NowPow, whose name is a play on knowledge is power, is a women-owned and led technology business based on Chicago’s south side. NowPow’s multi-sided platform is a personalized community referral management solution that enables care professionals – social workers, physicians, justice workers – to manage and close the loop on health and social service referrals and directly support patients, members, and clients in their own self-care. NowPow helps people get the care they need, whether they are managing chronic health and social conditions or just staying well.
Position Details:
NowPow is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Data Scientist to join our Analytics team. Reporting to the Director of Analytics, you will drive the creation and value in data assets and insights to enhance our technology solutions. Working collaboratively across internal teams, your primary responsibilities include using advanced analytic techniques and optimization to support new initiatives, create reports and predictive models, and identify automation opportunities to inform business decisions and create value for our customers. Our ideal candidate enjoys using analytics to drive innovation and has a passion for helping people get the self care resources they need.
Key Responsibilities
- Generate data-driven insights to guide actionable results and business decisions
- Work with internal teams to identify opportunities for leveraging NowPow data to drive business solutions
- Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques
- Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets
- Mine and analyze data and use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, resource and referral matching, and reporting
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes
- Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy
- Identify and outline specific data needs to drive process improvement activities
- Promote best practices in data analysis and reporting
Required Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another quantitative field
- 5-7 years of practical working experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models
- Demonstrated experience querying databases and using statistical computer languages: R, Python, SQL, etc.
- Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics: regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees, neural networks, etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with relational database management systems strongly preferred
- Experience working in Azure or other cloud-based computing environments
- Familiarity with the healthcare ecosystem and health IT industry a plus
About NowPow
We work at NowPow because we care! NowPowers are passionate about our mission and are excited about the opportunities and challenges we face. At NowPow, we cultivate a culture of collaboration and respect and where everyone is a valued team member.
Our people and our culture are important to us and make working at NowPow special. We invest in the self-care of our team and provide competitive benefits to support this. We celebrate our successes every week with a company-wide happy hour on Fridays and recognize those who went above and beyond in their work. Outside of work, we have fun through company events such as laser tag, ice skating, and heading to the ballpark for beautiful weather and a baseball game – and we look forward to being able to do so again!
We are looking for highly motivated and hard-working individuals to join our team and help us connect health care to self-care. Please apply now to join our growing team!
Equal Employment Opportunity:
NowPow is an Equal Opportunity Employer. NowPow evaluates applicants for employment on the basis of qualifications, merit, and work-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, associate activities and general treatment during employment.