Senior Data Science Analyst - AI Ethics - Remote

Job Description
City

Rochester

State

Minnesota

Telecommute

Yes

Department

Center for Digital Health

Why Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is the nation's best hospital (U.S. News & World Report, 2020-2021) and ranked #1 in more specialties than any other care provider. We have a vast array of opportunities ranging from Nursing, Clinical, to Finance, IT, Administrative, Research and Support Services to name a few. Across all locations, you'll find career opportunities that support diversity, equity and inclusion. At Mayo Clinic, we invest in you with opportunities for growth and development and our benefits and compensation package are highly competitive. We invite you to be a part of our team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, and most importantly, a life-changing career!

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Position description

The Artificial... Intelligence/Machine Learning Innovation and Enablement team within the Center for Digital Health at Mayo Clinic is looking for a Senior Data Science Analyst to focus on AI ethics. We are building a team of about 20 talented data science and implementation analysts to develop and implement AI models into production use and will serve as a central resource to support or supplement areas on their AI projects. Mayo Clinic is investing $100M over ten years to eliminate racism and advance equity and we want to ensure we are doing ethical AI and help advance equity. We are looking for an AI Ethics data scientist to shape our data science practice.

As an expert in AI ethics, you will responsible for uncovering data science techniques to create the gold standard in practical AI ethics and demonstrable algorithmic fairness. AI Ethics efforts rapidly evolving and highly visible. This senior data scientist role will influence AI processes to ensure ethical data practices and algorithmic development are operationalized in our practice. You will translate ethical principles into practical strategies and methods, empowering teams to assess the algorithmic impact of their products on clinical and business practices.

Senior Data Science Analysts have advanced expertise in AI, using machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, decision trees, clustering, or pattern recognition, and the data science methods and mathematical theories underlying these tools used to analyze data. They take direction from Data Scientists, faculty and Principal Data Science Analysts. Preferred candidates have knowledge of healthcare data types, topics, and scientific challenges and approaches.

You will work with ethicists, informaticians and clinicians at Mayo to design, build, and run large-scale systems to evaluate the impact of machine learning models and algorithm-based recommendations on fairness, before implementation at the point of care. You will research and develop methods that measure inequities in datasets, models, or products and processes to impute data to address inequities. You will partner with product teams, privacy, legal, and other stakeholders to define and implement ethical data practices. You may provide consultative services to departments/divisions.

CDH2021

Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as engineering, mathematics, computer science, health science and at least 12 graduate level semester hours in domain-relevant sciences or seven years or more of data science and AI experience.
The preferred candidate will possess a PhD or Master's degree with one year experience in a relevant field such as engineering, mathematics, computer science, health science, or other analytical/quantitative field and a minimum of one year of professional or research experience in data.

The successful candidate will need to have both technical and business background/experience along with strong leadership skills. Good written and oral communication skills are required. Expertise in the use of scientific computing and data management packages. Ability to prioritize, organize, and delegate various tasks on projects. Demonstrated initiative in administration, education (seminars, training), software development, and technical reports. Demonstrated success in project management and communication skills.

Additional qualifications

Demonstrated ability to develop predictive and prescriptive models on large-scale datasets to address various business problems through leveraging advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, or data mining techniques. Demonstrated ability to provide consultative services to departments/divisions and committees from any Mayo entity requesting assistance is preferred. Demonstrated application of several problem-solving methodologies, planning techniques, continuous improvement methods, project management methods, and analytical tools and methodologies (e.g. machine learning, statistical packages, modeling, etc.) required. Incumbent must have ability to manage a varied workload of projects with multiple priorities and stay current on healthcare trends and enterprise changes. Strong interpersonal skills to include presentation, negotiation, persuasion, and written communications skills are required. Strong time management skills also are required. In addition, requires strong analytical skills, consulting skills, ability to identify and recommend solutions, advanced computer application skills and a commitment to customer service. Experience with data modeling and date exploration tools.

Exemption status

Exempt

Compensation Detail

Required education, experience, and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended. The salary range every 2 weeks is approx. $3,964.80-$5,748.80 based on a full-time position.

Benefits eligible

Yes

Schedule

Full Time

Hours / Pay period

80

Schedule details

M-F, daytime hours.
100% remote role, employee can work anywhere in the U.S.

Site description

Mayo Clinic is located in the heart of downtown Rochester, Minnesota, a vibrant, friendly city that provides a highly livable environment for more than 34,000 Mayo staff and students. The city is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the United States because of its affordable cost of living, healthy lifestyle, excellent school systems and exceptionally high quality of life.

Category

Administration, Business, Finance

Job posting number

154100BR

Recruiter

Laura Percival

Equal opportunity employer

As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer Mayo Clinic is committed to creating an inclusive environment that values the diversity of its employees and does not discriminate against any employee or candidate. Women, minorities, veterans, people from the LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply to join our teams. Reasonable accommodations to access job openings or to apply for a job are available