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Customer-Focused Strategic Data Scientist

What You'll Do

The Strategic Data Scientist at CoverMyMeds makes a meaningful contribution to the success of our company.  This role is broadly responsible for value proposition refinement and supports key customers by providing world-class analytics and insight into our vast store of live data, turning insights and model predictions into program and product recommendations.   

This position collaborates extensively with business units and channels across the company and supports the business goals of external clients. 

Our ideal candidate is curious, thrives in a constantly changing environment and adeptly conveys complex analytical findings to non-technical audiences and actionable insights. Examples of tasks to be performed within the role:

• Serve as the lead analytics point of contact for specific Biopharma customers.

• Frequently develops data and storytelling to help anticipate and meet the strategic needs of a customer and Customer Success Team (CST).

• Develop trusted advisor relationships with key accounts, customer stakeholders and executive sponsors.

• Work closely with Commercial Customer Success Team (CST) members and external clients, demonstrating the value of CMM products through data narratives.

• Analytics work will consist of deep dives into program performance and health of the current portfolio.

• Perform in-depth analyses to identify opportunities which can lead to recommendations to improve overall profitability, value or strategic use of our products and make recommendations to improve overall profitability and value.

• Responsibilities will include using and identifying patient, product and network models to interpret data, creating ad-hoc reports, data visualizations, and modifying and updating standard reports when applicable

• Lead new data-driven insight presentations with customers.

• Use creative means to proactively identify areas of improvement to enhance product value for clients.

• Use standard formulas and methods, perform basic and advanced statistical evaluations and analysis of product data in all stages including collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Monitor portfolio programs to support continuous quality improvement efforts using performance metric development and monitoring, and effectively communicate to this to stakeholders via strategic business reviews, scheduled meetings or where require appropriate escalation.

• Lead data-driven insight presentations with clients

• Use creative means to proactively identify areas of improvement to enhance product value for clients.

• Perform in-depth analysis to identify key business risks and opportunities and make recommendations to improve overall profitability and value.

• Become a subject matter expert (SME) on CoverMyMeds products and programs and the pharmaceutical industry.

• Work on high-profile customer accounts in collaboration with account management teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Public Health Information, Bioinformatics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience

Skills You’ll Need

• BA/BS required in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Public Health Information, Bioinformatics, or equivalent quantitative field.

• 3-5 years of experience in a BI role in healthcare/Pharma industry

• Understanding of data science methodologies including  decision trees, multivariate analysis, segmentation modeling, factor analysis, regression analysis, forecasting, machine learning, etc.

• Experience with statistical software experience (PYTHON, R, MATLAB, SAS, etc.) is a plus

• Curious problem solver by nature; able to quickly make sense of complex data issues.

• Driven, self-motivated, team player adept at working in environment with competing priorities. 

• Experience with data mining, analysis, and providing insights.

• Adept at creating queries, writing reports, and presenting findings.

• Intermediate to Advanced proficiency in SQL.

• Intermediate to Advanced proficiency in data visualization tools e.g., Excel, Tableau, Power BI etc.

• Able to communicate and manage expectations.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills including to senior leadership and C-Suite external stakeholders; able to “think on your feet” and respond to questions where the answer is not known or not straightforward. (able to provide complex analysis in layman’s terms – at varying levels of audience, from peer set to C-suite).

Preferred Skills

• Pharmacy or Financial transaction adjudication experience

• Industry Expertise – Specifically in Insurance, Pharmaceutical, or Healthcare.

• Curiosity - A naturally curious mindset with a drive to dig deeper into data and uncover the “why.”

• Collaboration – Key success factors in this role include leading without direct authority, building relationships across multiple functions, and listening to input and perspectives from across the organization, customers, and industry stakeholders.

• Passion - The candidate should have a passion for improving US healthcare and a desire to join a team that focuses every day on enabling healthier lives through the work that we do.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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