Data Science Advisor

Join Us as a Data Science Advisor Step into a role where your expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning will help shape the future of healthcare. At Evernorth Health Services, you'll be part of a passionate team dedicated to making medicine safer, more affordable, and smarter for everyone. We're looking for ambitious and compassionate experts who thrive on solving complex challenges and driving meaningful change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and deployment of advanced AI/ML solutions that improve member experience and business outcomes.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for innovation, cost reduction, and revenue growth.

• Apply model lifecycle best practices to ensure consistency, reproducibility, and strong model governance.

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with technical and business teams, including Data Engineering, Product Owners, and ML Enablement.

• Drive advanced analytics in areas such as Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, and predictive modeling.

• Communicate data insights creatively and clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Act as a subject matter expert, mentoring team members and contributing to a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Applied/Health/Quant Economics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or related quantitative discipline.

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience (or 1+ years for PhD holders).

• Proficiency in machine learning, statistics, and data science fundamentals.

• Experience with time-series modeling/forecasting and scalable forecast hierarchies.

• Strong coding skills in Python, R, SQL, and experience with cloud and on-prem computing platforms.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred:

• Master's or PhD in a related field.

• Prior experience with healthcare data (e.g., claims, EHR, disease indicators).

• Experience with ML lifecycle management, documentation, and logging.

• Familiarity with tools such as Tableau, ggplot, seaborn, plotly, bokeh, altair, holoviews.

• Experience working in cross-functional teams and mentoring others.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

About The Cigna Group

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: for support. Do not email for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.