Remote Data Scientist

Summary

Join our team as a Data Scientist to support the Department of Veterans Affairs in analyzing clinical data and Informatics solutions. Develops and manages information for strategic decision-making, performs complex analyses, and communicates findings to business owners and senior leaders.

Requirements

• Master's degree plus 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience creating and analyzing clinical data and creating data visualizations that communicate clinical outcomes, improvements, and costs
• Experience using statistical methods for the measurement of clinical outcomes
• MUST HAVE: Experience with conducting causal inference with observational data and in quasi-experimental settings (e.g., differences-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity designs, causal forests, meta-learners, doubly robust learning, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with statistics and machine learning data mining, forecasting, simulation, and/or predictive modeling, preferably in the healthcare sector
• Advanced experience handling complex data sets within large organizations, including data cleaning, transformation, and analysis
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; must provide examples if chosen for an interview
• Understanding of data ethics principles and how to avoid or reduce biases to build ethical and responsible data science/analytics products
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or R with a focus on data analysis, data science, or machine learning
• Advanced SQL development experience
• Strong understanding of version control (i.e. git)

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages information to support strategic decision-making
• Performs complex analyses and communicates findings to business owners and senior leaders
• Conducts and facilitates (and educates and trains on) analyses, data research, data manipulation, risk assessment, solution development, and strategic alignment
• Provides consulting and analytic services to leadership
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to develop data visualizations with meaningful insights
• Analyzes and interprets data trends and patterns with performance objectives in mind
• Defines data assets to develop performance measurements, key performance indicators and objectives, and key results

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative field, such as Statistics, Epidemiology, Computer Science, Clinical Informatics or related disciplines
• Experience in Agile, SAFe Agile
• VA experience
• Experience with VistA/CPRS a plus, and VA Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW)

Benefits

• Competitive Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Legal Resources Coverage
• 401(k) with company matching with NO vesting period
• ITC Health benefits have a $0 premium for certain plans for eligible employees
• Education reimbursement for certifications, degrees, or professional development