Senior Data Scientist

Role Description

Virta Health is on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people. The Product and Care Team Analytics team is accountable for both pioneering new classes of data that power our business, and ensuring that data is powerful, clear, correct and easy to use throughout the company. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a crucial role in shaping our data-driven decision making processes and in driving impactful insights that advance our mission.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an embedded data lead:
• Understand the product – strategy, goals, roadmap, users – deeply enough to identify high-impact, strategic opportunities and risks.
• Use data to steer conversations: bring data-driven hypotheses, challenge assumptions, frame trade-offs, prioritize strategically.
• Translate vague product hunches into sharp analytical questions, and design the right approach to answer them.
• Be the source of truth for KPIs and product metrics: help define and monitor them, and identify trends and drivers.
• Drive decision-making with data: prioritize analyses that meaningfully inform product decisions and change outcomes.
• Lead experimentation thoughtfully: guide the team on when and when not to experiment.
• Identify where product strategy and ideas could be better implemented with the help of AI (ML or GenAI).
• Show up as a collaborative leader, not simply a service provider.
• Work end-to-end to translate clinical, member, and claims data into actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Experience working at a digital health or similar startup, preferably during the growth phase.
• 7+ years of experience in a Healthcare Analytics or Data Science role.
• 7+ years of work experience with data science and visualization tools (SQL, Python).
• Experience in building BI dashboards using tools such as Looker or Tableau.
• Experience executing best practices in data security and privacy in a highly regulated industry.
• Ability to explain technology, techniques and approaches to others.

Requirements

• Experience leading cross-functional efforts to build scalable systems and data pipelines.
• Understanding of Generative AI concepts and usage of GenAI tools.
• Experience building pipelines using dbt.
• Demonstrated project management experience.

90 Day Plan

• Familiarize yourself with the Product Analytics team roles and responsibilities.
• Integrate with your assigned Squad to understand team dynamics.
• Analyze current member journey to understand Virta’s technology ecosystem.
• Meet cross-functional stakeholders to understand how their business needs align with Squad and Team goals.
• Identify at least 1 area of opportunity to leverage GenAI to increase team efficiency.
• Teach and inspire your team members through knowledge sharing and feedback during code reviews.

Values-driven culture

• You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally.
• You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others.
• You prioritize positive impact over busy work.
• You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table.
• You appreciate transparency and promote trust through open access to information.
• You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma.
• You take risks and rapidly iterate.

Benefits

• Starting pay based on qualifications & experience: $167,249 - $216,000.
• Information about Virta’s benefits is on our Careers page.