Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist on the Veeva Compass Patient team, accountable for developing greenfield design methodologies and models to tackle large-scale health data challenges. The role collaborates with Product Managers, Analysts, Software Engineers, Data Engineers, and QA to deliver offerings from prototype to scalable solutions in a remote work setting.

Responsibilities

• Apply statistical, machine learning, and data mining techniques to large health data sets to build new products and methodologies
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Analysts, Software Engineers, Data Engineers, and QA to discover and deliver product offerings from prototype to scale, then iterate and enhance
• Build data science driven approaches to solve core business problems and explore the unknown to drive new improvement opportunities
• Explore and interpret high volumes of data, identify signals and patterns to infer relationships from imperfect data; key skills include querying, data cleansing, experiment design, solution assessment, and addressing scaling challenges
• Rapidly construct prototype product solutions, communicate findings, and iterate
• Leverage prior experience and technical expertise to identify product improvements and inform testing plans; decompose objectives into solvable underlying problems

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on data science and statistics experience (or 2+ years with a PhD), demonstrating increasing responsibility and impact, including experience as the point person
• MS or PhD in Applied Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Machine Learning or another quantitative discipline
• Fluent in Python
• Experience with healthcare data, including prescription / medical claims data, EHR data, Lab data, Specialty Pharmacy data, copay data
• Strong analytical skills and curiosity
• Experience with at least one framework for large datasets (for example Spark)
• Experience working with large quantities of data to develop models that operate in a stable, production environment with live data
• Experience collaborating with engineering to productionalize models including scaling, monitoring, and documentation
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to break goals down into tangible, actionable work plans
• Demonstrated ability to communicate statistical, mathematical, and computational concepts to audiences with varying technical levels
• Ability to work independently and across internal teams

Technologies

• Python
• Spark

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO and company paid holidays
• Retirement programs
• 1% charitable giving program

The Role

As a Senior Data Scientist on the Veeva Compass Patient team, you will be a founding data scientist who owns greenfield design methodologies and models addressing large-scale, complex health data issues.

Nice to Have

• Experience in life sciences industry
• Software engineering in a production environment
• Software engineering in a commercial cloud environment

Interviewing with Veeva

• We value your time and believe in a transparent hiring process. Here is the process you can expect.
• Follow the application process and submit your resume.
• Within 3 days, you will receive a link to a personality assessment administered by a third party.
• Once you complete the assessment, our team will review your full application package and follow up via email with our decision.
• If moving to the interview stage, the process is as follows:
  • A conversation with the hiring manager
  • A practical case exercise
  • A final conversation with our group's Senior Leader
• Once all interviews are complete, the manager will be in touch with a final decision

Compensation

• Base pay: USD 135,000 - USD 185,000 per year
• The salary range listed here is provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on qualifications and contributions
• This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary