[Hiring] Senior Data Scientist @Spring Health

Role Description

We’re hiring a Senior Data Scientist to join our high-performing Advanced Analytics team, embedded within the Care group. Reporting to the Manager, Data Science, this role will lead technical innovation to drive engagement and adoption of Spring Practice - Spring Health’s core care coordination and provider platform.

The ideal candidate will thrive in ambiguity, bring strong analytical expertise, and drive rapid experimentation to surface actionable strategies that improve member and provider experience, care coordination efficiency, and health outcomes. This is a full-time, remote position on our team. Occasional travel may be required for company or team events/meetings.

• Lead analytical strategy for Care:
  • Own the end-to-end analytical strategy to improve engagement and outcomes across Spring Practice.
  • Develop and apply advanced methods, including AI, predictive modeling, classification, and clustering.
  • Identify opportunities to improve member scheduling, provider matching, and care coordination workflows.
  • Your work will directly influence product strategy, de-risk new initiatives, and drive measurable business outcomes.
• Drive rapid experimentation and outreach:
  • Design and execute a rapid experimentation roadmap to test, validate, and scale improvements to member and provider workflows.
  • Consult on test design and analyze results to provide clear recommendations on which initiatives to pursue.
• Act as an embedded technical leader:
  • Serve as a dedicated data scientist within the Care pod.
  • Partner closely with product management and design to influence the team's roadmap.
  • Define success metrics and ensure strategic decisions are grounded in rigorous analysis.
• Leverage diverse and complex data:
  • Work with large, multi-source datasets to perform feature engineering and uncover novel insights.
  • Coordinate closely with a partnered Analytic Engineer and Data Analyst embedded with Care.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional data science experience.
• Hands-on experience with experimentation, hypothesis testing, and quasi-experimental methods.
• Proficiency with SQL and Python.
• Experience with data modeling via dbt or similar tools.
• Experience working with data visualization and BI tools (e.g., Omni, Hex).
• Experience with product development and the software development lifecycle.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to guide and make recommendations to business partners.
• Proven ability to incorporate AI as a tool to solve complex business problems.
• Proven ability to proactively manage your own priorities and dependencies.
• Proven success at navigating ambiguous problem areas and learning new approaches.
• Willingness to travel (at least 2 times per year) for collaborative sessions and summits with the team.

Requirements

• The target base salary range for this position is $159,100 - $179,000.
• Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations.
• We review all employee pay and compensation programs annually using Radford Global Compensation Database to ensure competitive and fair pay.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision benefits start on your first day at Spring.
• Access to One Medical accounts.
• HSA and FSA plans are available, with Spring contributing up to $1K for HSAs, depending on your plan type.
• Employer sponsored 401(k) match of up to 2% for retirement planning.
• A yearly allotment of no cost visits to the Spring Health network of therapists, coaches, and medication management providers for you and your dependents.
• Competitive paid time off policies including vacation, sick leave and company holidays.
• Parental leave of 18 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents after 6 months tenure.
• Access to Noom, a weight management program tailored to your unique needs and goals.
• Access to fertility care support through Carrot, with $4,000 reimbursement for related fertility expenses.
• Access to Wellhub, connecting employees to options for fitness, mindfulness, nutrition, and sleep.
• Access to BrightHorizons, providing sponsored child care, back-up care, and elder care.
• Up to $1,000 Professional Development Reimbursement a year.
• $200 per year donation matching to support your favorite causes.