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Sr. Data Scientist

location-iconRoyse City, TX, 75189

jobtype-iconPart Time, Full Time

estimated-salary-icon$119,871 per year

dateposted-iconPosted 9 days ago

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What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

Job Title: Sr. Data Scientist

Job Description:

The Sr. Data Scientist will be an integral part of McKesson's Generics Analytics team and will be responsible for developing and implementing data-driven strategies that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of pricing decisions made within McKesson's Generics organization. The Sr. Data Scientist should be able to work on complex business problems by leveraging our in-house data sources within a collaborative environment. This role will work in cross-functional data and enablement teams, to uncover insights, optimize processes, provide recommendations, and improve pricing related decision-making. They will collaborate across the team to build and deliver on broad data, analytics and digital organizational capabilities related to pricing transformation. They should be able to identify data and insights-based opportunities for enhancing Generics business performance, testing and validating various hypothesis and then industrializing the AI/ML solution pipeline. They will critically evaluate on what can be done with data, where are the opportunities to monetize data, how can data-based insights be incorporated in existing business processes and systems. This role will drive delivery excellence and will lead strengthening trust across multiple stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be an expert in analytics and AI/ML-based pricing of pharmaceutical products with deep understanding of healthcare distribution and supply chain.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead development of analytical and data science solutions for different Generics business stakeholders
  • Utilize advanced analytics, machine learning, and predictive modeling to identify and uncover opportunities for price optimization, margin improvement, revenue acceleration, reducing leakage / revenue loss, product replacement, demand and revenue forecasting, reducing stockouts and optimizing inventory.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholder & technology teams to identify existing, or new, areas that can benefit significantly from advanced analytics and data science.
  • Communicate strategy and results to technical and non-technical audiences / develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, partners, and internal clients .
  • Streamline AI/ML delivery process with "fail fast" approach for experimenting and Agile implementation to scale the solutions that has been proven to be valuable for the business.
  • Build AI engineering frameworks, ML systems, data pipelines and security with enterprise value priorities and are deployable.
  • Have good understanding and appreciation for data governance and AI governance principles and coach the teams to adopt the guidelines for the same.
  • Lead building of comprehensive analytical insights engine that optimizes various pricing outputs across multiple algorithms and scenarios to provide the most optimal recommendation and an ability for the users to perform simulations and make best pricing decisions.
  • Drive key AI and analytical initiatives, providing clear timelines and actionable plans for implementation and value generation.
  • Lead, motivate, and inspire teams to embrace AIML technologies and contribute to the organization's overall success.
  • Leverage CICD best practices, including test automation and monitoring, to ensure successful deployment of ML models and application code.
  • Ensures all code is well-managed to reduce vulnerabilities, models are well-governed from a risk perspective, and the ML follows best practices in Responsible and Explainable AI.
  • Continuously monitor and optimize AI models and algorithms to improve performance and reliability.
  • Monitor real-time performance of deployed models, analyze performance data, and proactively identify and address performance issues to ensure optimal model performance.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to ML model deployment, performance, and scalability in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Implement security best practices for machine learning systems and ensure compliance with data protection and privacy regulations.
  • Develop and maintain documentation, standard operating procedures, and guidelines related to MLOps processes, tools, and best practices.
  • Support stakeholders' analytic needs, gather user requirements, help drive adoption.
  • Manage business stakeholder relationships to drive action and value from data science insights.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining long-term stakeholder relationships and networks.
Critical / Must have skills:
  • 8+ years of data science and advanced analytics experience
  • 4+ years of healthcare / pharmaceutical / distribution experience
  • 2+ years of pricing analytics and data science modeling experience
  • Proven record of building data and analytics models and solutions in the pricing space, preferably in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and/or supply chain domain.
  • Previous experience in managing complex analytical and data science projects to deliver business outcomes.
  • Demonstrated ability to tackle problems across the full data stack, from data wrangling (leveraging SQL or other methodologies) to stakeholder consumption at scale.
  • Strong grasp of fundamental statistical concepts: linear regression, A/B testing, outlier analysis, probability distributions, tests for independence, etc.
  • Knowledge of machine learning / data science best practices
  • Demonstrated experience data visualization skills (PowerBI, Tableau, RShiny)
  • Experience in developing cloud computing data and analytic platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform etc)
  • Deep knowledge of advanced analytics and big data technologies and methodologies, as well as proven experience translating big data into actionable outcomes in healthcare / pharmaceutical / biotech industries
  • Proven track record of solving complex problems, thinking creatively, and using data to tell a story to influence senior level stakeholders.
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication with all levels of management, ability to translate technical term into business insights.
  • Ability to work in a matrix environment and build partnership with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Very strong team player
  • Strong verbal and written communication
  • Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, applied mathematics, machine learning, or a related data centric-technical field. Master's degree preferred.
Preferred skills
  • Industrializing AI/ML based solutions by creating a homegrown analytics-based decisioning engine/platform.
  • Understanding of financial statement analysis and cost accounting principles and / or experience in financial accounting / FP&A related analytics in the healthcare distribution space
****Relocation is not budgeted for this role****

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$130,400 - $217,400

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our page.

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