Job Description:

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 Lead (Commercial Analytics) on our Data Science team to lead a team of Commercial Analysts and help both internal and external teams better understand Cedar’s product, performance, and identify strategic opportunities for improvement.

As a Commercial Analytics Lead, 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 analytics offerings. You will lead and coach Commercial Analysts to identify new opportunities for development and improvement, provide insights to commercial teams across the organization, and drive better client relationships through data.

Responsibilities:

• Build and manage a team of 3-4 individual contributor Commercial Analysts
• Mentor, coach, and develop Commercial Analysts on the team
• Identify data-driven insights and recommendations to help our teams and clients address business needs
• Partner closely with Client Growth and other internal teams to provide clear and user-friendly views that can empower data-driven decision making
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to design and build pipelines for analysis
• Generate dashboards and reports using our business intelligence tools to surface data insights
• Present and clearly communicate data findings and underlying methodology to partners across all levels of the organization, including those without data backgrounds
• Write SQL and/or Python queries when needed for analyses
• Help identify patterns in data requests and enable the Data Science team to standardize reporting for users at scale
• Understand the mechanics of Cedar’s platform and our data models
• Proactively determine areas where Data Science can help add value to help reach commercial goals

Skills and Experience:

• 6+ years of experience in an analytical role, preferably client facing
• 1+ years of leadership experience (tech lead or management)
• Experience leading a team of data scientists and reviewing others' code
• Analytical mindset and a passion for understanding user needs and surfacing opportunities and insights within data
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and engage with non-technical partners to explain technical concepts
• Strong presentation, communication, and project management skills
• Experience collaborating with client-facing and engineering teams
• Expertise with query languages (e.g. SQL) and visualization tools (e.g. Looker, Tableau, Power BI)
• 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 12M patients a year growing at 180% YoY as of Aug 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