Über diese Data Scientist 3 (Product Analytics) Stelle bei Cedar
Our healthcare system is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S. Every year, over 50 million Americans suffer adverse financial consequences as a result of seeking care, from lower credit scores to garnished wages. The challenge is only getting worse, as high deductible health plans are the fastest growing plan design in the U.S.
Cedar’s mission is to leverage data science, smart product design and personalization to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Today, healthcare providers still engage with its consumers in a “one-size-fits-all” approach; and Cedar is excited to leverage consumer best practices to deliver a superior experience.
Cedar is a patient payment and engagement platform that leverages data science, AI, consumer-centric design and technology to improve the healthcare experience for patients.
The Data Science team plays a critical role in achieving Cedar’s vision. We ensure data and insights are accessible and trusted by all internal and external stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making. Through analytics, descriptive analyses, and statistical models, we consistently aim to better understand the needs of patients, find improvement opportunities, and impact the product development process. We run experiments to test our various hypotheses and measure our progress. We build ML models and embed them into our web app to deliver a personalized experience to patients. We help differentiate Cedar's product offerings with hard-to-copy competitive advantages.
To do this, we have built an open, supportive, and collaborative team culture. “Love thy teammate” is one of our Data Science values, and we live into this value by operating from a mindset of curiosity, possibility, and the best intentions of each of our team members. As a team, we are dedicated to continually growing our technical excellence and collaborative excellence, equally.
The Role:
Cedar is growing rapidly and the demand for data expertise is increasing exponentially along with our growth. We’re seeking a Data Scientist III (Product Analytics) on our Data Science team to work with our product development teams to enable robust data-driven decisions and understand user behavior through in-depth data analysis.
As a Data Scientist III (Product Analytics), you will be responsible for ensuring that we are building world-class products that truly address the needs of our users and customers through data insights. You will identify clear and strategic product opportunities, measure the success of our products and AI personalization platform, understand product strengths and areas for improvement - by immersing yourself in Cedar data and the stories that it tells. You will continuously apply a growth mindset in your approach to problems.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to uncover user behavior insights and drive data-motivated decision-making.
- Design, execute, and evaluate product experiments to improve the patient experience and move key business metrics.
- Conduct exploratory research to identify new strategic levers and opportunities for product optimization.
- Define, measure, and track the success of new and existing product features.
- Build scalable dashboards to democratize actionable data insights across the organization.
- Communicate complex statistical findings and methodologies clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
Skills and Experience
- 5+ years in a product analytics or data science role (healthcare, fintech, or complex e-commerce experience is a plus).
- Expert-level SQL and strong Python skills for data manipulation and analysis.
- Deep understanding of statistical methods and A/B test design for product evaluation.
- Proven track record of cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams to launch and measure products.
- A proactive attitude with a passion for delivering a world-class user experience and a strong growth mindset.
- Familiarity with modern data stack tooling (e.g., dbt, Looker, Hex) is preferred.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Compensation Range and Benefits
- Salary Range: 153,000 - $ 180,000
- This role is also bonus and equity eligible
- This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package
*Subject to location, experience, and education
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What do we offer to the ideal candidate?
- A chance to improve the U.S. healthcare system at a high-growth company! Our leading healthcare financial platform is scaling rapidly, helping millions of patients per year
- Unless stated otherwise, most roles have flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
- For exempt employees: Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
- 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
- Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
- Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles), and health benefits, including fertility & adoption assistance, that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
- Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
- Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally
About us
Cedar was co-founded by Florian Otto and Arel Lidow in 2016 after a negative medical billing experience inspired them to help improve our healthcare system. With a commitment to solving billing and patient experience issues, Cedar has become a leading healthcare technology company fueled by remarkable growth. "Over the past several years, we've raised more than $350 million in funding & have the active support of Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
As of November 2024, Cedar is engaging with 26 million patients annually and is on target to process $3.5 billion in patient payments annually. Cedar partners with more than 55 leading healthcare providers and payers including Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, Novant Health, Allina Health and Providence.
