Lead Data Scientist

NantHealth seeks a highly talented, passionate, and ambitious Lead Data Scientist eager to be part of an exciting new data and data analytics team. Through use of the latest technology and analytics, you will design studies, utilize cutting edge predictive modeling techniques, rigorously test hypotheses, and complete analyses to turn data into actionable insights. The results of your work will modernize patient care, ensure proper treatment utilization, and improve patient outcomes. This very exciting initiative with NantHealth is informed by years assessing, planning and validating a commitment to the important business of healthcare data insights where our most valuable asset, our people, is at the center of the transformation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• Use mathematics, statistics, machine learning, business analysis, and technology to transform high volumes of complex data into advanced analytic solutions
• Involve in moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations and data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Use machine learning and artificial intelligence to develop sophisticated models, using both structured and unstructured data sets for analysis
• Use techniques from supervised and unsupervised machine learning, statistical analysis, or predictive modeling to deliver business insights to prospects and customers
• Work with the academic and business community to develop new techniques and to contribute to research in the area of advanced analytics on large databases
• Generate new product requirements for the engineering group to enhance the analytics capabilities of the database
• Assist in customer engagement management, requirements definition, project scoping, timeline management, and results documentation to ensure professional relationship management
• A very strong traditional machine learning background with deep structured learning/hierarchical learning and statistical modeling techniques
• Experience with Deep Learning (ANN, CNN, RNN, Auto-encoders, GAN, etc.)
• Experience with developing end to end analytical products
• Expertise with a variety of database and data management technologies - Microsoft SQL Server and NoSQL.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure native and compatible tools for modeling, training, deploying and managing data and machine learning pipelines.
• Experience with storage and warehouse tools including Databricks, Synapse, Cosmos and Redis.
• Skilled in obtaining data from multiple, disparate data sources including structured, semi-structured and unstructured data
• Experience working with and analyzing various types of data using Jupyter Notebook, Python or similar
• Experience in using mathematics, statistics, modeling, experimental study design, business analysis, and technology to transform high volumes of complex data into advanced analytic solutions

PERFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Work experience in a healthcare company
• Familiar with deep embedding and techniques like deep embedded clustering
• Experienced in NLP and OCR methodologies
• Experience with cloud-based ecosystems (Azure preferred)
• Experience in Big Data environment specifically PySpark and DataBricks
• Previously applied machine learning to help an organization reach objectives

EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 6 years’ experience required with Master’s degree
• 7 years’ experience required with Bachelor’s degree
• 3 years’ experience required with a Ph.D

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES – KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:
Problem Solving

• Identifies and helps prevent and solve problems within group
• Uses experience and analysis to design and implement solutions with input from higher level team members
• Complex technical problems
• Unique and non-routine, with notable consequences across technical project
• Applies technical expertise to solve complex and difficult problems
• Requires outside support to make large decisions within area of direct responsibility

Organization Impact

• Meets goals with little direction and supervision
• Executes complex, specialized technical projects/assignments; responsible for major or many components in area of expertise
• Notable direct impact on operations, cost, and processes within job area
• Follows technical/business processes; lead individual contributor for key technical projects and programs

Communication

• Ability to communicate with parties within and outside of functional area and possibly with customers, vendors, etc.
• Ability to communicate matters that are difficult / complex and require extensive explanation or interpretation
• Provides input on group’s technical direction; ability to drive project methods, techniques and procedures
• Technical explanations and guidance within and beyond project team and external contacts; may include some challenging interactions

Leadership

• Formally leads and mentors others
• May help lead/coordinate medium scope projects

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this position. The primary duties and responsibilities are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job. This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. There are other duties and responsibilities that are considered incidental or secondary to the overall purpose of this job. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.

NantHealth _, a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of companies, provides leading solutions across the continuum of care for physicians, payers, patients and biopharmaceutical organizations. We enable the use of cutting-edge data and technology toward the goals of empowering clinical decision support and improving patient outcomes.
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Our comprehensive product portfolio combines the latest technology in payer/provider platforms that exchange information in near-real time (NaviNet and Eviti), and an open source solution that helps enterprises monitor their systems (OpenNMS).

NantHealth is a mandatory vaccination employer for COVID-19 and its variants. The Company requires that its employees be fully vaccinated as of their start date. If you require a medical or religious accommodation we will engage in the interactive process with you.

Proof of vaccination will be required prior to start. If we make you an offer and you are not yet vaccinated, we will accommodate a delay in start date. NantHealth may also mandate that its employees receive vaccine boosters, and all accommodation laws will be followed.

Job Type: Full-time

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