Senior Data Scientist (Chicago)

Vizient Data Operations Technology Team

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Summary : In this role, you will engage in sophisticated data analytics, data modeling, and data technology product development to further the strategic goals of Vizient's Data Operations Technology team. You will utilize programming tools and your experiences with health care data to explore health care informatics challenges and to explore opportunities to create novel and reliable analyses / models / applications. You will steadily grow your domain knowledge and expertise with health care interoperability standards, application programming interfaces (APIs), business intelligence (BI) applications, electronic health record (EHR) systems, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. You will engage directly with internal and client stakeholders to understand analysis needs, gather development requirements, provide demonstrations, and present results.

Responsibilities :

• Use programming tools to translate business requirements into analytics, models, and applications.
• Generate hypotheses and analyze data to test and interpret results.
• Design and develop data models using machine learning and artificial intelligence tools.
• Identify improvement opportunities in data reporting, analytics, and processing tools, and collaborate with Vizient Technology staff to implement enhancements.
• Collaborate with leaders and clinicians to build analytics and informatics acumen across the organization.
• Communicate findings from exploratory and predictive data analysis to administrative and clinical leaders for specific projects.
• Leverage machine learning, natural language processing, or other statistical approaches to create, trouble shoot, and implement single platform solutions.
• Demonstrate functionally diverse utilization of relevant core programming tools with R, Python, and SQL.
• Apply task-specific mindset to address data science insights, breaking down aspects of solutions to define scope and make decisions supporting data science projects.
• Create clear, concise, and organized communication materials including policies and procedures, guidelines, presentations, and messages.
• Use advanced analytical models and tools to analyze and understand big data sets.
• Identify and logically structure key issues and findings.

Qualifications :

Estimated Hiring Range : At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $102,400.00 to $179,000.00. This position is also incentive eligible.

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