Senior Data Scientist (Data Products)

U.S. healthcare is frustrating and deeply flawed. Cedar’s mission is to drive better outcomes for everyone involved. At a time when consumer-friendly healthcare experiences are more critical than ever, our platform is uniquely equipped to solve problems that lead to billing issues and administrative waste. 

At Cedar, know that your work will have a meaningful impact on people’s lives. Cedarians work collectively to improve the healthcare experience across the ecosystem–from providers and payers to the people they serve. Join our mission as we build something transformational.

Background:

The Data Science team plays a critical role in achieving Cedar’s vision. We ensure data and insights are accessible and trusted by all internal and external stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making. Through analytics, descriptive analyses, and statistical models, we consistently aim to better understand the needs of patients, find improvement opportunities, and impact the product development process. We run experiments to test our various hypotheses and measure our progress. We build ML models and embed them into our web app to deliver a personalized experience to patients. We help differentiate Cedar's product offerings with hard-to-copy competitive advantages.

To do this, we have built an open, supportive, and collaborative team culture. “Love thy teammate” is one of our Data Science values, and we live into this value by operating from a mindset of curiosity, possibility, and the best intentions of each of our team members. As a team, we are dedicated to continually growing our technical excellence and collaborative excellence, equally.

We are also not doing this alone; we partner with the other Makers teams (Product, Engineering, Design, and User Research) to grow our impact. We also work with Commercial teams to evangelize our vision to clients and get market feedback on which pain points are the most urgent to solve.

You can read about some of our work on the Patient Experience Studio, a blog we share with the Design team.

Job Description:

Cedar is growing rapidly and the demand for data expertise is increasing exponentially along with our growth. We’re seeking a Senior Data Scientist (Data Products) on our Data Science team to help ensure our internal teams and external stakeholders get access to data and insights they need to make informed decisions.

As a Senior Data Scientist (Data Products), you will be responsible for leading impactful projects to build and scale the future of Cedar’s analytics offerings. You will mentor analysts, identify new opportunities for development and improvement, provide insights to teams across the organization, and drive better client relationships through data. You will proactively lead projects that have cross-team impact. You will continuously apply a growth mindset in your approach to problems. You will help raise the bar of our data science work product by exuding a positive impact on the data science team and our cross functional partners.

The Data Science team is based in NYC. Team members are expected to be in the office at least 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with other teams and stakeholders to provide clear and user-friendly data products that can empower data-driven decision making
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to design and build pipelines for analysis
• Lead large, cross-functional projects with organization-wide impact 
• Build and standardize dashboards and reports using our business intelligence tools to surface data insights
• Present and clearly communicate data findings and underlying methodology to partners across all levels of the organization, including those without data backgrounds
• Mentor analysts and drive meaningful, positive change on the team
• Write and review queries and updates to our data models
• Have a deep understanding of the mechanics of Cedar’s platform and our data models
• Proactively determine areas where Data Science can help add value to help reach our team and company goals

Skills and Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in an analytical role, preferably client facing
• 2+ years of leadership experience (tech lead or management)
• A go-getter attitude, passion for delivering a world-class product experience, and a mindset focused on growth and learning
• An analytical mindset and passion for understanding user needs and surfacing opportunities and insights within data
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and engage with non-technical partners to explain technical concepts
• Strong presentation, communication, and project management skills
• Expertise with query lan