Principal Data Scientist (CMS)

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Principal Data Scientist you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Principal Data Scientist joining our team to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mission to conduct oversight, monitoring, and audits of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.

Responsibilities:

• Performs data analysis, interpretation, and reporting duties. Develops rules and methodologies for data collection and analysis.
• Works with a team to conduct analysis and present findings to our team and customer.
• Collaborate with leadership and team members to identify and create solutions to complex challenges.
• Use critical thinking and exploratory research to understand program rules and how data can provide insights to inform decision making.
• Incorporate business and technical processes in designing workflows across multiple applications to support program efficiency and compliance.
• Utilize analytic skills including ability to efficiently work with and integrate large datasets to uncover patterns and trends that are meaningful to program oversight and action.

Required Skills:

• Masters Degree and at least 8 years of related experience using technology to conduct analysis, develop models, and report findings.
• Must have experience conducting in depth analysis of healthcare data, including prescription drug claims.
• Experience using SQL, Python, Tableau, SAS or similar analytic and reporting tools.

Desired Skills:

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills