Data Science Lead

Summary

Join TailorCare as Data Science Lead and become a key member of our team, tackling challenging roadmap items independently and collaborating with stakeholders. You will guide your peers by establishing data science best practices. Reporting to the VP, Engineering, you will collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities to use data to improve clinical decision-making and patient care and build/deploy data-driven solutions. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and seven years of experience in a Data Science role. TailorCare offers a remote-first work environment, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness resources, an employer HSA contribution, and a 401k plan with employer matching.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (Preferably: Data Science, Healthcare Informatics, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, etc.) or equivalent related work experience
• Minimum seven years of experience working in a Data Science role
• Strong skills transforming data for analysis, business intelligence/reporting, and/or modeling with Python(pandas/numpy), SQL, and/or PySpark/Scala
• Strong experience building ML models with Python (scikit-learn, Tensorflow/PyTorch)
• Experience deploying ML models into production systems, e.g. generating batch predictions in data pipeline or building APIs for serving online predictions
• Experience running statistical analyses to test hypotheses and make causal inferences
• Experience working in a healthcare setting, with a strong understanding of clinical workflows and terminology

Responsibilities

• Serve as a specialist/SME on complex technical and business issues
• Develop targeting criteria or customer segmentation based on analytical insights, clinical inputs, product design and operations considerations
• Collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders from engineering, business development, clinical and marketing to execute on our vision of data-centric automation
• Collaborate with analysts and data engineering on algorithm / models / pipeline development
• Align data products with business goals by identifying and championing new areas of opportunity and initiatives aimed at delivering value to patients and providers
• Oversee the entire lifecycle of data science projects, including: scoping, design, modeling, validation, deployment
• Mentor, coach, and train junior-level and senior-level data scientists

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Databricks / data lake environment
• Experience using MLFlow to track model experiments and manage model repository
• Experience building dashboards and visualizations in a BI tool (e.g. Tableau)

Benefits

• Work Environment: We operate as a remote-first company with options for a hybrid work model in Nashville
• Time Off: Our generous paid time off (PTO) and holiday plans ensure you have ample time to rest and recharge
• Family First: We offer paid parental leave and support a healthy work-life balance, encouraging flexibility and autonomy
• Comprehensive Benefits: From Day 1, employees enjoy medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness resources and an employer HSA contribution
• Fair Compensation: We are committed to equitable pay for all team members and support your future goals with a 401k plan that includes employer matching