Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. **Position Summary** The Provider Selection team works closely with business partners to develop the underlying algorithms that help evaluate performance for healthcare providers using Quality and Cost Effectiveness measures. A data scientist on this team participates in the development, validation and delivery of algorithms, statistical models, machine learning algorithms, and reporting tools. **What you will do** On a daily basis, a data scientist on the Provider Selection team: + Develops, validates and executes algorithms and predictive models to investigate healthcare data problems, detect patterns and recommend solutions. + Explores, examines and interprets large volumes of structured and unstructured data in various forms. + Implements advanced statistical techniques to analyze data and solve moderately complex business problems. + Develops data pipelines to collect, organize, and standardize data that helps generate insights and addresses business reporting needs. + Uses data visualization techniques to effectively communicate analytical results and support business decisions. + Assesses and evaluates data requirements assigned projects and assures the integrity of the data. + Explores existing data and recommends additional sources of data for improvements. + Documents projects including business objectives, analytical-based decisions, and detailed set of results. + Works with and has extensive experience with SQL, Python, Spark, Command line tools & Cloud computing (AWS, GCP, MS Azure). + Has working knowledge and demonstrated interest in Healthcare domain data. **Required Qualifications** + 1+ year experience as a Data Scientist building Machine Learning models + 1+ year experience with SQL + 1+ year experience with Python and Spark + 1+ year experience working in a Cloud Environment (preferably GCP) + 6+ months experience in Healthcare Industry **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience working with GCP + Consulting background with strong problem-solving experience + Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into analytical solutions + Experience collaborating across business domains and explain analytical results to non-technical end users **Education** + Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Economics, Physics, Engineering, or related discipline required. + Master's degree preferred. **Pay Range** The typical pay range for this role is: $86,520.00 - $173,040.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health (https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits) We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 01/05/2025 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. 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