Job ID: JP43245

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. Previously known as Anthem, Inc., we have evolved into a company focused on whole health and updated our name to better reflect the direction the company is heading.

We are looking for contract workers (via BCforward) who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve. You will thrive in a complex and collaborative environment where you take action and ownership to solve problems and lead change. Do you want to be part of a larger purpose and an evolving, high-performance culture that empowers you to make an impact?

Responsible for the development and implementation of predictive modeling algorithms and techniques to solve more complex business problems and optimize member experiences

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Design and lead predictive modeling projects to address more complex business problems determined by consultation with business partners.
• Piping and processing massive data-streams in distributed computing environments such as Hadoop to facilitate analysis.
• Recommends appropriate batch and real-time model scoring to drive actions.
• Provides oversight in development of proprietary algorithms to build customized solutions that go beyond standard industry tools and lead to innovative solutions.
• Develop advanced visualization of analysis output for business users.
• Publish results and address constraints/limitations with business partners.
• Provides actionable insights to output produced to ensure established targets are met.
• Determines the continuous improvement opportunities of current predictive modeling algorithms.
• Proactively collaborates with business partners to determine identified population segments and develop actionable plans to enable the identification of patterns related to quality, use, cost and other variables.
• Lead and mentor Data Scientist.
  

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Physics, Biostatistics or related Quantitative disciplines and 5 or more years experience in predictive analytics or equivalent.
• Must have advanced expertise with software such as Python, R, SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner or equivalent, or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.
• Experience leading end-to-end data science project implementation.
• Experience managing a small team either through formal or informal reporting relationship is preferred.
• PhD and experience in the healthcare sector preferred.
• Experience in working in a Healthcare organization or previous projects with healthcare data is a plus
• Excellent coding skills in Python, SQL, and Bigdata technologies (not R,SAS, or SAS Enterprise Miner)

Additional Details:

• Monday through Friday- 8:00am -5:00pm - The rest of the team is on Central and Eastern time. It would work out better if the candidate is either in these time zones or willing to work in the times associated with these time zones.
• This position is strictly temporary for now.
• Remote is fine.

BCForward is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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