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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailHealthcare Analytics Solutions (HAS) is an innovative team within Quest Diagnostics that leverages Quest data to develop products and services to improve outcomes in healthcare across many different markets (Pharma Clinical Trials Health Plans/Payers Hospitals/Health Systems and Public Health agencies).
The Senior Director Data Science for our Healthcare Analytics Solutions (HAS) business is responsible for leading the HAS Data Science team and managing innovation and implementation of advanced analytics solutions within the organization. The HAS organization strives to generate insights to help solve the challenges of todays complex healthcare landscape and develops datadriven analytics solutions to support health plans health systems pharmaceutical companies and clinical trials.
The Senior Director will be responsible for maturing the organization and expanding the team to support the growth of the HAS business. Additionally the successful candidate will research and explore novel approaches to complex challenges and help design develop and deploy innovative solutions that use the spectrum of data science fields of study including natural language processing machine learning and AI technology. The Senior Director will be a handson leader overseeing a highly skilled team and will coordinate and collaborate across HAS and other Quest BUs and functional areas to ensure the synchronicity of data science solutions.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Advanced degree in engineering science mathematics or other field related to data science and advanced analytics. A Ph.D. is preferred.
12 years of relevant experience in big data analytics machine learning and predictive modeling preferred.
Expert knowledge and experience developing analytics solutions in a cloud environment using modern data science tools programming languages and libraries (Cloud certification preferred).
Knowledge of SAS (SAS Studio SAS Enterprise Guide SAS Enterprise Miner Yiya).
Expert knowledge of the latest machine learning and data visualization tools and methods as applied in business contexts.
Experience with the Machine Learning Life Cycle with demonstrable experience having taken advanced analytics and machine learning projects from problem formulation to research and exploration through development and successful deployment.
Proven track record of leading highperforming data science teams.
Successful application of advanced quantitative analyses and statistical modeling that positively impact business performance.
Experience and expertise with probability and statistics inclusive of machine learning experimental design and optimization.
Experience in scripting languages and rapid prototyping skills; including but not limited to SQL Python Perl Java VB.
Skill in statistical and modeling packages such as SAS Statistica Matlab R and other advanced analysis tools.
Ability to effectively summarize results from analysis to a diverse set of audiences with varying background and technical skills.
Experience with timeseries data leveraging methods such as regression classification and survival analysis.
Experience with Deep Learning and associated tools such as TensorFlow and GPUs.
Prior experience managing remote teams.
The ability to Influence and communicate effectively with nontechnical audiences including senior business executives and managers.
Demonstrated leadership skills project management skills strong written and verbal skills and organizational skills. Proven ability to drive process with indirect authority to project team members.
Experience in full software life cycle development primarily operating in agile delivery.
Must have a solid understanding of information technology and information security.
The ability to quickly grasp the technical implications of business processes and ability to provide valuable insight into the perspectives of users managers developers and other stakeholders.
Agility to comfortably move between highly varying levels of abstraction from business strategy to IT strategy to highlevel technical design.
Customerfirst work ethic.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
A solid background in data science tools vendor relationships technologies standards etc.
Ability to multitask
Analytical skills
Ability to follow verbal or written instructions
Thinking analytically
Communication
Using effective verbal communication
Using effective written communication
Handling stress & emotions
Concentrating on tasks
Making decisions
Adjusting to change
Examining/observing details
Sitting for long periods at a time
Anil Kumar
Account Manager
Full Time