
Lead Data Scientist – Healthcare Transformation
Blue Water Thinking
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $145,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serves as technical lead for advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and machine learning initiatives supporting clinical decision-making and operational optimization.
- Designs and validates algorithms for interoperability workflows, clinical informatics systems, and Agile integration reporting.
- Ensures compliance with VA data governance, security, and privacy standards.
- Present analytical outcomes to managers and stakeholders to guide business model adjustments and future planning.
- Translate data into meaningful reports that support healthcare transformation goals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align data strategies with program objectives.
- Support predictive modeling and trend analysis to improve veteran healthcare delivery.
- Responsible for tasks such as predictive analytics, data migration fidelity, and clinical decision supports.
Requirements
- Master's degree in data science, computer science, health informatics, statistics, or a related quantitative field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in data analysis or advanced analytics.
- Minimum of 5 years applying machine learning and predictive modeling in healthcare or federal health IT environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in supporting PI Planning, backlog analysis, velocity metrics and other Agile processes.
- Demonstrated experience in interoperability standards (e.g. HL7, FHIR) and clinical terminology (SNOMED, LOINC).
- Demonstrated experience in data visualization tools, including PowerBI and Tablueau.
- Demonstrated expertise in ETL processes.
- Demonstrated expertise in integrating clinical informatics systems (Oracle Health, VISTA, CPRS) and validating data migration fidelity.
- Demonstrated experience in programming languages (SQL, Python, R) and frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch).
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex datasets and communicate findings to non-technical audiences.
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental and vision)
- Paid time off
- Federal holidays
- Matching 401K plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
advanced analyticspredictive modelingmachine learningdata analysisdata visualizationETL processesprogramming languagesinteroperability standardsclinical informatics systemsdata migration fidelity
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationpresentationanalytical thinkingproblem-solving