ODS Senior Data Scientist

Overview:

 

Join our Office of Data Sciences as a Project Scientist and play a key role in transforming pediatric research through data-driven innovation and AI. You’ll help craft winning grant proposals, evaluate cutting-edge technologies—from LLMs to genomic analytics—and build AI-enabled workflows that accelerate translational medicine. Ideal candidates bring hands-on expertise in data science, analytics, and cloud platforms (AWS experience a plus). You’ll partner with clinicians and researchers to identify impactful solutions, drive rigorous technology assessments, and support project execution from concept to publication. If you’re curious, detail-oriented, and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference in children’s health.

 

Job Description Summary:

 

Organizes and analyzes complex or large data sets to develop insights and predictive models in support of research, operation, and clinical care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

 

Job Description:

 

Essential Functions:

• Collects and organizes large and complex sets of data from various sources.
• Leverages structured and unstructured data sets to create analytical solutions using statistical and predictive analysis, natural language processing, geospatial analysis, or machine learning techniques.
• Identifies patterns and trends in data to provide insights and recommendations.
• Communicates findings and results to stakeholders through reports and presentations.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to develop and improve data-driven solutions.
• Stays up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in data science techniques.
• Assists in the mentoring of less experienced staff.

Education Requirement:

Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Clinical Informatics, Nurse Informatics, or a related discipline, required.

Licensure Requirement:

(not specified)

Certifications:

(not specified)

Skills:

• Strong desire to learn and highly collaborative.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and external contacts.

Experience:

• Four years ofscripting language or software development experience using Python, R, MATLAB, or SAS etc., required.
• Four years of data manipulation and analysis using Python, R, MATLAB, or SAS etc., required.
• Four years of relevant data analytics experience in one or more of the following areas: statistical modeling, machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and geospatial analytics, required.
• Some experience working with healthcare data, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 41-60 lbs, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking

FREQUENTLY: Computer skills, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Decision Making, Depth perception, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near, Sitting

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:

(not specified)

 

 

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