Lead Data Scientist
Tiger Analytics
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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About the role
- Design, develop, and deploy advanced forecasting models (ARIMA, SARIMA, Prophet, and other time series techniques) for healthcare-related use cases including PMPM forecasting.
- Analyze structured and large-scale healthcare datasets (claims, membership, utilization, cost data) to generate actionable insights.
- Build scalable, production-ready ML pipelines and automate forecasting workflows.
- Perform model validation, back-testing, hyperparameter tuning, and performance monitoring to ensure accuracy and stability.
- Translate business problems into data science solutions and clearly communicate findings to clients and stakeholders.
- Lead end-to-end project execution, mentor junior data scientists, and ensure best practices in modeling and MLOps.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams to drive data-driven decision-making.
- Collaborate, coach, and learn with a growing team of experienced Data Scientists.
Requirements
- 6–8 years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or Advanced Analytics.
- Strong expertise in time series forecasting techniques such as ARIMA/SARIMA, exponential smoothing, and other statistical models.
- Hands-on experience in PMPM forecasting and healthcare analytics (claims, cost, utilization data preferred).
- Proficiency in Python (pandas, numpy, stats models, scikit-learn) and SQL for data analysis and modeling.
- Experience in deploying models to production and building automated data pipelines (MLOps exposure preferred).
- Strong understanding of statistical concepts, model evaluation metrics (MAPE, RMSE, etc.), and model interpretability.
- Excellent communication skills with experience engaging business stakeholders or clients.
- Proficiency in building data pipelines using tools such as Airflow, Databricks, Spark, or similar frameworks.
- Experience working in agile environments with cross-functional collaboration.
Benefits
- This position offers an excellent opportunity for significant career development in a fast-growing and challenging entrepreneurial environment with a high degree of individual responsibility.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
time series forecastingARIMASARIMAPMPM forecastingPythonSQLMLOpsmodel validationhyperparameter tuningmodel evaluation metrics
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingcoachingstakeholder engagementproject executiondata-driven decision-makingteamwork