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Help shape smarter pricing and underwriting decisions through trusted, explainable data science. In this role, you will lead a team that builds and advances predictive models used to estimate healthcare renewal risk. You will combine people leadership, technical expertise, and strong business partnership to deliver scalable solutions that improve decision quality across a complex client portfolio.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Data Scientists while building a culture of learning, collaboration, technical excellence, and innovation.

• Guide the strategy and long-term evolution of renewal risk estimation capabilities, including a flagship renewal risk model and related analytics.

• Set priorities and allocate resources across a portfolio of high-impact data science initiatives to deliver reliable business outcomes.

• Provide hands-on technical direction for solution design, predictive modeling, machine learning, statistical analysis, forecasting, model evaluation, and risk estimation.

• Establish practical standards for peer review, documentation, validation, monitoring, performance tracking, governance, and ongoing model maintenance.

• Improve model performance, explainability, reproducibility, reliability, and business relevance while meeting enterprise standards.

• Partner with pricing, underwriting, actuarial, data, technology, and analytics teams to turn business needs into clear analytical roadmaps and production-ready solutions.

• Communicate model outputs, assumptions, limitations, and recommendations in a clear way for technical and non-technical audiences.

• Support adoption of analytical solutions by helping stakeholders understand how to use model insights in pricing and underwriting workflows.

• 8+ years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, statistical modeling, machine learning, actuarial analytics, or a related quantitative field.

• Experience developing predictive models, machine learning solutions, and advanced analytical methods using large, complex datasets.

• Experience leading Data Scientists and delivering complex analytical initiatives that solve business problems and influence decisions.

• Strong knowledge of statistical modeling, predictive analytics, machine learning, model evaluation, and experimental design.

• Proficiency with modern data science technologies such as Python, SQL, Spark, and machine learning frameworks.

• Experience developing, validating, monitoring, and governing analytical models in production environments.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts to varied audiences.

• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical contribution.

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

• Experience with healthcare data, including medical claims, pharmacy claims, eligibility, provider, consumer, or related datasets.

• Experience supporting pricing, underwriting, risk assessment, forecasting, or related business functions.

• Experience deploying and supporting machine learning solutions in production.

• Experience leading cross-functional work across business, analytics, and technology teams.

• Familiarity with responsible AI, model governance, and explainability practices.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 149,100 - 248,500 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the online application process, please email seeyourself@thecignagroup.com for assistance. Please note that this email inbox is dedicated to accommodation requests only and cannot provide application updates or accept resumes.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.