[Hiring] Manager Data Science @Amerihealth Caritas

Role Description

The Manager, Data Science for LTSS Analytics & Performance Management leads a team of analysts responsible for advancing the Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) analytics portfolio across multiple AmeriHealth Caritas lines of business. This role serves as a strategic partner to LTSS operations, care management, utilization management, finance, and market leadership by delivering actionable insights that improve member outcomes, operational performance, regulatory compliance, and total cost of care.

The position is accountable for:

• Identifying business opportunities
• Translating complex operational challenges into analytic solutions
• Ensuring the successful delivery of reporting, performance monitoring, and advanced analytics initiatives that support LTSS business objectives

Strong candidates will possess significant experience leading analytical teams within managed care environments, with expertise in LTSS, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, or other complex populations. Successful candidates must be able to:

• Connect data insights to operational decision-making
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration
• Drive measurable business outcomes through analytics

This role requires the ability to:

• Evaluate complex business processes
• Identify opportunities for improvements in business operations, quality, and cost of care management
• Enhance data-driven decision making
• Support the development and lead implementation of scalable analytics capabilities that enable growth and performance across current and future LTSS markets

The Manager will partner closely with business leaders to:

• Prioritize work
• Establish performance monitoring frameworks
• Operationalize insights that lead to improved outcomes and cost management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in biostatistics, public health, health analytics, data science, or related field; Master’s preferred
• At least five to eight (5 – 8) years of experience, including one to three (1 – 3) years of people management or equivalent mentoring of three to six (3 - 6) individual contributors
• Experience with performance management, prioritization, and stakeholder communication
• Familiarity with workforce planning, hiring, and operating rhythm management
• Executive communication, multi-domain analytics ownership, budget management, regulatory depth, and ROI framing
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders without formal authority
• Skills in people management, project delivery, SQL/BI tools, and business process analysis
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and business translation skills
• Experience with cloud data environments, APIs, ETL/ELT pipelines, semantic models, and governed reporting layers
• Experience with Python and at least one scripting or ML-oriented toolchain
• Strong consultative problem-framing, cross-functional collaboration, and change management skills
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and shaping solutions across business, clinical, and technology teams
• Demonstrated success leading transformation across payer clinical analytics domains
• Ability to connect enterprise analytics decisions to financial, operational, and regulatory outcomes
• Strong problem-solving, project ownership, and stakeholder management skills

Benefits

• Flexible work solutions including remote options, hybrid work schedules
• Competitive pay
• Paid time off including holidays and volunteer events
• Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents on Day 1
• 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• And more