Lead Director Data Scientist, Forecasting Accuracy and Analytical Insights for Underwriting

CVS Health

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Closes in 3 days Remote

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Remote
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Salary
$144,200–$288,400 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
11 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Oct 30, 2026 (soon)

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $143,200–$228,950 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

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About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company operating retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, and a health insurance segment through Aetna, one of the nation''s largest health insurers. Industry: Healthcare & Pharmacy

CVS Health currently has 124 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $108,922–$260,590 across 120 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Director Data Scientist, Forecasting Accuracy and Analytical Insights for Underwriting

The Lead Director - Data Scientist - Forecasting Accuracy and Analytical insights for Underwriting leads a team of over ten data scientists to ensure the financial integrity and accuracy of analytics-driven products within the underwriting ecosystem. This leader defines the strategy for reducing financial leakage, optimizing underwriting scenarios, and improving forecasted P&L accuracy. Day-to-day responsibilities include designing predictive and scenario-based analytical capabilities, performing anomaly detection, and developing self-service reporting solutions. The role requires expertise in time-series, advanced regression, tree-based modeling, and machine learning to support pricing and risk decisions. Key technical skills include advanced SQL, Python, Databricks, Tableau, and Power BI. The work focuses on transforming underwriting software by embedding advanced analytics, statistical modeling, and AI-driven reporting layers into core product workflows to support complex financial results.

What you'll do

  • Lead the data science and analytics strategy for underwriting transformation software products from problem framing to production.
  • Design and operationalize predictive, scenario-based analytical capabilities to support underwriting, pricing, and risk decisions.
  • Develop time-series, regression, and tree-based models for volume, financial, and risk projections.
  • Define and track product, operational, and business metrics and OKRs aligned to organizational goals.
  • Establish scalable reporting frameworks and dashboards to provide transparency into product performance and financial impact.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing organization of 10+ data scientists and validation professionals.
  • Translate complex analytical insights into clear, actionable narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering teams to embed analytics and reporting into core product workflows.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in analytics, decision science, business intelligence, financial analysis, quality assurance, or data validation.
  • 5+ years of experience leading large analytical teams and developing people leaders.
  • Expertise in analytical validation, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, business impact assessment, and financial validation.
  • Advanced SQL and data analysis skills.
  • Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
  • Experience developing self-service reporting solutions and communicating insights from reports and dashboards.
  • Experience validating business outcomes and financial results using large-scale datasets.
  • Experience in PBM, Healthcare, Underwriting, Pricing, Forecasting, Actuarial, or Financial Analytics (preferred).

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