Data Science Manager (Product Analytics)
The Role:
Cedar is a patient payment and engagement platform that leverages data science, consumer-centric design and technology to improve the healthcare experience for patients.
The Data Science team is in charge of making sense of the vast amount of data we have available to help achieve our company’s vision. We build analytics for our clients and our teams to inform business decisions and the product development process. We tell stories about all aspects of the patient journey and use quantitative analyses to explain patient behavior. We run experiments to test our various hypotheses and iterate using our results. We build models to drive better decision-making, both within our organization and for our clients in the healthcare industry.
Cedar is growing rapidly and the demand for analytics is increasing exponentially along with our recent growth. We’re seeking a Data Science Manager (Product Analytics) on our Data Science team to lead a team of Product Analysts and work with our product development teams to enable data-driven decisions and understand user behavior.
As a Product Analytics Manager, you will be responsible for growing your team. You will identify and set clear goals for the team and guide them through execution, while raising the bar of our data science work products. You will use data to help build upon the future of Cedar’s products. You will lead and coach Product Analysts to identify new opportunities for product development and improvement, measure the success of our products, and drive product decisions through data.
Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a team of 3-4 individual contributor Product Analysts
- Mentor, coach, and develop Product Analysts on the team
- Partner with the Product, Design, and Engineering teams to develop an understanding of user behavior and opportunities for product improvement using data
- Drive and influence data focused decision making on product teams to move metrics and improve the patient experience through research and experimentation
- Proactively determine areas where Data Science can help add value for product development teams
- Partner with teams across the organization to help communicate Data Science research and results
- Lead new team initiatives to help the Data Science team grow and scale
Skills and Experience:
- 6+ years of experience in an analytical role
- 2+ years of management experience
- Experience leading a team of data scientists and reviewing others' code
- An analytical attitude and passion for finding opportunities and insights within data
- Understanding of statistical methods for research and experimentation purposes
- Strong presentation and project management skills
- Experience collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams
- SQL expertise is a must-have, Python experience required
- Knowledge of or experience in the healthcare industry is a plus
What do we offer to the ideal candidate?
- An opportunity to work on a platform that is scaling very rapidly, engaging with millions of patients per year and growing at a rate of 360% YoY as of January 2021!
- A chance to join a high-growth company at an early stage
- The ability to impact the growth of our company, we value all comments and suggestions
- Transparency across teams and interaction with multiple departments
- Competitive pay, employer-paid healthcare, stock options