Data Scientist

Overview

The Data Scientist will play a crucial role in advancing the CDC Foundation's mission by leveraging data to inform strategic decisions and initiatives in a public health organization. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, sustainable Tableau dashboards and visual analytics products that provide timely, accurate, and actionable insights to inform public health decision-making.
• Partner with internal programs, epidemiologists, and external stakeholders to gather requirements, understand analytic needs, and translate business and public health questions into effective visualization solutions.
• Analyze and interpret complex, multi-source public health datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights relevant to policy, operations, and population health outcomes.
• Translate complex data and analytic findings into clear, intuitive, and accessible visualizations for audiences with varying levels of technical expertise.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and data integrity across dashboards by applying visualization standards, data validation practices, and organizational governance requirements.
• Design and publish visualizations that comply with data suppression, privacy, and confidentiality standards appropriate for public health data.
• Apply Tableau and data visualization best practices to ensure dashboards are scalable, well-structured, and maintainable over time.
• Document data sources, business logic, assumptions, and dashboard functionality to support transparency, reuse, and long-term sustainability.
• Communicate insights through dashboards, reports, and presentations that effectively support leadership, partners, and decision-makers.
• Provide analytic and visualization support to inform public health programs, initiatives, and policy development.
• Stay current with emerging trends, tools, and methodologies in data visualization, analytics, and public health informatics, and apply innovative approaches to improve analytic capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Data Science, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, Computer Science, or related field. Master’s or PhD in related field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience developing data visualizations and dashboards using Tableau.
• Strong experience in visualization tools, specifically Tableau.
• Familiarity with data manipulation and analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Python).
• Experience applying data privacy, suppression, and confidentiality standards in dashboards and reports.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to interpret complex datasets and derive meaningful insights.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical partners effectively.
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving project requirements and priorities.
• Professional certifications in data visualizations (Tableau Desktop Specialist or Certified Data Analyst) or public health analytics preferred.
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; collegial; energetic; and able to develop productive relationships with colleagues, partners, and partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently and within teams.
• Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.