Sr Manager- Data Science

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Senior Manager to join the Data Science team with theAnalytics & AI division. As a Data Science leader you will guide and manage teams of data scientists, helping them identify the most impactful use cases, the most relevant models, best technologies for implementation, and clearest modes of communication for the application at hand. You will also and collaboratively to influence product and engineering leaders across the company.

About you:

You love to own important work and find it difficult to turn down a good challenge. You are a proven leader of data science teams and initiatives. You excel at building teams, building relationships, and influencing at senior leadership levels and possess an eagerness to learn and disseminate new knowledge. You hold yourself and stakeholders accountable while driving business results. Finally, you have a strong interest in improving healthcare.

About the team

The data science team is bringing machine learning to bear against the hardest problems in healthcare. We are working with product and engineering leaders across the company to build machine learning into our Best In KLAS suite of products. We work hand-in-hand with platform engineers to deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models using cloud technologies.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a leader of the Data Science team, you are expected to/responsible for:

• Building team culture, HR policies, and hiring standards.
• Direct people management and career pathing responsibilities for a team of data scientists.
• Active participation in recruiting and interviewing efforts to continue to build the data science team.
• Participate in evaluating the latest in analytics and machine learning technologies, and determining how to incorporate these into our data science strategy.
• Responsible for staying up to date on the latest data science techniques and determining how to bring these into the day-to-day work.
• Responsible for technical execution and project management for one or more scrum teams to deliver business value for our customers.

Education & Experience Required:

• Advanced degree (PHD, MS) in relevant field. For example but not limited to physics, math, or computer science
• Excellent verbal communication and business writing skills
• 9+ years of professional experience in data science or related role
• 5+years of management experience in data science or related role
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams
• Healthcare experience preferred, but not required
• Agile/Scrum methodology experience preferred
• Experience with the development of machine learning algorithms and predictive models
• AWS experience preferred