Data Scientist Analyst

About the role

This role requires associates to be in-office 1 day per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of innovative analytics and AI solutions that uncover early signals in cost trends across Medicaid, Medicare, Local Group, and Individual markets.
• Collaborate with actuaries, finance leaders, and business stakeholders to enhance decision-making through advanced modeling, automation, and insight delivery.
• Help modernize how emerging cost drivers are detected using real-time data, AI-powered insights, and dynamic tools to support critical decisions for executive, actuarial, and financial audiences.
• Develop and implement predictive models, trend detection algorithms, and statistical analyses using weekly claims, pharmacy, lab, and authorization data to identify emerging cost drivers.
• Apply machine learning and AI techniques to uncover leading indicators of health utilization trends and improve predictive accuracy of actuarial and financial models.
• Build and enhance interactive dashboards and executive tools that translate complex data into actionable insights for business and finance leaders.
• Design and implement scalable machine learning models and LLM-based solutions.
• Apply NLP techniques and prompt engineering to build conversational and generative AI systems.
• Develop APIs using FastAPI or Flask for model serving and integration.
• Execute algorithms to address specific business problems under the direction of team lead or manager.
• Work with datasets of moderate size and complexity.
• Develop visualization of analysis output for business users and publish results under the direction of team lead or manager.
• Support the evolution of early-warning systems and automation for trend monitoring and reporting across multiple lines of business.
• Translate model outputs and statistical insights into clear business narratives that inform planning, pricing, and strategic actions.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Physics, Biostatistics or related Quantitative disciplines and 1 or more years of experience in predictive analytics or equivalent; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities & Experiences

• Prior experience in healthcare analytics or trend analysis is a strong advantage highly preferred.
• Proven ability to communicate technical findings and complex concepts to a non-technical audience and develop compelling visual narratives highly preferred.
• Proficiency with Python, R, SQL, or similar tools to manipulate large, complex healthcare data sets highly preferred.
• Experience with data visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent) preferred.

Benefits

As a Data Scientist Analyst, you will be part of a company that is dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. Elevance Health offers a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Schedule

Associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week, depending on the role and location.

Pay

Market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.