Data Scientist

Position Title: Data Scientist
Location: Jackson, MS
Position Type: Contract, 12 months, extendable

Job Details:
The Medicaid Data Scientist will work with the *** data, business, and IT teams to develop advanced reports and conduct analysis of healthcare data, using standardized analytical methods and modern reporting tools.
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise to further the development of reports as well as evaluate and recommend tools for data reporting and analysis.
• Assist in the development of scalable, organization-wide dashboards and reporting.
• Utilize *** claim and clinical data to perform advanced analysis to identify patterns, trends and insights using advanced analytical tools and methods.
• Collaborate with *** technical and non-technical teams to develop and document production of reports generated for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other external entities.
• Identify possible gaps and recommend solutions for existing data and reporting/analytics solutions.
• Review reporting produced by external entities to ensure whether methods and presentation are sound, accurate, and consistent with *** expectations.
• Support data literacy initiatives to educate *** users on availability of and potential use cases for *** data.
• Participate and contribute data and analytics expertise in agency projects as needed.
• Identify and assist with evaluation of project opportunities, risks, and impact to other areas.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Note:

• Applicants who do not meet all of the required skills/experience minimums may not be considered further.
• The awarded applicant will be required to execute a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with ***.
• The awarded contract will be a three (3) year contract with options for renewals
• 7 years working as a data scientist with Information Technology (IT) projects.
• 3 years' experience working with Medicaid programs to develop organizational data strategy and improve data quality by reinforcing data integrity
• 3 years' experience with building and developing reports, including working with tools such as the R Project for
• Statistical Computing, Microsoft Power BI, and other tools
• 3 years' experience working with technical and non-technical users of data
• 3 years' experience communicating, presenting, and teaching both technical and non-technical project members,
• including in person, at meetings and discussions with project members, etc.
• 3 years experience managing workloads to meet critical timelines and deadlines for IT projects