Senior Health Data Scientist – EHR Real World Data

Role Overview

• Serve as lead when working collaboratively with product leads, managers, and owners to draw insight and intelligence from large administrative claims datasets, electronic medical records, and various healthcare registry datasets;
• Identify and develop solutions that can be implemented to key strategic business problems using high-level modeling and statistical analyses techniques;
• Utilize SQL to perform advanced-level data extraction, transformation and data management; fully document and manage library of source code and algorithms for future use;
• Identify, develop, and test hypotheses in support of research and product offerings, and communicate findings in a clear, precise, and actionable manner to our clients;
• Respond to and lead highly complex operational data requests and create ad-hoc queries to support research projects;
• Serve as lead when working closely with Inovalon’s Enterprise Data Platform teams to identify, understand, and resolve data issues and improve the efficiency, productivity, and scalability of the company’s data processes;
• Troubleshoot complex production-related issues and coordinate successful resolution;
• Assist with the evaluation of data analytic vendors and tools;
• Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies, procedures and mission statement;
• Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Inovalon’s Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position;
• Fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success of the Company;
• Uphold responsibilities relative to the separation of duties for applicable processes and procedures within your job function; and
• We reserve the right to change this job description from time to time as business needs dictate and will provide notice of such.

Requirements

• 5 + years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries working with administrative claims data and electronic medical records;
• Strong SQL programming skills in addition to working knowledge and experience using statistical analysis tools such as SAS, R, and Python;
• Demonstrated problem solving, analytical reasoning, and decision-making skills;
• Strong understanding and experience in researching and resolving data issues with a logical, instinctive, and problem-solving mentality working with large, complex, and incomplete sources;
• Business analytical skills (process flows, procedures, spreadsheets, modeling, etc.) and good understanding of design and architecture principles;
• Exhibit strong project management skills, with an ability to work independently on multiple projects with competing priorities and a strong commitment to meeting goals and deadlines;
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to understand and interpret results based on advanced statistical techniques;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in IT and business environments; ability to communicate to technical and non-technical audiences;
• Ability to work under minimal supervision in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment;
• Advanced knowledge of health care, health policy, pharmaceutical, medical device, and related issues;
• Superior customer service in the form of first-rate work product and project management;
• Strong ability to manage challenging client situations;
• Strong ability to troubleshoot and recommend solutions;
• Strong ability to translate complex information for a wide range of clients.

Tech Stack

• Python
• SQL

Benefits

• health insurance
• life insurance
• company-paid disability
• 401k
• 18+ days of paid time off