Job ID: MS-112566 (90091223)3p
Hybrid Data Scientist with Power BI and Medicaid Experience
Location: Jackson, MS Medicaid
Duration: 12 months
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Remote vs. Onsite:
Preference will be given to candidates who can work 40 hours a week at the DOM office, located in Jackson MS, for the duration of the contract. Alternatively, candidates who travel will be considered, however, they will be required to be in the office, in Jackson, MS, every other week, for the duration of the contract. If candidates are traveling, please propose a fully loaded rate.
Required Skills/Experience :
7 years working as a data scientist with Information Technology (IT) projects.
3 years’ experience working with Medicaid programs to develop organizational data strategy and improve data quality
by reinforcing data integrity
3 years’ experience with building and developing reports, including working with tools such as the R Project for
Statistical Computing, Microsoft Power BI, and other tools
3 years’ experience with working with technical and non-technical users of data
3 years’ experience communicating, presenting, and teaching both technical and non-technical project members,
including in person, at meetings and discussions with project members, etc.
3 years’ experience managing workloads to meet critical timelines and deadlines for IT projects.
Preferred/Not Required
3 years experience with Healthcare IT projects and healthcare data
3 years experience with Medicaid projects or Healthcare payer projects
Position Description and Job Skill Set:
The Medicaid Data Scientist will work with the Division of Medicaid (DOM) data, business, and IT teams on
development of advanced reports and analysis of healthcare data, using standardized methods of data analysis and
modern reporting tools.
The Data Scientist will:
-Provide technical expertise to further the development of reports as well as evaluate and recommend tools for data
reporting and analysis
-Assist in the development of scalable, organization-wide dashboards and reporting
-Utilize DOM claim and clinical data to perform advanced analysis to identify patterns and trends that may only be
apparent using state-of-the-art tools and methods
-Work with multiple DOM teams, including both technical and non-technical staff, to develop and document production
of reports generated for CMS and other external entities
-Identify possible gaps and recommend solutions for existing data and reporting/analytics solutions
-Review reporting from outside entities as needed to determine whether methods and presentation are sound,
accurate, and consistent with DOM expectations
-Assist with data literacy campaigns to educate DOM users on availability of and potential use cases for DOM data
-Participate in various projects to provide expertise from a data and analytics perspective as needed
-Identify and assist with evaluation of project opportunities, risks, and impact to other areas
-Perform other duties as assigned.
Applicants who do not meet ALL of the required skills/experience minimums may not be considered further.
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