Senior Data Scientist

Corewell Health

Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesFull-timePosted Oct 22, 2026

About the role

Job Summary

The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for leading data science projects and initiatives, mentoring junior team members, and developing innovative and more complex solutions to address clinical and business challenges. The Senior Data Scientist role requires strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, coupled with the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and guide decision-making processes based on data-driven insights.

Individual Job Responsibilities:

Leading the development and implementation of complex data science solutions, designing, implementing, and evaluating advanced machine learning models and algorithms, evaluating the effectiveness of models, algorithms, and optimizing their performance.

Leadership Job Responsibilities: Mentoring and guiding Associate and Intermediate Data Scientists, collaborating with various business and clinical teams to align projects with organizational objectives and contributing to strategic planning and decision-making processes.

Essential Functions

Seeks appropriate data sources and ensures data quality for projects, and identifies new data sources to improve existing projects

Develops advanced descriptive, inferential, and predictive models, and enhances and fine tunes existing models

Independently creates data visualizations and uses storytelling methods to communicate model results and findings to senior department leadership

Actively pursues opportunities to grow their business acumen and skills from more experienced team members. Provide support and recommendations to less experienced team members to enhance their technical skills

Adheres to the team’s application of best practices and organizational standards of the Software Development Lifecycle and machine learning operations (MLOps) to ensure reproducibility of findings and effective model deployment.

Qualifications

Required

Master's Degree or equivalent training in a quantitative discipline – Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field.

Similar certified online education or work experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis

At least 5 years of relevant experience in a quantitative discipline health care, data science, statistics, or a related field

Experience working with revenue data and analytics (sales, marketing, customer success, etc.)

Preferred

Experience working with SAS

Experience working with AWS Sagemaker

Experience working with Microsoft Fabric

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

How Corewell Health cares for you

Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.

On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv

Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!

Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance

Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Corewell Health Place - 100 Corewell Drive NW - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Integrated Data and Analytics - Corporate

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Days Worked

Monday to Friday

Weekend Frequency

N/A

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Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members, patients, visitors, and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR, Varicella, Tdap, and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an on-site or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief.

Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.

An interconnected, collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work, is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system, we advocate for equity as we care for our patients, our communities, and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence, to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work, we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.

You may request assistance in completing the application process by calling 616.486.7447.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and implementation of complex data science solutions.
  • Design, evaluate, and optimize advanced machine learning models and algorithms.
  • Identify data sources and ensure data quality for projects.
  • Create visualizations and communicate model findings to senior leadership.
  • Mentor junior data scientists and collaborate with clinical and business teams.
  • Apply software development and MLOps best practices to support reproducible findings and model deployment.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree or equivalent training in a quantitative discipline such as data science, computer science, statistics, or mathematics.
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience in healthcare, data science, statistics, or a related quantitative field.
  • Experience working with revenue data and analytics.
  • Experience with SAS, AWS SageMaker, or Microsoft Fabric is preferred.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package supporting financial, health, and work-life balance goals.
  • On-demand pay program.
  • Employee discounts.
  • Optional identity theft protection and home and auto insurance.
  • Traditional and Roth retirement options with employer contribution and matching.

Skills mentioned

Data ScienceMachine LearningStatistical ModelingPredictive ModelingModel EvaluationData AnalysisData VisualizationMLOpsModel DeploymentAmazon SageMaker

About Corewell Health

Improve health. Instill humanity. Inspire hope. By relentlessly pursuing better, Corewell Health is turning pioneering research, clinical trials and breakthrough treatments into better patient care and better outcomes. Together, we're shaping the future of medicine and advancing healthcare for the communities we serve.

Hospitals and Health Care10,001+ employees

H-1B sponsorship history

Historical employer filing data was found for Corewell Health. The employer record includes 63 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.