Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

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 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 shape key strategic decisions. You will operate within the beating heart of Smith's mission, building and measuring the impact of leading-edge technologies, like our proprietary Drug Pathways Engine , to make healthcare more affordable and 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 Data Scientist, you will:

• Drive Goal-Setting & Decision-Making :
  • Partner with Product, Clinical, CS, and GTM stakeholders to deeply understand their domains and define success states for each through data-driven goal-setting
  • Design key metrics that showcase progress toward our goals and uncover opportunities to deliver product and business improvements to achieve them using advanced statistical methodologies
  • Influence decision-making by designing and executing experiments that rigorously evaluate the viability of those opportunities with statistical significance
• Architect Data Foundations : Collaborating closely with Data & ML Engineers, you will influence the design, development, and maintenance of dimensional data models, ensuring data reliability and accessibility
• Elevate Data Quality Rigor : Champion world-class data governance practices, continuously raising the bar for data & code quality across tech teams
• Amplify Team Performance : Operate as a force multiplier that fosters growth within the team, 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
• 8+ 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 & ML Engineers to architect robust data models and institute world-class data quality guardrails
  • Establishing and scaling causal learning frameworks, including designing and executing experiments with statistically significant findings
  • Designing, presenting, and influencing people with data visualizations that deliver impactful and actionable insights
• 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
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Wellness Benefits
• Commuter Benefits
• Paid Parental Leave benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Well-stocked kitchen in office locations
• Professional development and training opportunities

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