Associate Data Scientist

Associate Data Scientist

Join a team that's using data, AI, and advanced analytics to shape the future of healthcare. As an Associate Data Scientist, you'll leverage analytics, machine learning, and AI to solve complex healthcare and operational challenges. Working in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, you'll build innovative solutions, uncover strategic insights, and help drive better outcomes for patients, providers, and the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to apply cutting-edge technologies, tackle meaningful challenges, and make a measurable impact every day.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Partner with clinical teams, operational leaders, and subject matter experts to understand challenges and develop data-driven solutions.
• Prepare, validate, and transform data to ensure high-quality analyses and models.
• Apply statistical, machine learning, and AI techniques to solve healthcare and business problems.
• Develop, test, and optimize predictive models and analytical algorithms.
• Design and enhance model features to improve accuracy, reliability, and performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve patient care, hospital operations, and organizational outcomes through analytics.
• Translate complex analyses into actionable insights and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Create compelling data visualizations, dashboards, and presentations that communicate findings effectively.
• Present analytical findings and recommendations to stakeholders to support informed decision-making.
• Manage priorities, communicate project status, and proactively address risks and issues.
• Collaborate within Agile teams to deliver innovative analytics and AI solutions.

Skills & Requirements

• Master's degree in data science, mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering, analytics, life sciences, economics, finance, business or a specific healthcare field (such as nursing, pharmacy, respiratory, etc.) required.
• 1 year experience in data science, data analytics, business analysis, data modeling, statistical analysis, statistical modeling, or machine learning preferred.

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ' s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ' s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ' s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ' s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ' s Health Plan, the nation's first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ' s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ' s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Job Info

• Job Identification 425773
• Job Category Information Services
• Degree Level Master's Degree
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day
• Locations A 6621 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030, US