Data Scientist, Privacy Hub, UK

Join Datavant's Mission to Transform Healthcare

At Datavant, we protect, connect, and deliver the world's health data to empower better decision-making and advance human health. As a leading data logistics company in healthcare, our products and solutions facilitate secure data movement and connectivity across a vast network, which includes thousands of organizations, over 70,000 hospitals and clinics, and 70% of the top 100 health systems.

When you join Datavant, you become part of a highly collaborative, remote-first team dedicated to transformative change in healthcare. We're looking for individuals who exemplify three key traits: intelligence, kindness, and a results-oriented mindset. We invest in our team members, seeking high-potential and humble individuals ready to grow rapidly as the company scales. Our remote-first culture allows Datavanters to create a work environment that best suits their needs.

Role: Data Scientist, Privacy Hub, UK

Privacy Hub is in search of an enthusiastic and meticulous UK-based data scientist to enhance our team. Your role will involve assessing client information for re-identification risk to patients, processing and analyzing extensive health-related datasets, and contributing to the preparation of associated reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop expertise in healthcare data privacy from both quantitative and regulatory perspectives.
• Use programmatic tools to analyze data and explore hypotheses.
• Contribute to engineering workflows and product development to automate repeatable analysis components.
• Research emerging areas of patient privacy, such as genomics data and new regulatory implications.

Required Qualifications

• Relevant university degree or equivalent training with 2+ years of experience as a data scientist or data engineer.
• Expertise in SQL and either Python (preferred) or R, with strong coding and annotation skills.
• Proficiency in manipulating, integrating, processing, and interrogating large datasets.
• Strong skills in applying scientific methods to practical problems through experimental design, exploratory data analysis, and hypothesis testing.
• Comprehensive understanding of statistical probability distributions, bias, error, and power, as well as sampling and resampling methods.
• Exceptional initiative and problem-solving ability, along with the capacity to navigate ambiguity independently.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Well-developed time management skills with a track record of prioritizing tasks to meet tight client deadlines.

Preferred Skills

• An appreciation of effective data privacy and security methods, and knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Experience with cloud services for storage and computing.
• Familiarity with machine learning algorithms.
• Detailed knowledge of specific types of health information, such as genomics or medical imaging.

Apply now to become a part of our innovative team and drive significant change in healthcare.

Additional Information:

• Company Name: Lifelancer
• Job Title: Data Scientist, Privacy Hub, UK