualizations to communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Collaboration: Translate business requirements into analytical solutions with cross-functional teams.
• AI-Assisted Planning & Design: Use AI to accelerate requirements and design; produce reviewed artifacts.
• AI-Assisted Implementation: Draft code/queries/notebooks; ensure security and quality; follow licensing policies.
• QA Oversight: Define acceptance criteria, validation methods, and test strategies; partner with QA on releases.
• AI-Teaming & Refinement: Refine solutions with prompt engineering and evaluation rubrics; document prompts and decisions.
• Mentorship: Guide other data scientists, analysts, and engineers.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current on industry trends and best practices.
• Evangelism: Promote data science capabilities within the company.
• Data quality: Ensure integrity of data for ongoing quality initiatives.
• Privacy & Security: Follow data governance and regulatory restrictions.

Skills

Data science

Data management

Data analysis & reporting

Statistical modeling

AI assistants

Data visualization

Communication to non-data audiences

Privacy & HIPAA

Education

Master’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics

PhD in Data Science, Statistics or MBA (preferred)

Tools

SQL/PLSQL

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Google Cloud

Job description

Surescripts is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead data-driven healthcare analytics, delivering insights and visuals across business functions. You will design AI-enhanced solutions, collaborate with leaders, and mentor teammates while ensuring privacy-aware workflows and governance.

This role emphasizes rapid adoption of advanced analytics and scalable cloud-based practices. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with healthcare data, statistical modeling, and training materials