Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota - Senior Data Scientist - Part Time

Data Scientist is needed in Eagan, United States.

Client: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Location: Eagan, United States

Contract: Part Time

Job Description:

This position works across the Enterprise to identify areas of opportunities to create process efficiencies, innovate and provide value using advanced analytics and data science. Responsibilities include understanding complex business requirements, data management and stewardship, data analysis and the application of advanced analytical techniques, and building predictive models to create value for the organization.

A Day in the Life:

• Take lead on data science projects to design and implement models and experiments from end to end
• Lead-by-example junior data scientists around mature data science practices
• Work with business partners to convert ambiguous business problems into clear data science/ML specifications
• Drive conversations with product managers, data engineers, and subject matter experts to ship new models, algorithms, and improvements continuously and collaboratively into production
• Use combination of machine learning knowledge and contextual business acumen to convert results into impactful insights
• Write narrative documents for model specification and performance analysis to communicate findings and recommendations

Requirements:

• 5+ years of related professional experience
• Hands-on experience in analytics and data science
• Solid demonstrable proficiency in data science tools such as Python, R, Spark, SQL
• Experience implementing predictive algorithms and associated statistical analysis/inference
• Experience crafting and communicating highly technical results to a diverse audience
• Comfortable working as part of a team and taking the lead

Nice to Have:

• Masters or PhD degree
• Experience with health care data
• Experience with AWS tools
• Experience with version control (for example Git Version Control system)

Other Information:

• All relevant experience including work, education, transferable skills, and military experience will be considered
• Blue Cross is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer that values diversity
• All roles require a high school diploma (or equivalency) and legal authorization to work in the U.S.
• Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota and Blue Plus® are nonprofit independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association