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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Decision Scientist - Product Analytics - **Company:** CVS Health - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $142,140.0 - $284,280.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Usage Analysis, Data Analytics - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/D13FE8B2D05B48BD98BFA0F5F4649413/job/ ## About the Role * 4+ years of business experience leading mid-scale initiatives with track record of business impact * 7+ years total business experience * 2+ years of stakeholder management experience * 4+ years of experience with strategy consulting or on strategy teams in large companies * Ability to work with data using SQL and Python * Experience reviewing analytical methods and outputs Preferred Qualifications * 3+ years in a consulting firm using data to solve for client engagement * Experience in collecting user requirements and translating them into functional requirements for a data analytics solution * Experience in leading projects with Agile methodologies * Healthcare sector experience Education * Bachelor's degree in quantitative field, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience. * Master's degree in quantitative field or MBA strongly preferred. ## Description The Product Analytics team at Aetna, a CVS Health company, engages with a number of functional teams across CVS businesses to serve our members with better insurance products and to support our Sales teams in selling the right product to the right customer. Lead Decision Scientists play an instrumental role in building cross-functional coalitions, defining product roadmaps that drive forward the most impact and engage with our Data Science team to deliver the appropriate business solutions. Lead Decision Scientists structure ambiguous business problems into analytics frameworks, translate data insights into recommendations for business decisions, guide the evaluation of the business impact for those decisions and prioritize possible actions based on value, feasibility and risk. To be successful in the role, Lead Decision Scientists need to excel in stakeholder management, consult with multiple business functions, recommend data-driven decisions to grow the business impact and ultimately deliver the solutions built by our Data Science team into the hands of our stakeholders., * Apply experience from strategy consulting, and analytics to successfully act as the product owner for multiple analytics initiatives. * Demonstrate strong ability to communicate both technical concepts and implications to business partners, and business drivers to data-science partners. * Be regarded as a business specialist with deep content specific knowledge. * Translate business questions into analytics frameworks using the language of Data Scientists. * Present the business recommendations in executive-ready stories with concise recommendations and influence senior leaders * Identify delivery risks and apply a solid project management framework * Anticipate and prevent problems and roadblocks autonomously before they occur * Demonstrate a high level of ownership for business problems, roadmap prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and impact measurement ## Related Videos - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1146-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) - [30 powerful AWS hacks in just 30 minutes: Boost your developer productivity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1624-30-powerful-aws-hacks-in-just-30-minutes-boost-your-developer-productivity) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [How Data is Shaping our Games](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/176-how-data-is-shaping-our-games) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Data Analyst Salary in Switzerland](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/276-data-analyst-salary-in-switzerland) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again)