Chief Informatics Data Scientist

Company: University of Miami
Location: Miami
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this tip sheet . Transforming Lives The University of Miami is among the top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation, and one of the largest private employers in South Florida.With more than 16,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.The University is committed to fostering a culture of belonging, where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to add value. Through values of Diversity, Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Compassion, Creativity, and Teamwork (DIRECCT) the U community works together to create an environment driven by purpose, excellence, community, and service.The Chief Informatics Data Scientist is a role in the University of Miami Health System (UHealth) Information Technology (IT Department) and reports to the UHealth Chief Information Officer. They will play a pivotal role in planning, executing and delivering artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, machine learning, NextGen Medical Education and clinical research related data projects. The bulk of the work will be in machine learning (ML) modelling, management and problem analysis, data exploration and preparation, data collection and integration, and turn over to the Chief Data Officer organization for operationalization.The Chief Informatics Data Scientist will be a key interface between the UHealth IT Department and the UHealth Clinical Enterprise, MSOM NextGen Medical Education and Vice Provost for Research.Accountabilities

• Guide and inspire the organization about the business potential and strategy of artificial intelligence (AI)/data science
• Identify data-driven/ML business opportunities
• Collaborate across the business to understand IT and business constraints
• Prioritize, scope and manage data science projects and the corresponding key performance indicators (KPIs) for success
• Help to define and communicate governance principles
• Understand new data sources and process pipelines, and catalog/document them
• Acquire access to various databases, and other source systems such as SQL or graph databases.
• Help to create data pipelines for more efficient and repeatable data science projects
• Apply statistical analysis and visualization techniques to various data, such as hierarchical clustering, T-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE), principal components analysis (PCA)
• Generate hypotheses about the underlying mechanics of the business process
• Test hypotheses using various quantitative methods
• Display drive and curiosity to understand the business process to its core
• Network with domain experts to better understand the business mechanics that generated the data
• Apply various ML and advanced analytics techniques to perform classification or prediction tasks
• Integrate domain knowledge into the ML solution; for example, from an understanding of financial risk, customer journey, quality prediction, sales, marketing
• Testing of ML models, such as cross-validation, A/B testing, bias and fairness
• Collaborate with ML operations (MLOps), data engineers, and IT to evaluate and implement ML deployment options
• Integrate model performance management tools into the current business infrastructure
• Implement champion/challenger test (A/B tests) on production systems
• Continuously monitor execution and health of production ML models
• Establish best practices around ML production infrastructure
• Train other business and IT staff on basic data science principles and techniques
• Train peers on specialist data science topics
• Network with internal and external partners
• Upskill yourself (through conferences, publications, courses, local academia and meetups).
• Promote collaboration with other data science teams within the organization (if there is a decentralized data science practice). Encourage reuse of artifacts
• Plans and coordinates educational programs within the Miller School of Medicine for the UHealth IT Informatics TrackSupervision Received Position Reports directly to the VP, CIO Minimum Qualifications (Essential Requirements):
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field is required. A Master's degree is preferred.
  • Candidates must have a specialization in ML, AI, cognitive science or data science
  • 5-10 years of related and progressive experience combining IT delivery, solutions implementation, project management, operations management, and team leadership.
  • Ideally 5+ years of experience in Management Consulting, Customer Success, Account Management, Business Development, or other client-facing role.
  • Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) including the ability to communicate ideas in both technical and end-user friendly language.
  • Service, project, and results-orientation with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • High-energy work ethic, ability to establish vision, drive change, and deliver results.
  • Ability to facilitate cross-functional teams to develop, deliver, operationalize, document, and support solutions.
  • Knowledge of developing and managing SLAs,--KPIs, and critical success factors for IT services, processes, operations, and work environments.
  • Knowledge of developing and managing continuous improvement programs.
  • Well-organized, with a high attention to detail and ability to prioritize.
  • Punctuality and ability to meet deadlines.
  • Proficiency with MS Office/Office 365.The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.Job Status:Full timeEmployee Type:StaffPay Grade:i112 Posted 4 Days Ago Full time R100045133 About Us A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation's top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. A private research university with more than 17,000 students from around the world, the University of Miami is focused on creating a future that cuts across geographic, cultural, and intellectual borders. The University comprises 11 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 180 majors and programs. The University ranks No. 57 on U.S. News & World Report's 2020 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2020 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Established in 1925 during the region's famous real estate boom, today the University is a major research university engaged in nearly $346 million in research and sponsored program expenditures annually. While the majority of this work is housed at the Miller School of Medicine, investigators conduct hundreds of studies in other areas, including marine science, engineering, education, and psychology. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.

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