Graduate Behavioral Data Scientist - Health Analytics

Discovery Limited; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 320,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovery Health is seeking a Behavioural Data Scientist Graduate in Johannesburg or Cape Town. You will apply data science to real-world health data, exploring behavioural patterns across Health App, HealthID, and DHCS, with cross-functional teams to translate questions into measurable insights.

The role requires foundational Python/R/SQL skills and familiarity with data preparation, ML basics, and data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science or related analytics field.
• Basic experience in Python, R or SQL.
• Knowledge of Power BI or Tableau is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Apply real data science to health-care datasets across the Digital team to inform insights.
• Translate business questions into analysis and present findings to stakeholders.
• Work with large-scale behavioural data to uncover patterns and impact decisions.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science / analytics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Discovery Health is seeking a Behavioural Data Scientist Graduate in Johannesburg or Cape Town. You will apply data science to real-world health data, exploring behavioural patterns across Health App, HealthID, and DHCS, with cross-functional teams to translate questions into measurable insights.

The role requires foundational Python/R/SQL skills and familiarity with data preparation, ML basics, and data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau.