Strategic Data Scientist Lead – Big Data & AI

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Tennessee; On-site; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to lead multiple large and complex data science projects. The role focuses on translating data into strategic decisions, partnering with business units, and delivering scalable data pipelines.

You will own the delivery of numerous analytics projects, mentor analysts, and drive data-driven decisions across enterprise programs including Payment Integrity and Health Policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data science or analytics.
• In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience in related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead in development and testing of hypotheses across data sets.
• Define and implement integrated data models from multiple sources.
• Design and develop scalable data pipelines for ingestion, cleansing, transformation, integration and validation.
• Develop models using data mining, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, stochastic modeling, pattern recognition and probability analysis.
• Lead production models leveraging Python and R.
• Engineer new data sets and write SQL queries for data integration and quality resolution.
• Communicate results to cross-functional groups to influence business decisions.

Skills

Data Science

Python

R

SQL

Big Data

Statistical Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or advanced degree

Tools

Snowflake

AI Agents

Job description

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to lead multiple large and complex data science projects. The role focuses on translating data into strategic decisions, partnering with business units, and delivering scalable data pipelines.

You will own the delivery of numerous analytics projects, mentor analysts, and drive data-driven decisions across enterprise programs including Payment Integrity and Health Policy.