Senior Data Scientist
Job Description
Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will:
Utilize statistical and machine learning techniques, high-performance data architectures and technologies to address complex business problems and analyze large, unstructured data sets.
Design, implement, and champion data modeling and advanced analytic methods.
Assist in providing guidance to the data scientist group.
Provide guidance to Department, Institute or Regional Hospital leadership.
Participate in developing best practices.
The ideal caregiver is someone who:
Excels working independently and as part of a team.
Is organized and detail-oriented.
Demonstrates a strong work ethic.
Has written and verbal communication skills
At Cleveland Clinic, we know what matters most. That's why we treat our caregivers as if they are our own family, and we are always creating ways to be there for you. Here, you'll find that we offer: resources to learn and grow, a fulfilling career for everyone, and comprehensive benefits that invest in your health, your physical and mental well-being and your future. When you join Cleveland Clinic, you'll be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.
Responsibilities:
- Engages business leadership, internal stakeholders, and technology partners to discuss the business benefits that Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can provide.
- Leads evangelization and Data Science service education activities to stakeholders and internal customers.
- Leads problem formulation, model building, and leverages Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology working directly with data to define analytics and synthesize findings that address customer requirements for value generation.
- Advises customers and prospects on technology and tool selection to best meet their emerging analytics requirements and to best drive value-generation on existing and future data.
- Champions the launch and implementation of proof of concept projects and subsequently operationalizes successful concepts.
- Actively keeps up with developments in the field of data science and their potential applications to the organization.
- Is an active contributor to scientific literature and academic partnerships.
- Drives Data Science education to stakeholders and internal customers, in particular educating the field on how to communicate the vision and value of advanced analytics, how to qualify interested prospects, and how to propose Data Science services.
- Leads relationship development and technology evaluation for new prospective enterprise partnerships.
- Leads the instruction of Analytics University curriculum to Cleveland Clinic caregivers.
- Provides and approves peer review model assessment and feedback communication.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Statistician, Actuarial Science, Econometrics, Physics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Business Analytics, Economics, Finance or related field required.
- Master’s or Ph. D. preferred.
Technical Languages:
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills in English and ability to explain the value of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to business leaders required.
Certifications:
- Certification or fellowship in analytics, big data, data science or related subject preferred.
- Technology partner certification (in technology, Big data, business or advanced analytics, data science) – Microsoft, Oracle, Teradata, IBM, EMC, Cloudera, Hortonworks, Informatica, Tableau, SAS, R, Python preferred.
Complexity of Work:
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
- A strong business-orientation, able to select the appropriate complex quantitative methodologies in response to specific business goals.
- Demonstrated team, leadership, organizational, and problem solving abilities.
Work Experience:
- A minimum of 8 years related experience inclusive of 2 years in healthcare or life sciences working with relational databases and/or distributed computing platforms, and their query interfaces, such as SQL, Teradata, MapReduce, PIG, and Hive required.
- Offset: Ph.D. and 4 years of relevant experience.
- Offset: Master’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience.
- Experience working with a variety of statistical languages/packages, e.g., SAS, R, Python, Spark, and/or SPSS required.
- Leadership experience preferred.
- Knowledge applying advanced statistics to complex business problems required (e.g., modeling, AI, ML, Deep Learning [DL], and/or Natural Language Processing [NLP]).
- Familiarity with additional programming languages, including Python, Java, or C/C++.
- Lead experience with project management and change management methodologies preferred.
- Experience leveraging visualization software and techniques and business intelligence (BI) software.
- Technical knowledge of distributed computing platforms, and common data process flows from data instrumentation & generation, to ETL, to the data warehouse itself.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities, including presentation, influencing and negotiation.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods
- Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment
- Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information
- Ability to travel throughout the hospital system
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Pay Range
Minimum hourly: $53.90
Maximum hourly: $82.19
The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for new hires. While the pay range is displayed as an hourly rate, Cleveland Clinic recruiters will clarify whether the compensation is hourly or salary. A successful candidate's actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate's work history, experience, skill set, and education. This is not inclusive of the value of Cleveland Clinic's benefits package, which includes among other benefits, healthcare/dental/vision and retirement.
By embracing and understanding the diversity EVERY ONE brings, Cleveland Clinic has created an inclusive culture that promotes innovation, growth, and new ideas. This has enhanced our ability to attract the best global talent to provide the best patient experience possible. Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment/affirmative action employer: Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Smoke/drug free environment.
