Senior Data Scientist, Virta Health

$165-213.1k

Offers Equity

SQL
Python
Tableau
Looker
R
dbt
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
Virta Health

Diabetes reversal treatment

Open for applications

Virta Health

Diabetes reversal treatment

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2CPersonal healthMedTech

Open for applications

$165-213.1k

Offers Equity

SQL
Python
Tableau
Looker
R
dbt
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2CPersonal healthMedTech

Company mission

To revolutionize healthcare by proving chronic diabetes is reversible in hundreds of millions of people.

Role

Who you are

  • 7+ years of experience in a Healthcare Analytics or Data Science role, working with large datasets and conducting statistical and quantitative modeling, melding analytics with strong programming, data mining, clustering and segmentation
  • 5+ years of work experience working data science and visualization tools (SQL, R, and/or Python)
  • Advanced understanding of data storage, ETL frameworks, data transformation, and validation
  • Experience in building BI dashboards using tools such as Looker or Tableau
  • Experience leading cross-functional efforts to build scalable systems and data pipelines, working with complex data structures
  • Ability to explain technology, techniques and approaches to others

Desirable

  • Worked at a healthcare startup during the growth phase
  • Understanding of Generative AI concepts
  • Experience building pipelines using dbt
  • Experience translating & standardizing medical/pharmacy claims data
  • Familiarity with EHR, FHIR data structures
  • Demonstrated project management experience

What the job involves

  • The Insights & Analytics team is accountable for both pioneering new classes of data that power our business, and ensuring that data is powerful, clear, correct and easy to use throughout the company
  • The team collaborates closely with the engineering, product development, commercial, and clinical teams to transform data into actionable insights that propel Virta's mission forward
  • As a Senior Data Scientist on the Insights & Analytics team, you will play a crucial role in shaping our data-driven decision making processes and in driving impactful insights that advance our mission
  • This role offers a unique blend of hands-on coding and strategic leadership, working closely in partnership with the Product Development group that supports our client-facing products
  • You will also get a chance to work closely with other Commercial Team stakeholders to create impactful data-driven reports and analyses that strengthen Virta’s value proposition
  • Serve as data lead for the Client Product Squad, inclusive of collaboration on roadmap prioritization, statistical analysis on business data to validate and quantify trends, workflow redesign experimentation, and building
  • Powerful and clear data pipelines that support our client-facing operations & products
  • Lead cross-functional analytics meetings to keep stakeholders apprised of relevant OKRs and experiment outcomes
  • Build pipelines that translate clinical, member, and claims data from our data warehouse to inform experimentation and other analytic needs
  • Work directly with the Commercial Team to develop and generate reports & analyses that enhance Virta’s value proposition
  • Operate within an agile framework, working with your manager and team members to strategically prioritize projects, balancing resources effectively
  • Within your first 90 days at Virta, we expect you will do the following:
  • Familiarize yourself with the Insights & Analytics team roles and responsibilities. Get a pulse on team structure, key stakeholders, and areas for opportunity with an eye towards scalability and standardization
  • Integrate with the Client Product Squad to understand team dynamics, analyze key product features and data pipelines, and familiarize yourself with the Squad’s product roadmap
  • Analyze current client journey to understand Virta’s technology ecosystem
  • Learn about Virta Health’s different product offerings and our enrollment requirements across them
  • Meet cross-functional stakeholders to understand how their business needs align with Squad and Team goals
  • Identify at least 1 area of opportunity to leverage GenAI to increase team efficiency or improve our processes
  • Teach and inspire your team members through knowledge sharing, pair programming, and giving feedback during code reviews

Our take

Much of the care for type 2 diabetes has been based on control and prevention, rather than a direct reversal of the issue. Virta Health is changing that, providing patients with personalized treatment plans, virtual monitoring and patient care.

Instead of depending upon medication, which often needs to be increased over time, the company is tackling the problem at its root and takes a fundamentally different approach that is better for the patient, and more economical for insurers. Among enrolled patients in its clinical trial at one year, 60% achieved diabetes reversal.

Although other similar platforms such as Vida Health exist, with more than 88 million prediabetic Americans and 30 million diabetic Americans, there's a large market to share. Virta's $133 million funding round in 2021 has accelerated its efforts to drive widespread adoption of its telehealth-powered diabetes reversal treatment.

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4% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Apr 2021

$133m

SERIES E

Dec 2020

$65m

SERIES D

Total funding: $373m

Company benefits

  • Remote-first work environment with ability to work from home
  • Flexible work hours & time off policy
  • Virta pays 99% of all employee health insurance premiums, and 75% for all dependents
  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • Enroll in the Virta treatment for free and give a discount to friends and family
  • Internet, home office, learning & development stipends
  • Employee Resource Groups like Parents of Virta, Ladies of Virta, and Virtans for DEI
  • 401K and ROTH contribution opportunities

Company values

  • People first - We take care of ourselves, our peers, and our patients equally
  • Ownership - We empower our employees to do work that matters, and give our people autonomy to do their best work
  • Impact - We focus on the important small steps to create the greatest positive impact. We prioritize impact over busy work
  • No ego - We believe everyone has something to teach, and everyone has something to learn
  • Transparency - Trust and empowerment are promoted through open access to information. We have integrity in everything we do
  • Evidence-based - We follow the evidence, and prioritize data and science over seniority and dogma
  • Risk taking & rapid iteration - We test, learn and repeat quickly: a failed test is a chance to learn. Progress is never sacrificed for perfection

Company HQ

Civic Center, Denver, CO

Leadership

Worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors. Co-founder of online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group.

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