[Remote] Lead Director - Data Scientist - Forecasting Accuracy and Analytical insights for Underwriting

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health is hiring a Lead Director to lead data science and analytics for underwriting products, improving forecasting accuracy, financial integrity, and underwriting decision-making. The role leads a team of data scientists and partners across product, engineering, underwriting, finance, and actuarial functions to deliver analytical capabilities, reporting, and strategic insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data science and analytics strategy for underwriting transformation software products, from problem framing through production deployment
• Design and operationalize predictive, and scenario‑based analytical capabilities supporting underwriting, pricing, and risk decisions
• Time‑series, advance regression, tree based modeling and forecasting for volume, financial, and risk projections
• Machine learning and statistical modeling to improve underwriting accuracy and efficiency
• Partner closely with Product Management and Engineering to embed analytics and reporting into core product workflows
• Define, track, and report product, operational, and business metrics and OKRs aligned to organizational and underwriting transformation goals
• Establish scalable reporting frameworks and dashboards that provide transparency into product performance, financial impact, and delivery outcomes
• Deliver executive‑ready insights that clearly articulate progress, risks, and tradeoffs
• Exploring and delivering emerging technologies that can help transform BI and reporting to leveraging AI to build reporting layers that are flexible, dynamic and can enable user driven exploration
• Facilitate continuous, cross‑functional communication across Product, Engineering, Underwriting, Finance, Actuarial, and Executive teams
• Build trusted partnerships with stakeholders at all organizational levels, serving as a strategic thought partner for data‑driven decisions
• Translate complex analytical insights into clear, actionable narratives for both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing organization of decision scientists, analysts and validation professionals
• Define team vision, strategy, goals, priorities, and OKRs
• Manage resource planning, workload prioritization, and organizational growth
• Provide executive-level communication, reporting, and strategic recommendations

Skills

• 12+ years of experience in analytics, decision science, business intelligence, financial analysis, quality assurance, or data validation
• 5+ years of experience leading large analytical teams and developing people leaders
• Expertise in analytical validation, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, business impact assessment, and financial validation
• Strong ability to analyze and synthesize both quantitative and qualitative data to generate insights and explain business outcomes
• Experience developing self-service reporting solutions and communicating insights from reports and dashboards
• Proven experience validating business outcomes and financial results using large-scale datasets
• Advanced SQL and data analysis skills
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills
• PBM, Healthcare, Underwriting, Pricing, Forecasting, Actuarial, or Financial Analytics experience
• Experience validating underwriting, forecasting, pricing, or P&L platforms
• Experience with Databricks, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Python, or similar analytics platforms
• Experience leading through managers, including setting direction, coaching people leaders, and driving accountability across multi-level data science teams

Benefits

• Remote
• CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program
• An award target in the company’s equity award program
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility

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