Staff Data Scientist, SmithRx
$161.5-228k
Salary range dependent on candidate location
Next-generation pharmacy benefits
Open for applications
Next-generation pharmacy benefits
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$161.5-228k
Salary range dependent on candidate location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To reduce the complexity and costs of pharmacy benefits for America's employers and patients.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. mathematics, statistics)
- Master’s or Ph.D. degree is preferred
- 8+ years of hands-on experience influencing product and business decision-making through experimentation and advanced analytics
- Healthcare and/or pharmacy experience is preferred
- Advanced technical proficiency, including deep experience:
- Leveraging SQL & dbt to query, transform, and validate complex data sets
- Leveraging scripting languages (e.g. Python) and statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R) for advanced statistical modeling
- Collaborating with Data & Analytics Engineers to architect robust data models and institute world-class data quality guardrails
- A self-starter mentality, proactively identifying novel ways to drive impact, devising creative solutions to complex challenges, and independently delivering on commitments
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, seamlessly adapting between business and technical audiences
- Proven leadership prowess, including the ability to drive clarity by articulating a compelling vision and bring people along with you
What the job involves
- As a Staff Data Scientist at SmithRx, you’ll play a pivotal role on a high-impact Data team, leading through technical excellence, mentoring emerging talent, and delivering insights that accelerate our mission to make healthcare more affordable & accessible. You’ll have a genuine opportunity to shape our product, business, and people, and reinforce our position as the market leader in the Modern PBM revolution. If you’re a hands-on problem-solver eager to make a tangible difference in a high-growth health tech environment, come join us at SmithRx!
- Partner with technical and business leaders to design key metrics, dashboards, and AI-enabled data products that are widely-adopted and influence cross-functional strategic direction and multi-year roadmaps
- Establish hypothesis-driven decision-making as the default operating mode across partner teams through statistically rigorous experimentation
- Tackle undefined, open-ended problems by defining both the "what" and "how" and conducting rigorous analyses that drive meaningful product and business impact
- Transform complex findings into compelling narratives that provide strategic clarity and influence broader organizational direction
- Collaborate closely with Data Engineers to influence the design, development, and maintenance of dimensional data models, ensuring data is complete, accurate, and reliably delivered
- Champion world-class data governance practices, continuously raising the bar for data & code quality across technical teams
- Partner with stakeholders to align roadmaps with business priorities, anticipating emerging needs before they are formally requested and driving positive outcomes in high-stakes contexts
- Operate as a force multiplier whose influence fosters growth across partner teams, providing incisive technical mentorship, inspiring intellectual curiosity, and driving clarity amidst ambiguity
Our take
PBMs (Pharmacy Benefit Managers) save payers and patients 40% to 50% on prescription drug and related medical costs in the US, compared to what they would spend without them. It’s generally accepted, though, that PBMs are working for profit and not solely on the customers benefit.
SmithRx is a company looking to reduce complications in the current system with its innovative PBM structure. It uses its cloud-based technology to present the most cost effective options transparently to self-insured businesses, supporting them in getting the lowest cost drugs they can, as well as making the transition to these alternatives seamless.
It does this by partnering with innovative drug companies, as well as applying coupons and making use of available savings and assistance programs. As the company does not take economics from the supply chain, it is able to work for its customers with no hidden agendas. And with significant growth, cost savings, customer satisfaction, and market traction in 2024, the company is very much on track for continued success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2024
$60m
SERIES C
Mar 2022
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $97.5m
Company benefits
- Wellness: Extensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Life and Disability: Fully paid Life Insurance and Disability coverage
- Parental Leave: Paid leave benefits for new parents
- Career Growth: Training, development and advancement support
- Vacation Time: Generous and flexible paid time off
Company HQ
South Park, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jake Frenz
(Founder & CEO)Previously worked as Director of Plan Operations at CollectiveHealth and Project Director at Anthem Inc.
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