[Remote] Senior Data Scientist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Virta Health is on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a crucial role in shaping data-driven decision making processes and driving impactful insights that advance Virta's mission.ResponsibilitiesServe as an embedded data lead:Understand the product – strategy, goals, roadmap, users – deeply enough to identify high-impact, strategic opportunities and risksUse data to steer conversations: bring data-driven hypotheses, challenge assumptions, frame trade-offs, prioritize strategicallyTranslate vague product hunches into sharp analytical questions, and design the right approach to answer themBe the source of truth for KPIs and product metrics: help define and monitor them, and identify trends and driversDrive decisionmaking with data: Prioritize analyses that meaningfully inform product decisions and change outcomes, reframe analysis requests that won’t do that into ones that will, and design and deliver the resulting analyses properly and rapidlyLead experimentation thoughtfully: guide the team on when and when not to experiment, help enable self-serve experimentation, and focus on frequent, small experiments to speed learningIdentify where product strategy and ideas could be better, more easily, or more quickly implemented with the help of AI (ML or GenAI), and help enable this integrationShow up as a collaborative leader, not simply a service provider, and help focus work on what matters mostWork end-to-end to translate clinical, member, and claims data from our data warehouse into actionable recommendations: work with stakeholders to design reports and dashboards that answer real business questions, design the data flows to support these, and build the required data transformation pipelinesSkillsExperience working at a digital health or similar startup, preferably during the growth phase, in order to function effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment7+ years of experience in a Healthcare Analytics or Data Science role, working with large datasets and conducting statistical and quantitative modeling, melding analytics with strong programming, data mining, clustering and segmentation7+ years of work experience working with data science and visualization tools (SQL, Python)Experience in building BI dashboards using tools such as Looker or TableauExperience executing best practices in data security and privacy at the level required in a highly regulated industryAbility to explain technology, techniques and approaches to othersExperience leading cross-functional efforts to build scalable systems and data pipelines, working with complex data structuresUnderstanding of Generative AI concepts and usage of GenAI tools (ChatGPT/Codex, Claude/Claude Code, Gemini, etc.)Experience building pipelines using dbtDemonstrated project management experienceCompany OverviewVirta delivers a clinically-proven treatment to reverse type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic diseases. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://virtahealth.com.Company H1B SponsorshipVirta Health has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 3 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.