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Who We Are:

SmithRx is a rapidly growing, venture-backed Health-Tech company.  Our mission is to disrupt the expensive and inefficient Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) sector by building a next-generation drug acquisition platform driven by cutting edge technology, innovative cost saving tools, and best-in-class customer service.  With hundreds of thousands of members onboarded since 2016, SmithRx has a solution that is resonating with clients all across the country.

We pride ourselves for our mission-driven and collaborative culture that inspires our employees to do their best work. We believe that the U.S healthcare system is in need of transformation, and we come to work each day dedicated to making that change a reality. At our core, we are guided by our company values:

• Integrity: Our purpose guides our actions and gives us confidence in the path ahead. With unwavering honesty and dependability, we embrace the pressure of challenging the old and exemplify ethical leadership to create the new.
• Courage: We face continuous challenges with grit and resilience. We embrace the discomfort of the unknown by balancing autonomy with empathy, and ownership with vulnerability. We boldly challenge the status quo to keep moving forward—always.
• Together: The success of SmithRx reflects the strength of our partnerships and the commitment of our team. Our shared values bind us together and make us one. When one falls, we all fall; when one rises, we all rise.

Job Summary:

As a Senior Staff Data Scientist at SmithRx, you'll play a pivotal role on a high-impact Data team, leading through technical excellence, mentoring emerging talent, and delivering insights that accelerate our mission to make healthcare more affordable & accessible. You'll have a genuine opportunity to shape our product, business, and people, and reinforce our position as the market leader in the Modern PBM revolution. If you're a hands-on problem-solver eager to make a tangible difference in a high-growth health tech environment, come join us at SmithRx!

What you will do:

As a Senior Staff Data Scientist, you will:

• Establish Data-Driven Business Command
  • Partner with technical and business leaders to design key metrics, dashboards, and AI-enabled data products that are widely-adopted and influence cross-functional strategic direction and multi-year roadmaps  
  • Establish hypothesis-driven decision-making as the default operating mode across partner teams through statistically rigorous experimentation
  • Tackle undefined, open-ended problems by defining both the "what" and "how" and conducting rigorous analyses that drive meaningful product and business impact   
  • Transform complex findings into compelling narratives that provide strategic clarity and influence broader organizational direction

• Champion Trustworthy Data
• Collaborate closely with Data Engineers to influence the design, development, and maintenance of dimensional data models, ensuring data is complete, accurate, and reliably delivered
• Champion world-class data governance practices, continuously raising the bar for data & code quality across technical teams
• Amplify Organizational Impact
• Partner with stakeholders to align roadmaps with business priorities, anticipating emerging needs before they are formally requested and driving positive outcomes in high-stakes contexts
• Operate as a force multiplier whose influence fosters growth across partner teams, providing incisive technical mentorship, inspiring intellectual curiosity, and driving clarity amidst ambiguity

What you will bring to SmithRx:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g. mathematics, statistics)
  • Master's or Ph.D. degree is preferred
• 12+ years of hands-on experience influencing product and business decision-making through experimentation and advanced analytics
  • Healthcare and/or pharmacy experience is preferred
• Advanced technical proficiency, including deep experience:
  • Leveraging SQL & dbt to query, transform, and validate complex data sets
  • Leveraging scripting languages (e.g. Python) and statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R) for advanced statistical modeling
  • Collaborating with Data & Analytics Engineers to architect robust data models and institute world-class data quality guardrails
• A self-starter mentality, proactively identifying novel ways to drive impact, devising creative solutions to complex challenges, and independently delivering on commitments
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, seamlessly adapting between business and technical audiences
• Proven leadership prowess, including the ability to drive clarity by articulating a compelling vision and bring people along with you

What SmithRx Offers You: 

• Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible Spending Benefits 
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Program 
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Discretionary Paid Time Off 
• Paid Company Holidays
• Wellness Benefits
• Commuter Benefits 
• Paid Parental Leave benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Well-stocked kitchen in office locations
• Professional development and training opportunities

Location: US - Remote