Principal Data Scientist, CVS Health

CVS Health

Location:
United States

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

144200.00 - 288400.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

We are looking for a Principal Data Scientist to join our Aetna Medicare (STARS Portfolio) team at CVS Health. This high-level individual contributor will partner closely with the Executive Director of Aetna STARS Analytics to drive hands on technical excellence across the most complex projects in the portfolio, lead a culture of technical rigor and excellence, and define key standards across an organization of ~30 data scientists and engineers.

Job Responsibility:

Anticipates and solves strategic and high-risk business problems with broad impact to the business area by applying leading-edge theories and techniques to investigate problems, detect patterns and recommend solutions
Leads development and execution of new and/or highly complex algorithms and statistical predictive models and determines analytical approaches and modeling techniques to evaluate scenarios and potential future outcomes
Establishes analytical rigor and statistical methods to analyze large amounts of data, using advanced statistical techniques and mathematical analyses
Evaluates advanced industry-leading approaches and determine which to incorporate into CVSH technical approach
Works across 2-3 highly complex projects at a time (50/30/20), with a combination of hands-on, problem solving, and coaching
Holds team-wide office hours regarding technical challenges and problem solving
1:1 technical coaching with 10-20 individual contributor teammates
Identify opportunities to implement improved best practices
Provides guidance to develop enterprise-wide analytics strategy and roadmap

Requirements:

10+ years of progressively complex related analytics experience
8+ years' experience leading analytics project from concept to delivery, coordinating across a diverse group of stakeholders, anticipating and preventing roadblock and driving business impact
8+ years' experience with advanced analytics tools and languages, analyzing large data sets from multiple data sources
8+ years' experience solving analytics problems using advanced statistics, machine learning, mathematical algorithms and predictive modeling
8+ years' experience with: Python, SQL, Cloud applications (GCP, AWS, Azure), machine learning, casual inference and experimental design
5+ years' industry experience demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex ideas to various audiences

Nice to have:

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong organizational, management and leadership skills
Knowledge of the health care industry, products, systems, business strategies and products
Experience in large, matrixed corporate environment
Experience working with end-users

What we offer:

Affordable medical plan options
401(k) plan with matching company contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
No-cost programs including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs
Confidential counseling
Financial coaching
Paid time off
Flexible work schedules
Family leave
Dependent care resources
Colleague assistance programs
Tuition assistance
Retiree medical access

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
June 01, 2025

Expiration:
June 16, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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