Data Scientist 2 - VICTR - Remote Available

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Organization:

VICTR

Job Summary:

Data Scientist 2 – VICTR

JOB SUMMARY
In your pivotal role of Data Scientist 2, you will make big-data discoveries, build the resources necessary to enable those discoveries, and coordinate data-related activities of the project team(s). Work closely with research informatics faculty and staff to expand and create innovative big data resources to enable data-driven translational science. Identify appropriate resources needed and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of project(s). Find insights in data, as well as solve related medium to complex problems.

BASIC QUALIFICIATIONS
• Master’s Degree in mathematics or statistics (or equivalent experience) (Required)
• 5 years of relevant experience (Required)
• PhD with 3 years of relevant experience

You will work Monday-Friday, traditional daytime business hours at our office on 2525 West End Ave. in Nashville, TN, though remote work may also be a consideration.

About the Department:
The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (VICTR) is Vanderbilt’s virtual home for clinical and translational research. Supported by Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Office of Research and the NIH-sponsored Clinical and Translational Service Award (CTSA), the mission of the institute is to transform the way ideas and research discoveries make their way from origin to patient care. VICTR functions to help researchers and clinicians do their jobs better by providing tools and support to improve the quality of research, publications, grant writing, and training for future doctors and researchers. For more information, please visit https://victr.vumc.org/.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build a solid data foundation in order to perform robust analytics.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, and recommend new approaches for data-driven decision-making.
• Guide and educate data science teams to provide unbiased and accurate information, analysis, consultation, and recommendations to support strategic and operational data science initiatives.
• Make strategic recommendations on data collection, integration and retention requirements, incorporating business requirements and knowledge of best practices.
• Build machine learning pipelines and personalized data products.
• Advise leadership on implications of the data for products, processes and decisions.
• Develop and implement reproducible cross-validation frameworks to evaluate machine learning and artificial intelligence models across heterogeneous datasets and computing environments

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

INFRASTRUCTURE (INTERMEDIATE)

• Identify the data-analytics problems that offer the greatest opportunities. Determine the correct data sets and variables. Collect large sets of structured and unstructured data from disparate sources. Clean and validate the data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and uniformity. Devise and applies models and algorithms to mine the stores of big data. Analyze the data to identify patterns and trends. Interpret the data to discover solutions and opportunities. 

ANALYSIS AND TESTING (INTERMEDIATE)

• Bring structure to large quantities of formless data and make analysis possible. Identify rich data sources, join them with other, potentially incomplete data sources, clean the resulting set and validate the data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and uniformity. Identify trends, correlations, and high-level characteristics to detect key insights and make predictions.  Find a story within a data set and provide a coherent narrative about key data insights.

DATA PRODUCTS (INTERMEDIATE)

• Use machine learning and artificial intelligence to turn massive data streams produced by operations into insights. Use programming languages such as Python, R, SQL, and Jupyter for statistics, mathematics, algorithms, modeling, data visualization, and reproducible research and reporting.  Use cloud computing, cloud-based services and APIs for data storage and access, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI).

COMMUNICATION (NOVICE)

• Deliver data to internal and external customers in the form of dashboards, reports, and emails. Effectively communicate technical and business ideas and information to others, including non-technical audiences in writing, with numbers, verbally and/or visually. Share knowledge, ideas and information openly, and effectively sell new ideas and influence others.

Our Academic Enterprise is one of the nation’s longest serving and most prestigious academic medical centers. Through its historic bond with Vanderbilt University and integral role in the School of Medicine, Vanderbilt Health cultivates distinguished research and educational programs to advance a clinical enterprise that provides compassionate and personalized care and support for millions of patients and family members each year.

World-leading academic departments and comprehensive centers of excellence pursue scientific discoveries and transformational educational and clinical advances across the entire spectrum of health and disease.

Aligning with Vanderbilt Health’s Strategic Directions, the Office of Research provides shared research resources, administrative expertise and professional guidance to enable the trans-disciplinary environment and highly collaborative culture that advances discovery and training for all the research faculty, trainees, students and staff. 

Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment. Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area. Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues:- Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.- Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences. Delivering Excellent Services:- Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.- Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.- Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.- Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.- Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation:- Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.- Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.- Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications :

Work Experience :

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level :

5 years

Education :

Master's

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity.  EOE/Vets/Disabled.