CVS Health · 2 months ago
Principal Data Scientist – Price and Promotions Data Science
New York-161 Ave of the Americas
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $288K/yr
10+ years expCVS Health is the nation’s leading health solutions company, committed to transforming health care. The Principal Data Scientist will drive traffic, revenue, and customer satisfaction in CVS Health’s Front Store business by utilizing data science to optimize pricing, promotions, and assortment decisions.
Health CareMedicalPharmaceuticalRetailSales
Responsibilities
Solve complex problems, leverage large datasets, and build scalable and deployment ready models that work well with CVS Retail’s diverse product portfolio. Guide the modeling approach, design and deploy end-to end solutions utilizing Operations Research (OR), econometric modeling, and forecasting along with the functional team leads
Partner with the Data Engineering team to architect scalable and fail-proof production pipelines, define the unified technical vision, and set standards
Stay up to date on the state-of-the-art modeling methodologies, initiate, lead, and inspire Research and Development efforts, define long-term technical vision and strategic roadmap
Act as a consultant who translates complex requirements and data science findings into decision ready narratives for cross-functional teams
Mandate and champion rigorous performance validation
Provide advanced technical mentorship, proactively identify critical organizational skill gaps, and standardize hiring processes
Qualification
Required
10+ years of progressive work experience in retail, consulting, or a related field as an individual contributor (applied data science) with at least 2 years in a lead capacity
Strong foundation and demonstrated experience designing and deploying large scale optimization problems to production
Strong Python, R, and SQL skills, proficiency in working with large datasets
Experience working with a data engineering/MLOps team to productionize data science models, familiarity with version control (GitLab or GitHub), and ML platforms (AWS SageMaker, Databricks, GCP Vertex AI, etc.)
Excellent communication, leadership, and presentation skills and attention to detail. Worked in an agile environment, has the flexibility to adapt to changing business needs
Proven experience influencing organizational strategy and driving change across business, product, and engineering organizations
Proven experience leading multiple complex projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, operations research, applied mathematics, or a related field. PhD preferred
Preferred
Experience building and deploying advanced price, promotions, or assortment optimization solutions at scale
In depth understanding of merchandising (price, promotion, assortment) concepts and metrics in retail
Experience with managing large scale projects and working with multiple business stakeholders
Proven record of intellectual property generation or public representation of technical work
Benefits
Affordable medical plan options
401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
Employee stock purchase plan
No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching
Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility
Company
CVS Health
CVS Health is a health solutions company that provides an integrated healthcare services to its members.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4BKey Investors
Michigan Economic Development CorporationStarboard Value
2025-08-15Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2025-07-17Grant· $1.5M
2019-11-25Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
David Joyner
President and CEO
Chandra McMahon
SVP & CISO
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