Role Overview:As the Manager Data Science at Evernorth Health Services India, you will play a hands-on, player-coach role within the Data Science Center of Enablement. Your role is designed for an experienced data science leader who can effectively manage and develop small, high-performing teams while collaborating closely with business stakeholders. You will work closely with US-based business, data science, analytics, and engineering leaders to translate complex business problems into practical, scalable data science solutions.Key Responsibilities:- Remain actively hands-on in applying statistics, classical machine learning, and advanced ML techniques to solve complex business problems.- Design, develop, and evaluate predictive and analytical models, including regression, classification, tree-based models, ensembles, and time-series approaches.- Guide feature engineering, model selection, validation, and performance optimization.- Build and apply advanced machine learning and deep learning models where appropriate, using modern frameworks such as PyTorch and/or TensorFlow.- Review and contribute directly to code, ensuring high standards of quality, performance, and maintainability.- Manage and mentor a small team of data scientists, operating as a player-coach.- Help develop team capability across statistics, machine learning, coding, and problem-solving.- Collaborate with stakeholders to define success metrics, interpret results, and drive data-backed decisions.- Communicate insights, recommendations, and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.- Own data science initiatives end-to-endfrom discovery and exploratory analysis through development, deployment support,



and post-launch evaluation.- Partner with data engineering and platform teams to ensure solutions are scalable and production-ready.- Contribute to strengthening Evernorth Indias data science practice, standards, and impact.Qualifications Required:- Bachelors or masters degree (PhD preferred) in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Business, or a related quantitative field from a top-tier institute.- 12 years of experience in data science, analytics, or applied machine learning roles. Prior experience leading or managing small teams of data scientists.- Strong track record of delivering hands-on analytical and ML solutions with measurable business impact.- Experience working with large, complex datasets; healthcare, insurance, or pharmacy experience is a strong plus.- Experience partnering with US-based stakeholders in a global, matrixed workplace is preferred.- Experience in consulting organizations for data science related engagements.- Strong foundation in probability, statistics, and classical machine learning algorithms.- Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL.- Hands-on experience with ML libraries. Role Overview:As the Manager Data Science at Evernorth Health Services India, you will play a hands-on, player-coach role within the Data Science Center of Enablement. Your role is designed for an experienced data science leader who can effectively manage and develop small, high-performing teams while collaborating closely with business stakeholders.



You will work closely with US-based business, data science, analytics, and engineering leaders to translate complex business problems into practical, scalable data science solutions.Key Responsibilities:- Remain actively hands-on in applying statistics, classical machine learning, and advanced ML techniques to solve complex business problems.- Design, develop, and evaluate predictive and analytical models, including regression, classification, tree-based models, ensembles, and time-series approaches.- Guide feature engineering, model selection, validation, and performance optimization.- Build and apply advanced machine learning and deep learning models where appropriate, using modern frameworks such as PyTorch and/or TensorFlow.- Review and contribute directly to code, ensuring high standards of quality, performance, and maintainability.- Manage and mentor a small team of data scientists, operating as a player-coach.- Help develop team capability across statistics, machine learning, coding, and problem-solving.- Collaborate with stakeholders to define success metrics, interpret results, and drive data-backed decisions.- Communicate insights, recommendations, and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.- Own data science initiatives end-to-endfrom discovery and exploratory analysis through development, deployment support, and post-launch evaluation.- Partner with data engineering and platform teams to ensure solutions are scalable and production-ready.- Contribute to strengthening Evernorth Indias data science practice, standards, and impact.Qualifications Required:- Bachelors or masters degree (PhD preferred) in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Busi

📌 Data Science and ML Manager (India)
🏢 Evernorth Health Services
📍 India