Principal Data Scientist

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The Enterprise AI organization at Humana is a pioneering force, driving AI innovation across our Insurance and Center Well business segments. By collaborating with world-leading experts, we are at the forefront of delivering cutting‑edge AI technologies for improving care quality and experience of millions of consumers. We are actively seeking top talent to develop robust and reusable AI modules and pipelines, ensuring adherence to best practices in accountable AI for effective risk management and measurement.

Join us in shaping the future of healthcare through AI excellence.

We are seeking a Principal Data Scientist to guide the strategic decisions and the development of reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our goal is to create safe AI solutions that will revolutionize and improve healthcare experience and outcomes for our customers. Join our rapidly expanding team of dedicated data scientists, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders as we work together to build impactful and beneficial AI systems.

• AI Innovation & Responsible Generative AI

  Design AI solutions using Python, computer vision, and generative models like LLMs and diffusion models. Ensure responsible development aligned with Humana’s ethical standards, focusing on transparency, safety, and real‑world impact.

• Agentic AI System Design

  Build autonomous AI agents using frameworks (i.e. Lang Chain, Lang Graph, Auto Gen, CrewAI) to support reasoning and decision‑making in healthcare.

• Enterprise Integration & Business Collaboration

  Embed AI into Humana’s systems and workflows. Partner with business teams to understand challenges, co‑create solutions, and communicate AI capabilities clearly—especially around generative AI. Design for scalability, reliability, and compliance.

• MLOps & Dev Ops Collaboration

  Work with engineering and product teams to implement best practices for deploying and maintaining AI models in production.

• Advanced Machine Learning & NLP Expertise

  Possesses extensive experience in applying advanced machine learning, NLP, Generative AI techniques, etc. to business problems and delivering end‑to‑end enterprise‑grade solutions.

• Data Engineering

  Develops, maintains, and collects structured and unstructured data sets for analysis and reporting.

• Reporting & Analytics

  Creates reports, projections, models, and presentations to support business strategy and tactics.

• Enterprise Strategy

  Works with senior executives to develop and drive segment or enterprise‑wide functional strategies.

• Senior Advisory

  Advises one or more areas, programs or functions and provides recommendations to senior executives on matters of significance, and as an advanced subject matter expert competent to work at very high levels in multiple knowledge and functional areas across the enterprise.

• Educational Background
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  Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Data Science, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Experience
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  Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in data science. 5+ years specifically focused on AI and NLP applications.
• Technical Skills
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  Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R, with extensive experience in NLP libraries (e.g., NLTK, spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers) and frameworks like Tensor Flow or PyTorch for model development.
• Analytical Expertise
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  Demonstrated ability to process and analyze large textual datasets, extracting meaningful insights, building predictive models, using generative AI techniques.
• Communication Skills
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  Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to articulate complex concepts in a clear and concise manner to diverse audiences, including non‑technical stakeholders.
• Problem‑Solving Skills
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  Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities, with a track record of delivering data‑driven solutions in a fast‑paced environment.

• Industry Knowledge
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  Familiarity with the healthcare sector, specifically Medicare Advantage, and an understanding of regulatory frameworks and market dynamics.
• Advanced…