Senior Health Data Scientist
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Senior Health Data Scientist to join the team of a leader in the Healthcare space.
This role will drive advanced analytics efforts that turn complex healthcare data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making. The position partners closely with health services researchers and analysts to build models, evaluate hypotheses, and support data-informed product and business outcomes. It also plays a key role in managing operational data needs, documenting analytical work, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory and organizational standards.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $120,000 – $160,000 annually
Responsibilities
Lead collaborative efforts with health services researchers and analysts to derive insights from extensive datasets
Develop solutions for strategic business challenges using advanced modeling and statistical analysis techniques
Utilize SQL and Snowflake for data extraction and management, documenting all source code and algorithms
Test and communicate research hypotheses effectively to support product offerings
Manage complex operational data requests and generate ad-hoc queries with SAS and R
Evaluate potential data analytic vendors and tools
Ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines and organizational policies
Qualifications
Minimum 5 years of experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries with administrative claims data
Strong SQL programming skills required; experience with Snowflake preferred
Proficient in statistical analysis tools like SAS and R
Demonstrated analytical reasoning and decision-making skills
Strong project management skills to handle multiple projects under minimal supervision
Advanced knowledge of healthcare, health policy, and related issues
Benefits
Health insurance and life insurance
Company-paid disability
401k retirement plan
Over 18 days of paid time off
A comprehensive benefits package tailored to associate needs
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead collaborative efforts with health services researchers and analysts to derive insights from extensive datasets
- Develop solutions for strategic business challenges using advanced modeling and statistical analysis techniques
- Utilize SQL and Snowflake for data extraction and management, documenting all source code and algorithms
- Test and communicate research hypotheses effectively to support product offerings
- Manage complex operational data requests and generate ad-hoc queries with SAS and R
- Evaluate potential data analytic vendors and tools
- Ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines and organizational policies
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries with administrative claims data
- Strong SQL programming skills required; experience with Snowflake preferred
- Proficient in statistical analysis tools like SAS and R
- Demonstrated analytical reasoning and decision-making skills
- Strong project management skills to handle multiple projects under minimal supervision
- Advanced knowledge of healthcare, health policy, and related issues
Benefits
- Health insurance and life insurance
- Company-paid disability
- 401k retirement plan
- Over 18 days of paid time off
- A comprehensive benefits package tailored to associate needs
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
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