Discovery Health
Data Scientist
About Discovery
Discovery's core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.
About (Data Science Unit)
The Risk Intelligence team is responsible for the measurement and reporting of clinical experience for each of our client schemes, providing actuarial analytic support for managed care interventions, healthcare quality public reporting initiatives, provider contracting, and clinical profile reports of clinician utilisation patterns and adherence to evidence based clinical process measures.
Key Purpose
In this role you will be involved in creating opportunities that delight our customers by leveraging Discovery's vast clinical, demographic, and operational data. The successful applicant will be working within a highly specialized and growing team investigating ways to optimize and improve client services for Discovery's client schemes. The successful candidate must be motivated, productive and work well within a team.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
Connecting with a multitude of stakeholders to understand the data in a healthcare context
Mining large structured and unstructured datasets to find new insights to inform healthcare efficiency and interaction strategies
Research and application of the most up to date machine learning algorithms and AI techniques
Present data and model findings in a way that provides actionable insights
Implementing results for use in both the internal and external environments
Monitoring model performance
Improve processes and databases where opportunities arise
Personal Attributes and Skills
Expert in data science programming languages such as R, Python, Scala
Expert in data manipulation skills including SQL to extract, transform and load data
Experience in interactive data exploration and data-driven story telling
Understanding and application of Big Data and distributed computing principles (Hadoop and MapReduce)
Hands on experience with Big Data systems will be preferred
Strong analytical and statistical knowledge with an understanding of the latest machine learning algorithms for both structured and unstructured data
Ability to formulate problem statements and develop a plan for tackling the problem
Strong ability to communicate findings and recommendations from data (visual, verbal and written)
Production environment machine learning and AI
A passion for data exploration and complex healthcare environment
Self-starter
Willingness to learn and grow exponentially
A restless curiosity towards data and uncovering unknown correlations
Ability to work cohesively in a team environment and balance multiple priorities
A team player who can work alone when required and without supervision
High level of attention to detail, resilience, enthusiasm, energy and drive
Positive, can-do attitude
Ethical and able to maintain confidentiality and manage boundaries
Aligned to Discovery values and core purpose
Education and Experience
Honours or Master's degree in either Data Science, Statistics, or Applied Mathematics with some experience in software engineering, computer science or working with big disparate sets of data, OR
Honours or Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering with solid experience in statistical modelling, data mining and machine learning
Other analytical qualifications will also be considered if accompanied by the relevant experience
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
