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# Principal Data Scientist

- **Company:** CVS Health
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $144,200 - $288,400
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Big Data, Machine Learning, Build Management, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/63fa5b9f-97a8-400f-9bab-226b584b91b7

## About the Role

* 10 or more years of progressively complex related experience, including measurement or applied AI/agentic solutions
 * Expertise in advanced analytics tools and languages to analyze large data sets from multiple data sources
 * Expertise in innovating, implementing novel machine learning, and generative AI techniques, * Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
 * Strong organizational, management and leadership skills
 * Comprehensive knowledge of the health care industry, products, systems, business strategies and products
 * Experience measuring marketing or campaign effectiveness at scale
 * Demonstrates advanced in-depth specialization in mathematical analysis methods, machine learning, statistical analyses, causal inference, experimental design, and predictive modeling
 * Superior ability to communicate technical ideas and results to non-technical clients in written and verbal form, and to negotiate across the business and the external health care environment

Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Economics, Physics, Engineering, or related discipline.

Master's degree or PhD preferred

## Description

* Leads development and execution of new and/or highly complex algorithms and statistical and causal inference models for measurement and determines analytical approaches and modeling techniques to evaluate campaign impact and inform future decisions
 * Establishes analytical rigor and statistical methods to analyze large amounts of data, using advanced statistical techniques and mathematical analyses, including bias control and cross-campaign insight methods
 * Build and deploy automation and agentic solutions for Aetna Marketing: Develop agents and workflows using standard enterprise tools, frameworks and resources, and move approved use cases from pilot through scaled launch.
 * Enable governed, scalable agent orchestration: Establish reusable frameworks for access, knowledge and risk management, along with measurement and auditability, so every agent aligns with CVS AI governance policies, including bringing existing agents into compliance.
 * Expand and sustain the portfolio: Support enhancements and customizations needed to extend solutions to additional Marketing teams, and maintain the agent reports/dashboards, repositories, templates and playbooks that keep the program running.
 * Manages highly complex analytical projects from data exploration, model building, performance evaluation and testing
 * Applies in-depth knowledge of campaign end to end execution to consult and advise on additional efforts across the organization
 * Motivates team members and probes into technical details, and mentors others to do the same
 * Provides thought leadership and direction for analytic solutions, tools and studies, strategy and roadmap
 * Anticipates and solves strategic and high-risk business problems with broad impact on the business area by applying leading-edge theories and techniques to investigate problems, detect patterns and recommend solutions
 * Interacts with internal and external peers and management to share highly complex information/solutions related to areas of expertise and/or to gain acceptance of new or enhanced technology/ business solutions