Data Scientist

Summary

Join Abarca as a Drug Value Strategy Senior Manager and utilize your coding skills to manage and transform big data into meaningful information and customized solutions for our clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related area of study, or equivalent combination of education and/or related work experience (In lieu of a degree, equivalent relevant experience may be considered.)
• 8+ years of experience with working with healthcare data analytics (e.g. medical and pharmacy claims data)
• 2+ years of experience with medical or pharmacy data in a health plan or pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)
• Excellent written, interpersonal communication, and presentation skills, including ability to present complex technical concepts in a clear, concise manner to audiences with varying levels of technical understanding
• Experience in Python, R, SQL, advanced statistical methods, and advanced proficiency to utilize data-oriented programming languages, statistical modeling, and visualization software (such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
• Experience with cloud-based data analysis (such as Snowflake)
• Strong problem-solving skills in healthcare cost and utilization analysis
• Experience in project management, KPI’s, and data visualization
• Experience managing key strategic initiatives in healthcare/PBM industry

Responsibilities

• Design and develop data solutions - utilize data mining, data modeling, natural language processing, and machine learning to extract insights from large data sources
• Evaluate data scenarios through a product-oriented lens and deliver predictive models that inform business solutions as part of the drug value strategy portfolio
• Utilize data-oriented programming languages and visualization software to explore, analyze, and interpret large volumes of data in various forms and solve complex business problems
• Lead the development of analytic tools that will provide data reporting for our clients
• Develop and manage new and innovative specialty programs based on collaboration with the specialty network of pharmacies and track progress (partnerships (i.e. ROI, launch of initiatives, outreach, metric tracking, etc.)
• Develop monthly and quarterly specialty spend reports to include initiatives, trends in the market, pipeline drugs, and other impactful events
• Optimize and manage specialty claims auditing process (in conjunction with analytics team)
• Drive generation of client-facing tools that help with feasibility, context, and budget and drug forecast models
• Serve as a SME to the analytics team to develop complex reporting

Benefits

Flexible hybrid work model