Data Scientist

CDPHP and its family of companies are mission-driven organizations that support the health and well-being of our customers and the communities we are proud to serve. CDPHP was founded in Albany in 1984 as a physician-guided not-for-profit, and currently offers health plans in 29 counties in New York state. The company values integrity, diversity, and innovation, and its corporate culture supports those values wholeheartedly. At CDPHP, the employees have a voice and are encouraged to make an impact at both the company and community levels through engagement and volunteer opportunities. CDPHP invests in employees who share these values and invites you to be a part of that experience.

Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (Albany, NY) seeks Data Scientist to maintain, improve, cultivate, clean, and manipulate data pipelines. Use knowledge and experience of full data science workflow with an emphasis on data provisional steps to transform raw datasets into derived datasets that emphasize feature loading, engineering, and selection. Work closely with senior data scientists to build and maintain transformational workflows feeding a centralized analytic repository. Design and implement data analysis strategies for large claims and clinical data sets using predictive modeling, data mining, econometric, and statistical methods. Utilize data and visualizations to guide decision making around clinical, marketing, contracting, operational, and/or health IT opportunities and partnerships. Manage all aspects of assigned projects, including but not limited to: data acquisition, cleansing/preparation, analysis, interpretation, and reporting. Identify and execute opportunities for streamlining processes so that similar analyses can be more efficiently implemented in the future (including automating them where feasible). Develop and/or specify a mix of reporting and statistics to let stakeholders (e.g. doctors, hospital, plans) profile themselves against benchmarks on any relevant measure (e.g. cost, quality, efficiency, utilization), and drill into the data to identify outliers and ways to act upon them (e.g. identify the root cause and/or viable opportunities for fixing the outlier status). Develop and/or specify drill-down reports (optimized to support the stakeholder's workflow) that let stakeholders easily identify and monitor suspicious patterns or trends, and drill into the details to identify the root cause so that they can take corrective action. Develop and implement techniques to automatically identify suspicious patterns or trends among cohorts (along with their possible root cause), and proactively push that information to the appropriate stakeholders. May telecommute from any location in the U.S.

Requirements: Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Economics or a related quantitative field, with two (2) years of experience in statistics/data science, including hands-on experience with Oracle PL/SQL, Cloudera Impala, SAS, Python, R, Scala, Tableau, MongoDB, Matlab, Google Cloud Platform and Cognos.

Annual salary range: $99,500 - $115,000

CDPHP salary ranges are designed to be competitive with room for professional and financial growth. Individual compensation is based on several factors unique to each candidate, such as work experience, qualifications, and skills. In addition to cash compensation, CDPHP employees may be eligible for an incentive payment, a discretionary cash reward based on employee and company performance. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay.

CDPHP compensation packages go far beyond just salary. The company offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes award-winning health care coverage, health care dollars, a generous paid time off allowance, employee assistance programs, flexible work environment, and much more. Learn about all CDPHP employee benefits here.

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, CDPHP will not discriminate in its employment practices on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, criminal record, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, status with respect to receiving public assistance, domestic violence victim status, protected veterans status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law. To that end, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any such protected status.

CDPHP and its family of companies include subsidiaries Acuitas Health LLC, Strategic Solutions Management Consultants (SSMC), Practice Support Services (PSS), and ConnectRX Services, LLC.