Hybrid Lead Data Scientist – Patient Safety

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About the role

  • Lead Data Scientist focusing on building generative AI solutions for pharmacy safety. Partnering with teams to enhance medication safety and support pharmacy workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Pioneer the next generation of analytics and decision intelligence supporting pharmacy care.
  • Build and scale generative AI and agentic AI solutions that enhance medication safety.
  • Design and execute a safety-first, consumer-centric analytics strategy powered by AI agents and LLMs.
  • Integrate prescribing, dispensing, adherence, and engagement data to deliver proactive insights.
  • Collaborate with pharmacy operations, clinical, digital, and technology teams to support colleagues with intelligent tools.
  • Advance CVS Health’s purpose to simplify health care and improve well-being.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in advanced analytics, applied AI/ML, or decision science, with significant work in healthcare, pharmacy, or patient safety.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying solutions with LLMs, generative AI, or conversational AI frameworks, including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, safety guardrails, and human-in-the-loop workflows; prior NLP/ML experience before LLMs is strongly valued.
  • 5+ years of programming experience in Python and SQL, with experience deploying AI solutions in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and integrating with enterprise data platforms.
  • 5+ years’ experience in at least one area of advanced modeling for patient safety and pharmacy operations: predictive modeling for medication safety, medication error detection, non-adherence prediction, time-series forecasting, causal inference, or reinforcement learning for workflow optimization.
  • 3+ years’ experience translating complex AI and safety analytics into measurable clinical and business impact, including working with pharmacy leaders, clinical safety, and compliance partners.
  • 3+ years’ experience leading end-to-end AI solution delivery: from data curation and model development through validation, deployment, monitoring, and scaled adoption across retail pharmacy locations.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders, with a track record of building intuitive tools for pharmacists, technicians, clinicians, and call-center agents.

Benefits

  • Affordable medical plan options
  • 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Family leave
  • Dependent care resources
  • Colleague assistance programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • Retiree medical access
  • Many other benefits depending on eligibility.

Job title

Lead Data Scientist – Patient Safety

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$130,295 - $284,280 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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