Data Scientist
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United States
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Entry level
We’re in this for the greater good at ParetoHealth. Our mission is collective greatness, nothing less will do. Our team is a single force united in the drive to transform employee health benefits.
The company was founded in 2011 to help small and medium-sized businesses fight the rising cost of employee health benefits. We blazed the trail with financing innovations that reduce the risks in self-insurance and deliver significant savings—and we continue to lead with a growing ecosystem of partners and world-class cost control solutions.
But success is measured by more than dollars alone and we measure ours by the good that comes from knowing that every client and all their employees can count on effective, affordable healthcare for years to come.
Job Title: Data Scientist
Department : Information Technology - Analytics
About The Team
At Pareto, we harness rich healthcare data and analytics to support our customers to make informed decisions around their employee health benefit offerings. Analytics is a growing team of highly skilled analytic resources who work together toward a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization. We use an array of healthcare and internal business data to provide analytic insights that support the entire organization, including Cost Containment, Underwriting, Account Management, Product Management, and Sales and Marketing. We believe in a culture of collaboration, shared responsibility, mutual respect, and growth.
Our key focus areas include:
As a Data Scientist, you will work with a team bringing insights to life to shape our product strategy and roadmap, deepen customer insights and improve savings, develop proof points for the market, and support strategic decision-making at the company. In partnership with cross-functional stakeholders, you will help execute the vision and strategy for the Analytics team and develop data models and tools to advance our internal operations and external partnerships. This position will report to the VP of Analytics.
This position requires experience working with rich, multi-faceted data that include medical and pharmacy claims as well as CRM data, plus deep skills in analytic methods and data science techniques.
The Data Scientist will:
ParetoHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
California Applicants: See Pareto’s CCPA Notice of Collection for California Employees and Applicants for information about how Pareto Captive Services, LLC, Pareto Health, LLC, and Pareto Underwriting Partners, LLC, together with their respective subsidiaries (collectively, “Pareto”) collects and uses personal information submitted by employment applicants.
The company was founded in 2011 to help small and medium-sized businesses fight the rising cost of employee health benefits. We blazed the trail with financing innovations that reduce the risks in self-insurance and deliver significant savings—and we continue to lead with a growing ecosystem of partners and world-class cost control solutions.
But success is measured by more than dollars alone and we measure ours by the good that comes from knowing that every client and all their employees can count on effective, affordable healthcare for years to come.
Job Title: Data Scientist
Department : Information Technology - Analytics
About The Team
At Pareto, we harness rich healthcare data and analytics to support our customers to make informed decisions around their employee health benefit offerings. Analytics is a growing team of highly skilled analytic resources who work together toward a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization. We use an array of healthcare and internal business data to provide analytic insights that support the entire organization, including Cost Containment, Underwriting, Account Management, Product Management, and Sales and Marketing. We believe in a culture of collaboration, shared responsibility, mutual respect, and growth.
Our key focus areas include:
- Assessing the specific impact of Pareto solutions on the cost and quality of healthcare for our member organizations
- Identifying opportunities for cost savings and quality improvements for our member organizations
- Providing deep intelligence on population risk for new and renewing member organizations
- Designing metrics and insights that provide internal visibility into business and customer “health” and identify areas for improvement
As a Data Scientist, you will work with a team bringing insights to life to shape our product strategy and roadmap, deepen customer insights and improve savings, develop proof points for the market, and support strategic decision-making at the company. In partnership with cross-functional stakeholders, you will help execute the vision and strategy for the Analytics team and develop data models and tools to advance our internal operations and external partnerships. This position will report to the VP of Analytics.
This position requires experience working with rich, multi-faceted data that include medical and pharmacy claims as well as CRM data, plus deep skills in analytic methods and data science techniques.
The Data Scientist will:
- Understand and champion the Analytics team’s roadmap and priorities
- Lead all phases of analyses, including:
- Partnering with stakeholders to ensure understanding of business priorities
- Designing, testing, and refining the appropriate analytic methodologies
- Building necessary data queries and visualizations to execute the solution
- Presenting results in a clear and efficient manner
- Appropriately documenting and maintaining the methodologies used
- Partner with Product and Engineering to streamline delivery of analytic outputs
- Proactively seek out opportunities where analytic insights can improve business outcomes
- Promote a culture of data-driven decision making across the organization
- A problem-solver with a natural sense of curiosity, an analytic mindset, and a deep love of data
- A natural “leader” who takes ownership of a challenge and sees it through to completion
- A collaborator with proven ability to work cross-functionally across many different stakeholders to create and deliver insights
- A strong communicator who effectively shares information at the appropriate level across a wide variety of audiences
- A self-starter with a demonstrated track record of leading projects from idea to execution
- A critical thinker with demonstrated ability to be creative, strategic, and to apply strong business judgement
- A translator who can turn complex analysis into actionable insights and recommendations for the business
- Master’s degree in a quantitative/analytic field or equivalent work experience
- 8+ years’ experience in a healthcare-based analytics role
- 5+ years’ experience working directly with administrative and/or clinical healthcare data (medical and pharmacy claims, EMR data is a plus); FHIR or EDI experience is a plus
- Experience working with data from CRM systems, e.g., Salesforce
- Experience in data cleaning, analysis, and modeling using large, complex datasets
- Experience with statistical modeling techniques and common analytical frameworks at scale; familiarity with machine learning techniques and algorithms
- Expert SQL skills and proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Java
- Experience with data science tools and platforms like Jupyter, Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or similar
- Strong data visualization skills using tools such as Tableau
- Strong understanding of the healthcare insurance industry
- Bonus: Familiarity with or experience supporting underwriting and actuarial risk assessments for healthcare insurance coverage
- Bonus: Familiarity with AWS Serverless Services and data tools, such as S3, Lambda, Glue, Sagemaker and EMR
ParetoHealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
California Applicants: See Pareto’s CCPA Notice of Collection for California Employees and Applicants for information about how Pareto Captive Services, LLC, Pareto Health, LLC, and Pareto Underwriting Partners, LLC, together with their respective subsidiaries (collectively, “Pareto”) collects and uses personal information submitted by employment applicants.