Lead Data Scientist

About this role

<p><strong>Opportunity Overview:</strong></p> <p>As a Lead Data Scientist at Cohere Health, you will drive high-impact analytics and modeling initiatives that directly inform product development, clinical strategy, and business decision-making. You’ll operate as a senior individual contributor, owning complex problem spaces end-to-end, from framing ambiguous questions to delivering actionable insights and scalable solutions.</p> <p>You’ll partner closely with Product, Clinical, and Engineering teams to translate real-world healthcare challenges into data-driven strategies, while helping elevate analytical rigor and best practices across the team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and wants to make a meaningful impact on how care is delivered.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own and execute end-to-end analytical projects, from problem framing and data exploration to model development and delivery of insights</li> <li>Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business and clinical questions into structured analytical approaches</li> <li>Develop advanced statistical models and analytical frameworks to drive decision-making and optimize outcomes</li> <li>Design and implement experiments, performance tracking, and hypothesis-driven analyses to inform product and clinical strategies</li> <li>Build scalable, reusable code and analytical assets to support ongoing insights and operationalization</li> <li>Communicate findings clearly through data visualization, storytelling, and executive-ready presentations</li> <li>Contribute to team best practices and mentor junior team members through guidance and review</li> </ul> <p><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></p> <p><strong>Must-haves</strong></p> <ul> <li>6+ years of experience in data science, ideally in healthcare or a mission-driven environment</li> <li>Strong experience translating ambiguous problems into structured analytical solutions</li> <li>Expertise in statistical modeling, experimentation, and data analysis methods</li> <li>Hands-on experience tuning and evaluating ML models for NLP tasks (e.g., transformers, large language models)</li> <li>Experience building and scaling data science solutions in cloud environments (e.g., AWS)</li> <li>Expertise in Python programming language</li> <li>Experience working with large, complex datasets (e.g., claims, EMR, or similar)</li> <li>Ability to communicate complex insights to both technical and non-technical audiences</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nice-to-haves</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience applying data science solutions on healthcare data (EMR, claims, SDOH data)</li> <li>Familiarity with distributed data processing (e.g., PySpark, Spark SQL)</li> <li>Experience with search or graph-based data systems (e.g., Elasticsearch, graph databases)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Ability to commute/relocate:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hyderabad, Telangana: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Interview Process*:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Connect with Talent Acquisition </li> <li>Meet with the Hiring Manager</li> <li>Behavioral Interview(s)</li> <li>Case Study</li> <li>Interview with Senior Leadership</li> </ol> <p>*Subject to change</p> <p><strong>About Cohere Health:</strong></p> <p>Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans’ strategic goals and providers’ needs, optimizing the speed, cost, and quality of care. With an enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making across the care continuum–including policy, prior authorization, payment accuracy, and more–the company improves collaboration and reduces burden, resulting in up to 8x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction. </p> <p>With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we expanded our AI-native platform with a comprehensive Payment Integrity Suite that spans data mining, clinical and coding validation, authorization and claims reconciliation, and end-to-end payment integrity services across pre- and post-pay workflows. By connecting clinical and payment insights, our transparent, AI-powered solutions help health plans proactively improve payment accuracy, reduce waste and vendor dependency, strengthen provider relationships, and build smarter, more efficient payment integrity programs.</p> <p>Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry-wide recognition. We’ve been recognized on TIME’s World Top HealthTech Companies 2025 list, the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024.</p> <p><strong>We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!</strong></p> <p><strong>Equal Opportunity Statement: </strong></p> <p>Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all.  To us, it’s personal.</p> <p><strong>ISMS roles and responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Good knowledge of Information practices.</li> <li>Assist the manager in all the information security activities…