Principal Data Scientist

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Position Summary 

Our team is supporting automation and enhancements for our members for Mental WellBeing   We partner closely with our partners to develop the data feeds that drive impactful analytics.  We are positioned to make a difference for the business and the customers.  The goal is to enhance customer experience and accessibility as well as help them manage care more effectively, looking for ways to tailor services to members' clinical needs and deliver higher quality care for a better price.  

As the Principal Data Scientist – Mental Health Wellbeing – you will work with cross functional experts across the company to design, build, and scale solutions that will enhance customer experience, help us plan for better outcomes and helping to optimize spend.

*This role can be remote in the US and must align to either central or Eastern time zone work schedules.

What you will do 

• Build and deliver machine learning models into production that deliver insights to key business partners.
• Develop a data science roadmap that allows us to deliver on near term needs while advancing our data science capabilities 
• Set the bar for operational rigor across the data science and engineering teams 
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team to drive impact  
• Create, enhance, and maintain technical documentation for our platform 

The ideal candidate 

• Has experience building and productionizing ML models within highly used products and services preferably in the context of Personalization/Recommendation engines
• Wants to do something that is innovative from a data science perspective and has a tangible operational impact 
• Loves innovating and working on small teams that get stuff done and have a lot of autonomy 

Required Qualifications 

• 7+ years of work experience developing impactful ML/AI solutions and managing into production
• 6+ years of programming experience in R/Python and SQL 

Preferred Qualifications 

• 10+ years of work experience building sophisticated and scalable solutions
• Highly prefer experience Insurance, Healthcare, and the related data to create risk models and optimizing long term health outcomes
• Prefer Masters degree or PhD in a STEM field
• Experience with Agile environments
• Experience with cloud computing (GCP, AWS or Microsoft Azure) 
• Experience with experiment design (AB testing, randomized-controlled trials, factorial design, etc.) 

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience *Preferred

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.  This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program. 
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

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