Lead Data Scientist

Role Summary: As a Lead Data Scientist, you will drive strategic data initiatives, lead advanced analytics projects, and mentor a team of data scientists. You will collaborate cross-functionally to translate business problems into data-driven solutions, leveraging machine learning, statistical modeling, and big data technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Strategy:

Lead end-to-end data science projects from ideation to deployment.
Define and drive the data science roadmap aligned with business goals.
Mentor junior data scientists and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration.
Technical Expertise:

Design and implement predictive models, optimization algorithms, and statistical analyses.
Develop scalable machine learning pipelines and deploy models in production environments.
Perform exploratory data analysis and feature engineering on large datasets.
Collaboration & Communication:

Work closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to identify opportunities and deliver insights.
Communicate complex analytical concepts to non-technical audiences effectively.
Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership.
Tools & Technologies:

Proficiency in Python/R, SQL, Spark, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
Experience with ML frameworks (e.g., Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Plotly).
ML Ops Monitoring and Observability tool development

- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:

1. Masters/ M tech / Ph.D. with a strong research background in machine learning or statistical modeling.
2. Certifications in cloud platforms (AWS Certified Machine Learning, Google Professional Data Engineer, etc.).
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM