[Hiring] Data Science Intern @300 Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

Role Description

This position will have responsibility for supporting the data scientist team with product development and model research and development.

• Apply knowledge of statistics, programming, data modeling, and other mathematical techniques to recognize patterns, identify opportunities, pose business questions, and make valuable discoveries leading to prototype development and product improvement.
• Support analyses alongside a Data Scientist and Product Engineer as well as the development and deployment of machine learning models.
• Execute complex tasks under the guidance of senior team leaders and gain proficiency with new methodologies over time.
• Work with product engineers to translate prototypes into new products, services, and features and provide guidelines for large-scale implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibility #1– 60% Data Preparation and Analysis
  • Work with clients, client operations and development staff to acquire, assemble and prepare datasets for analytic projects.
  • Conduct analysis and derive insights from unexpected findings, adjusting work process as needed to maximize the research value of each project.
  • Interpret findings and present outcomes to the rest of the team.
• Responsibility #2 – 25% Methodology design and development
  • Participate in data exploration and conceptual design for strategic initiatives.
  • Work with Data Scientist and Product Engineer in defining and documenting methodologies based on insights from data analysis.
  • Interact with beta client users to understand their experience with the methodology and incorporate feedback into updates and revisions, where required.
• Responsibility #3 – 10% Product development implementation
  • Work with TPMs and product team to implement methodologies developed.
  • Assist with documentation of methodologies.
  • Support the development team in validating that methodologies have been implemented correctly in production.
• Responsibility #4 – 5% Knowledge Sharing
  • Share and teach methodologies and approaches with other clients, using presentations and informal discussions.
  • Provide mentoring and training to peers.

Qualifications

• Years of Applicable Experience: 0 or more years
• Education: High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• Preferred Qualifications: Coursework around Statistics, Machine Learning
• Proficient in Python
• Experience with major healthcare datasets (EHR, claims or billing data)
• Expertise in relational databases
• Education: Rising junior or senior in Bachelor’s degree program; MBA

Requirements

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time
• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Operate computer programs and software
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats
• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)
• Making independent decisions
• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Working Conditions

• Remote
• No travel required
• Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k retirement program
• Paid time off
• Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities