Remote Senior Data Scientist

Summary

Join the Insights & Analytics team as a Senior Data Scientist to shape data-driven decision making processes and drive impactful insights that advance Virta's mission.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a Healthcare Analytics or Data Science role, working with large datasets and conducting statistical and quantitative modeling, melding analytics with strong programming, data mining, clustering and segmentation
• 5+ years of work experience working data science and visualization tools (SQL, R, and/or Python)
• Advanced understanding of data storage, ETL frameworks, data transformation, and validation
• Experience in building BI dashboards using tools such as Looker or Tableau
• Experience leading cross-functional efforts to build scalable systems and data pipelines, working with complex data structures
• Ability to explain technology, techniques and approaches to others

Responsibilities

• Serve as data lead for the Client Product Squad, inclusive of collaboration on roadmap prioritization, statistical analysis on business data to validate and quantify trends, workflow redesign experimentation, and building powerful and clear data pipelines that support our client-facing operations & products
• Lead cross-functional analytics meetings to keep stakeholders apprised of relevant OKRs and experiment outcomes
• Build pipelines that translate clinical, member, and claims data from our data warehouse to inform experimentation and other analytic needs
• Work directly with the Commercial Team to develop and generate reports & analyses that enhance Virta’s value proposition
• Operate within an agile framework, working with your manager and team members to strategically prioritize projects, balancing resources effectively

Preferred Qualifications

• Worked at a healthcare startup during the growth phase
• Understanding of Generative AI concepts
• Experience building pipelines using dbt
• Experience translating & standardizing medical/pharmacy claims data
• Familiarity with EHR, FHIR data structures
• Demonstrated project management experience