What you can expect!
Find joy in serving others with IEHP! We welcome you to join us in “healing and inspiring the human spirit” and to pivot from a “job” opportunity to an authentic experience!
Under the direction of the Manager, Data Science, the Data Scientist II is responsible for modeling complex institutional problems, discovering insights, and identifying opportunities using statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques. Collaborating closely with Data Science Developers, this role partners with our business stakeholders to identify ways to augment and enhance our data in order to provide insight beyond what can be gleaned from the data we have today.
Commitment to Quality: The IEHP Team is committed to incorporate IEHP’s Quality Program goals including, but not limited to, HEDIS, CAHPS, and NCQA Accreditation.
IEHP is not only committed to healing and inspiring the human spirit of our Members, but we also aim to match our team members with the same energy by providing prime benefits and more.
Lead and drive cross-functional data science projects from beginning to end, which include building relationships with partner teams, framing and structuring questions, collecting, and analyzing data.
Apply descriptive and predictive analytics to help drive insights and business decisions.
Apply a diverse set of tactics such as statistics, quantitative reasoning, and machine learning to research and produce insights.
Work with data engineering and data solutions teams to ensure proper data tracking is set up for features and support debugging and development of new ETL processes.
Build deep-dive analyses and eventual machine learning models to better forecast risk across the portfolio for our contracts and claims activity.
Support business operations, finance, quality systems, and other internal teams by building analytics and reporting to understand overall business performance and increase organizational efficiencies.
Manage tests for specific providers and generate data to build out case studies and messaging strategies.
Designs experiments, test hypotheses, and build models.
Conducts data analysis and create moderately complex algorithms.
Work with Institute stakeholders to identify the business requirements and the expected outcomes.
Work with and alongside business analysts by suggesting other products of interest to the client.
Models and frames business scenarios that are meaningful and which impact on critical business processes and/or decisions.
Collaborate with Institute subject matter experts to select the relevant sources of information.
Recommend ongoing improvements to methods and algorithms that lead to findings, including new information
Provide on-going tracking and monitoring of performance of decision systems and statistical models.
Communicate analysis and decisions to high-level stakeholders and executives in verbal, visual, and written formats.
Collaborate with business leaders, subject matter experts, and decision makers to develop success criteria and optimize new solutions, features, policies, and models.
Demonstrate a commitment to support IEHP’s strategic priorities to become a 5-Star Health Plan and incorporate LEAN principles into daily work.
Ensure the privacy and security of PHI (Protected Health Information) as outlined in IEHP's policies and procedures relating to HIPAA compliance.
Perform any other duties as required to ensure Health Plan operations and department business needs are successful.
Education & Requirement
Key Qualifications
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This position is on a hybrid work schedule. (Monday & Friday - remote, Tuesday – Thursday onsite in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.)
Should be willing to be on-call occasionally to attend to technical issues outside of normal business hours
USD $118,601.60 - USD $157,144.00 /Yr.

With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans, the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid public health plan in the country, and for the fourth year in a row, certified as A Great Place To Work®. Founded in 1996, IEHP supports more than 1.5 million Riverside and San Bernardino County residents enrolled in Medicaid or IEHP DualChoice (those with both Medi-Cal and Medicare). As of 2024, IEHP also offers Covered California plans, further ensuring health care access for even more IE residents. Today, IEHP has a robust network of quality doctors throughout our two counties and nearly 4,000 team members who are fully committed to the vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. To learn more, go to iehp.org.
Comprehensive Benefits
Competitive salary and a benefits package with a value estimated at 35% of the annual salary, including medical, dental, vision, team bonus, and retirement plan.
Mission: To heal and inspire the human spirit.
Vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health.
Values: We do the right thing by: Placing our Members at the center of our universe; unleashing our creativity and courage to improve health and well-being; bringing focus and accountability to our work; and never wavering in our commitment to our Members, Providers, Partners, and each other.
Winning Team Culture
Certified as A Great Place To Work® four years in a row.