COMPANY DESCRIPTION: 
Anthem, Inc. is the nation's leading health benefits company serving the 
needs of approximately 28 million medical members nationwide. 

DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Position is based in Chicago, IL 

Lead a team of data-scientists engaged in development and implementation 
of machine learning algorithms and techniques to solve business problems 
and optimize member experiences. 


Primary duties may include are but not limited to: 

• Champion the design & execution of machine learning projects to 
• address specific business problems determined by consultation with 
• business partners. 
• Provide guidance to the team on working with data-sets of 
• varying degrees of size and complexity including both structured and 
• unstructured data. 
• Piping and processing massive data-streams in distributed 
• computing environments such as Hadoop to facilitate analysis. 
• Lead batch and real-time model scoring to drive actions. 
• Oversee development of proprietary machine learning algorithms 
• to build customized solutions that go beyond standard industry tools and 
• lead to innovative solutions. 
• Develop sophisticated visualization of analysis output for 
• business users. 
• Publish results and address constraints/limitations with 
• business partners. 
• Provides high level controllership/evaluation of all output 
• produced to ensure established targets are met. 
• Determines the continuous improvement opportunities of current 
• predictive modeling algorithms. 
• Proactively collaborates with business partners to determine 
• identified population segments and develop actionable plans to enable 
• the identification of patterns related to quality, use, cost and other 
• variables. 
• Hires, trains, coaches, counsels, and evaluates performance of direct reports. 

REQUIRED SKILLS: 
Requires MA/MS in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine 
Learning, Econometrics, Physics, Biostatistics or related Quantitative 
disciplines. 7 years’ experience in predictive analytics and advanced 
expertise with software such as Python, R, SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner or 
equivalent, or any combination of education and experience which would 
provide an equivalent background. 3 years’ experience leading advanced 
modeling teams. PhD and experience in the healthcare sector preferred. 
 

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