Principal Data Scientist

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. Consumer Analytics: Principal Data Scientist We are looking for a Principal Data Scientist to join our Foundry team in Consumer Analytics at CVS Health. As a data science technical expert for measurement and AI enablement in Foundry, this individual contributor will partner closely with Marketing, Product, Data Science, and Data Engineering  leaders to drive hands-on technical excellence across an organization of data scientists and engineers. This individual will build a culture of technical rigor, define key standards, and take on the most complex analytical and engineering work.  Description/Fundamental Components: • Leads development and execution of new and/or highly complex algorithms and statistical and causal inference models for measurement and determines analytical approaches and modeling techniques to evaluate campaign impact and inform future decisions • Establishes analytical rigor and statistical methods to analyze large amounts of data, using advanced statistical techniques and mathematical analyses, including bias control and cross-campaign insight methods • Build and deploy automation and agentic solutions for Aetna Marketing: Develop agents and workflows using standard enterprise tools, frameworks and resources, and move approved use cases from pilot through scaled launch. • Enable governed, scalable agent orchestration: Establish reusable frameworks for access, knowledge and risk management, along with measurement and auditability, so every agent aligns with CVS AI governance policies, including bringing existing agents into compliance. • Expand and sustain the portfolio: Support enhancements and customizations needed to extend solutions to additional Marketing teams, and maintain the agent reports/dashboards, repositories, templates and playbooks that keep the program running. • Manages highly complex analytical projects from data exploration, model building, performance evaluation and testing • Applies in-depth knowledge of campaign end to end execution to consult and advise on additional efforts across the organization • Motivates team members and probes into technical details, and mentors others to do the same • Provides thought leadership and direction for analytic solutions, tools and studies, strategy and roadmap • Anticipates and solves strategic and high-risk business problems with broad impact on the business area by applying leading-edge theories and techniques to investigate problems, detect patterns and recommend solutions • Interacts with internal and external peers and management to share highly complex information/solutions related to areas of expertise and/or to gain acceptance of new or enhanced technology/ business solutions Required Qualifications: • 10 or more years of progressively complex related experience, including measurement or applied AI/agentic solutions • Expertise in advanced analytics tools and languages to analyze large data sets from multiple data sources • Expertise in innovating, implementing novel machine learning, and generative AI techniques Preferred Qualifications: • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills • Strong organizational, management and leadership skills • Comprehensive knowledge of the health care industry, products, systems, business strategies and products • Experience measuring marketing or camp