Data science lead

job summary:
Drive advanced modeling and AI solutions that directly shape commercial strategies across Marketing, Sales, and Access. As a hands-on technical leader and strategic thought partner, you will build scalable machine learning pipelines, solve complex commercial challenges, and turn complex data into measurable business value in a high-impact healthcare environment.

location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
job type: Contract
salary: $85 - 90 per hour
work hours: 9 to 5
education: Masters


responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end development, deployment, and scaling of predictive models, segmentation, NLP, and optimization solutions for U.S. commercial brand teams.
• Frame complex business questions, evaluate analytical trade-offs, and translate findings into actionable strategies for marketing, sales, and access leadership.
• Partner with IT to build MLOps environments, fine-tune model performance based on user feedback, and deliver productized analytical tools.
• Manage relationships with external analytics vendors and collaborate with cross-functional data, engineering, and compliance teams.
• Establish analytical rigor, responsible AI experimentation, and model governance standards.

qualifications:
Required:

• 7+ years of hands-on analytics or data science experience, including at least 4+ years leading data science projects or teams.
• Strong command of statistical modeling supervised and unsupervised learning, A/B testing, and time-series forecasting.
• Experience deploying data science solutions in a commercial setting-ideally within pharma, biotech, or healthcare.
• Proficient in Python, SQL, Databricks and Snowflake; experience with Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization tools.
• Experience working with APLD, PlanTrak, specialty pharmacy, or claims datasets.
• Strong communication and influencing skills; comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in data science, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Analytics, or related field.

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skills: Predictive Modeling


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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).


This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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