Lead Data Scientist

Boston, MA, United States

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The Lead Data Science and Machine Learning (ML) executes Ontada’s technology roadmaps in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP) Data Platform roadmap through close collaboration with Ontada commercial, chart abstraction and engineering teams. He/she follows the agile development methodology to rapidly iterate prototypes and scales them to platform re-usable capabilities in order to accelerate data product and insight delivery to health care and life science customers, while maintaining sustainable growth. Thought leadership in ML/NLP and excellent communication skills with the ability to resolve competing priorities are required for this position.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop state-of-the-art NLP or AI pipeline to meet Ontada business mission timelines

Present and communicate the ML/NLP strategy and project to all stakeholders in Ontada and McKesson leaderships, as well as customers and prospects

Execute full life cycle ML/NLP solutions, from planning, designing, technical implementation, troubleshooting, deployment, validation, and maintenance

Able to work under ambiguous requirements and conflicting priorities

Perform code reviews with peers to guarantee high quality products

Collaborate on technology implementation to automate data processes and inferences

Direct annotation workflow and abstractor training process development

Develop trust partnership with stakeholders through transparency and incremental delivery of value

Manage third-party vendors

Evaluate innovative technologies and tools prior to wider business adoption

Typical Minimum Requirements:

10+ years of hands on experience in advanced analytics, machine learning, and natural language processing

5+ years experience applying encoder/decoder AI model to text and multi-modal documents

Critical Skills:

Experience in mining Claims and EHR (Electronic Health Records) data, preferably oncology related data

Experience managing full lifecycle, from research to production, of machine learning data products

Experience in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and NLP for unstructured data analysis

Experience in Large Langue Model (LLM) and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

Experience with data curation and analysis packages (e.g., NumPy, Keras, PyTorch, Pandas, scikit-learn)

Knowledge of NLP libraries, ontology-based and deep learning-based libraries, (i.e., Huggingface, SpaCy, NLTK, cTAKES, MetaMap, or John Snow Labs)

Experience with modern cloud technologies in AWS and Azure

Experience with ML workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, MLflow)

Experience with Github, JIRA and Confluence

Solves problems in unique ways by drawing from background and experience working in an array of contexts

Experience in working in root cause identification and analysis

Experience with healthcare data, real-world data, or clinical data

​ Additional Skills:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience working in the life sciences or the bio/chemical research field

Experience in oncology data and clinical workflow

Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset and self-direction, ability to mentor others and willingness to learn new techniques

Willingness to jump into projects and complex environments to make sense of ambiguous details in multiple domains

Education:

MS or PhD in data science or related field

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As part of Total Rewards, we are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

Our Base Pay Range for this position $176,900 - $294,800 McKesson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.Qualified applicants will not be disqualified from consideration for employment based upon criminal history.

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