Senior Data Scientist ID and Strat
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Posted on:
23-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who share our vision of transforming healthcare. As a Blue Cross associate you are joining a culture that is built on values of succeeding together finding a better way and doing the right thing. If you are ready to make a difference join us.
The Impact You Will Have
This position works across the Enterprise to identify areas of opportunities to create process efficiencies innovate and provide value using advanced analytics and data science. The position will manage complex data and information to provide meaningful results which influence strategic decision-making at Blue Cross. Responsibilities include understanding complex business requirements data management and stewardship for a variety of complex data sources data analysis and the application of advanced analytical techniques and building predictive models to create value for the organization.
This position is required to work onsite in Eagan MN two times a week.
Your Responsibilities
- Take lead on data science projects to design and implement models and experiments from end to end including data ingestion and preparation feature engineering analysis and modeling model deployment performance tracking and documentation.
- Lead-by-example junior data scientists around mature data science practices e.g. readable code thorough documentation comprehensive experimentation.
- Work with business partners to convert ambiguous business problems in clear data science/ML specifications. Use contextual business acumen to convert model predictions/results into impactful insights and provide actionable guidance on risks and limitations.
- Drive conversations with product managers data engineers and subject matter experts to ship new models algorithms and improvements continuously and collaboratively into production.
- Use combination of machine learning knowledge and contextual business acumen to convert results into impactful insights and provide actionable guidance on risks and limitations of model.
- Write narrative documents for model specification and performance analysis to communicate findings and recommendations to teammates stakeholders and executive leadership.
Required Skills and Experience
- 5 years of related professional experience. All relevant experience including work education transferable skills and military experience will be considered.
- Hands-on experience in analytics and data science (specific areas of interest include classification/regression unsupervised learning time-series/sequence models NLP explainability methods deep learning).
- Solid demonstrable proficiency in data science tools such as Python R Spark SQL.
- Experience implementing predictive algorithms and associated statistical analysis/inference in a data science/ML workflow manipulating both structured and unstructured data.
- Experience crafting and communicating highly technical results to a diverse audience.
- Comfortable working as part of a team and taking the lead.
- High school diploma (or equivalency) and legal authorization to work in the U.S.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Bachelors degree.
- Experience with health care data
- Experience with AWS tools
- Experience with version control (for example Git Version Control system)
Role Designation
HybridAnchored in Connection
Our hybrid approach is designed to balance flexibility with meaningful in-person connection and collaboration. We come together in the office two days each week most teams designate at least one anchor day to ensure team interaction. These in-person moments foster relationships creativity and alignment. The rest of the week you are empowered to work remote.
Compensation and Benefits
$88600.00 - $117400.00 - $146200.00 AnnualPay is based on several factors which vary based on position including skills ability and knowledge the selected individual is bringing to the specific job.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include:
Medical dental and vision insurance
Life insurance
401k
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
And more
To discover more about what we have to offer please review our benefits page.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. Blue Cross of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an Affirmative Action plan as required by Minnesota law applicable to state contractors. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to and will not be discriminated against based on any legally protected characteristic.
Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply please contact us at:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Blue Plus are nonprofit independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Mammalian Cell Culture
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Protein Purification
- Research Experience
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Flow Cytometry
