[Hiring] Senior Manager, Applied Science @Cohere Health

Role Description

As the Sr. Manager, Applied Science, you will play a key role in building and scaling Cohere Health's AI capabilities. You'll lead a team of Applied Scientists focused on developing, evaluating, and deploying models that automate and augment complex clinical and administrative workflows.

• Responsible for the full lifecycle of applied machine learning from problem framing to partnering with AI Engineering to deploy and monitor models.
• Work with structured and unstructured healthcare data to generate insights and power intelligent systems that improve prior authorization and broader clinical decision-making.
• Combine hands-on technical contributions with team leadership, helping to establish best practices, mentor team members, and drive high-impact solutions.
• Remote-first role that may require travel to Boston, MA for new hire onboarding and occasional in-person team meetings and company events.

Qualifications

• PhD with 7+ years experience or MS with 10+ years experience in machine learning, data science, or applied AI roles.
• A minimum of 2+ years of experience leading and managing technical teams.
• Experience leveraging both modern language models and classical ML techniques in a production setting.
• Expertise in statistical methods, experimental design, and model evaluation.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• AWS experience.
• Demonstrated track record of driving decision making by collaborating with business functions and product.

Requirements

• Experience in transactional healthcare (e.g., Utilization Management, Payment Integrity, Risk Adjustment, Quality, Care Management, etc).
• Experience driving process automation in a healthcare setting using modern language models.
• Experience applying retrieval and relational extraction techniques to unstructured clinical notes and other patient history documentation.

Benefits

• Fully remote opportunity with about 15% travel.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program.
• 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account.
• Flex Time Off + company holidays.
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Pet insurance.

Company Description

Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans’ strategic goals and providers’ needs, optimizing the speed, cost, and quality of care.

• Enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making across the care continuum.
• Improvements in collaboration and reductions in burden, resulting in up to 8x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction.
• Innovations continue to receive industry-wide recognition, including being named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list.
• Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners.