Lead Data Scientist
Waltham, MA

Job Description

Do you want to use your skills and talent to make a meaningful impact on healthcare?

Wolters Kluwer Health is a fast-growing and innovation-driven healthcare information technology company working on the front lines of clinical care. Our talented team of clinicians, technologists, and product visionaries collaborate to provide advanced solutions that tackle some of the most challenging problems in our healthcare system.

We are searching for a lead data scientist who is passionate about technology and healthcare to build models and applications in areas such Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. You should be willing to take on challenges of unknown dimensions, and work hand in hand with clinicians, customers, and developers. You will need to have very strong technical skills in data sciences and a proven ability to deliver products to the market.

Reporting into the Wolters Kluwer Health CTO team, this role is crucial to the continued growth and evolution of one of the leading global healthcare technology companies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Engage as a key member of the applied data sciences team
* A self-starter who can align the technology with the overall product strategy
* Develop novel algorithms and models in the medical domain in collaboration with clinicians, product managers, and software engineers
* Develop models to infer or predict disease conditions with a high level of accuracy
* Work on training and refining various models to attain a high bar of required specificity needed in healthcare
* Learn fast through hands-on rapid prototyping of 3rd party software, both commercial and Open Source, and proprietary development
* Assess various machine learning frameworks and packages
* Collaborate effectively with other data sciences teams to align on direction and leverage existing tools and knowledge
* Monitor trends in Machine Learning and NLP to influence the solutions within Wolters Kluwer Health

Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education:

* Bachelors Degree and 7+ years of experience or Masters Degree and 5+ years of experience or PhD and 3+ years of experience. PhD preferred in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent; specializing in machine learning, NLP, or a related field.

Experience:

* Experience in advanced technical domains, data sciences, various machine learning techniques, and primary project leadership
* Familiarity with programming in languages such as Python, Java, or C/C++
* Demonstrated ability to function within a team of multiple disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

The following is highly desired, but not required:

* Strong research publication record
* Expertise in software development
* Experience in Semantic Web technologies
* Experience in healthcare
* Experience or understanding of SNOMED, ICD-10, LOINC, and CPT
* Strong communication skills and the ability to relay and simplify complex concepts

Travel up to 10%

ABOUT WOLTERSKLUWER

Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX: WKL) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2018 annual revenues of €4.3 billion. The company, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 19,000 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

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