Senior Data Science Advisor – Pricing & Underwriting

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop models to pinpoint opportunities for pricing and underwriting partners

• Conduct feature engineering, model creation, and ongoing model evaluation and maintenance utilizing medical, prescription drug, utilization management, and third-party data

• Contribute to extensive analytics for pricing and underwriting

• Implement special initiatives that enhance Commercial Healthcare underwriting

• Generate actionable insights and recommendations for business leaders that align with Cigna’s strategic goals

• Regularly communicate project progress with business stakeholders and senior leadership

• Assess and utilize existing analytic tools and techniques to modernize pricing and underwriting functions

• Ensure that solutions provide long-term value and integrate seamlessly with current processes

• Partner with business leaders to conceptualize, launch, and evaluate test-and-learn pilots

• Create GLM, machine learning, clustering, LLM, or other advanced models that address underwriting and actuarial business challenges

• Produce comprehensive, well-documented outputs alongside leadership, data science, business stakeholders, and engineering teams

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of direct Data Science experience in a healthcare-related setting

• Strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, and model development

• Experience with deploying ML/predictive models in production or cloud settings

• Proficient in Python, SQL, Git, Keras, and TensorFlow

• Familiarity with healthcare data, including claims, EHR, and laboratory data

• Experience adhering to best programming practices while writing clean, documented, and well-structured code

• Capability to conduct peer reviews

• Ability to advocate for thorough documentation and logging

• Capacity to manage projects from start to finish, including scoping, ideation, development, and production

• Skill in independently delivering clear, well-crafted presentations for both technical and business audiences

• Ability to establish data-science-specific project goals within larger project deliverables

• Proficiency in communicating timeline changes, rationale, and objectives to ensure deadlines are met

• Home internet connection via cable broadband or fiber optic service, with a minimum of 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload speed if working remotely

• MS or PhD in a STEM-related discipline is preferred

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for an annual bonus plan

• Medical coverage

• Vision insurance

• Dental insurance

• Well-being and behavioral health programs

• 401(k) plan

• Company-sponsored life insurance

• Tuition reimbursement

• At least 18 days of paid time off annually

• Paid holidays

• Leaves of absence