Principal Data Scientist

Site : Mass General Brigham Incorporated

At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare - people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and / or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds - to apply.

Job Summary

The Opportunity :

At Mass General Brigham Digital, we pride ourselves on our ability to create maximum strategic, clinical, and operational value from established and emergent technologies for our patients, care teams, researchers, and employees. Digital health will not only enhance the equity and efficiency of healthcare delivery but also help make medicine more personalized and precise.

We recognize that increasing value and continually improving quality while maintaining an inclusive focus are essential to organizational excellence, and we invite you to join us on this journey. The work we do in Digital is a strategic imperative, and there is a strong and growing understanding of how together we will transform Mass General Brigham in innovative and impactful ways.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Enterprise Data Science, the Principal Data Scientist is a senior-level experienced scientist with a problem-solving mindset, responsible for analyzing data, uncovering the underlying data patterns and logic, and developing data-driven applications using innovative methods in data science such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and large language models. These techniques will be used to build cutting-edge solutions to support healthcare operations and to help us with our vision of "A Healthier World".

The Principal Data Scientist is responsible for developing solutions for the entire problem-solving cycle : finding / prioritizing the problems, researching the best algorithms to solve them, designing robust, practical solvers, and implementing them in the healthcare environment. The ultimate purpose of the Principal Data Scientist's work is developing solutions that make hospital operations more efficient, reliable, and integrated, improving staff productivity and patient satisfaction.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities :

• Develops and / or uses advanced AI / Machine Learning (ML) and predictive modeling techniques to solve business problems.
• Consults with clinical leaders to understand problems and goals and translate these needs into advanced analytics solutions.
• Wrangles structured and unstructured data to identify patterns and provide meaningful insights to the stakeholders which would aid in decision making.
• Leads large, complex projects involving coordination with multiple stakeholders and delegation of tasks to junior team members.
• Reviews code written by others, enforcing coding guidelines and best practices.
• Collaborate across multiple teams.
• Communicate predictive model results to clinical leaders and stakeholders through presentations prepared for audiences at various levels of leadership and technical expertise.
• Provide ongoing tracking and monitoring of performance of models and recommend ongoing improvements to methods and algorithms that lead to findings, including new information.
• Mentors junior data scientists and data analysts.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Education :

Experience :

5-7 years required in the field of data science.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Physical Requirements :

Remote Type : Hybrid

Work Location : 335 Revolution Drive

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

Employee Type :

Regular

Work Shift :

Day (United States of America)

EEO Statement :

Mass General Brigham Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and / or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Mass General Brigham Competency Framework :

At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership "looks like" by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.#J-18808-Ljbffr