Data Science Senior Advisor (Pricing & Underwriting) - Remote

About the role

Using your knowledge of statistics, healthcare, and ML / AI you will build models to help identify opportunities for our pricing and underwriting partners. You will perform feature engineering, model development, and model monitoring / maintenance using a broad range of medical, prescription drug, utilization management, and third-party data. In this role you will work closely with leadership, data scientists, business stakeholders and engineering partners to deliver robust well-documented deliverables that will enhance our competitive position in the marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of comprehensive analytics that facilitate best in class pricing and underwriting
• Execute special projects that can improve Commercial Healthcare underwriting
• Utilize data science and advanced analytics to create actionable insights and recommendations for business leaders to advance Cigna's strategic objectives
• Regularly communicate work with business stakeholders and senior leadership
• Stay up to date on latest analytic tools and techniques and strategize how to leverage these tools to modernize our pricing/UW organizations
• Ensure solutions drive long term value while also ensuring they can integrate with current processes
• Test & Learn Pilots: collaborate with business leaders to design, launch and measure robust pilots to test new solutions
• Develop models that foster underwriting and actuarial advancement by aligning business problems to a potential solution like GLMs, Machine Learning, Clustering, LLMs or other advanced techniques

Qualifications

• 5+ years direct Data Science experience in a healthcare related environment
• Strong background in stats, ML and model development
• Experience deploying ML/predictive models to prod/cloud env't
• Strong skills with Python, SQL, Git, Keras and TensorFlow
• Knowledge of common health care data e.g., claims, EHR, laboratory data
• Experience with best programming practices and writes clean, documented, and well-structured code
• Ability to peer review
• Champions a culture of documentation and logging
• Ability to own a project end-to-end e.g., scoping, ideation, dev, prod
• Ability to independently deliver clear and well developed presentations for both technical and business audiences
• Ability to create DS-specific project goals associated within high level project deliverables
• Ability to articulate timeline changes, rationale, and goals to meet deadlines moving forward
• Prefer MS or PhD in STEM related fields

Additional information

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

Pay and benefits

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 131,200 - 218,600 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs,