Principal Data Scientist - Marketing Analytics - Military Veterans
at CVS Health
Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.
Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.
CVS Health is seeking a Principal Data Science to join our team. As a Principal Data Scientist you will drive the next level of growth with CVS Health with a bold new approach to total health; a national direct to consumer healthcare brand reaching millions of prospects and members.
Additionally, you will leverage data analytics to gain deep knowledge of the customer experience, use data and analytics to optimize marketing campaigns, and develop strategies through insights to attract new members and keep our current ones happy and healthy. As a key leader of the team, you will bridge the marketing strategy and technical deployment of many different consumer and member journeys across multiple digital touchpoints.
Responsibilities:
Develop marketing audiences, set up test designs and strategies, and communicate out results for and insights for marketing programs
Create consumer and member audiences through use of targeting models and consumer health preference segmentation
Connect audiences to targeted media across multiple digital channels and experiences
Track consumers and members across multiple touchpoints along the journey from consumer to member including digital advertising, web visits, and call center interactions
Construct datasets for reporting and dashboards for monitoring marketing program progress across multiple touchpoints
Launch, measure and report on A/B and multi-variate tests to improve program performance across key indicators
Mine data for insights and performance improvement opportunities to continually enhance consumer and member journeys
Engage with marketing and business stakeholders to develop go-to-market plans, support marketing strategies with data driven insights, and lead in planning for member growth and retention
Manage multiple work streams and projects using excellent time management and planning skills to ensure on time deployment and high-quality results
Utilize excellent data storytelling techniques to create presentations and content that easily communicates answers to complex problems in a clear and compelling way; present to leadership
Build strong relationships with business, marketing, tech partners; serve as an advisor and advocate for the solutions designed by the analytics team
Required Technical Qualifications:
Hands on technical skills to act as technical Data Science practitioner
10+ years of relevant analytic experience
5+ years using R or Python
5+ years of experience in SQL at advanced level
3+ years of Tableau or React to build dashboards and data products
Required Business Qualifications:
Direct to consumer marketing experience in a digital first business
Familiar and fluent in web, paid digital media measurement and optimization (Adobe Analytics/ Customer Journey Analytics, Liveramp experience preferred)
Demonstrates strong ability to communicate technical concepts and implications to business partners
Ability to effectively influence stakeholders and become a trusted partner that is indispensable
Strong knowledge of advanced analytics tools and methodologies to analyze large data sets from multiple data sources, build models, and consumer segmentation
Demonstrates proficiency in most areas of mathematical analysis methods, machine learning, statistical analyses, and predictive modeling with in-depth specialization in some areas
Education:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Economics, Physics, Engineering, or related discipline.
Master’s degree preferred
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$144,200.00 - $288,400.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
New York, NY

At CVS Health we are transforming health care with a shared purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health™
With 300,000 dedicated colleagues including veterans, service members, Guard and Reserve, and military spouses, we are improving the health of communities across America.
We recognize the value of military service and know that the skills and experience our nation's veterans and military spouses possess are unparalleled. As a CVS Health colleague, you’ll find career opportunities across the organization and at every stage of your career. More important, your work will have an impactful purpose on someone’s life, including your own.
As an enduring partner with Military Spouse Employment Partnership for 20 years, we’re committed to providing long-term career potential, opportunity, and support for military spouses.
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Transitioning Service Members - For transitioning service members and Coast Guardsmen within 180 days of separation from service interested in SkillBridge programs, please reach out to YourNextMission@CVSHealth.com to learn about the career tracks that we host participants in.
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CVS Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, ethnicity, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status or on any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the following EEO is the Law Poster: EEO IS THE LAW and EEO IS THE LAW SUPPLEMENT.
Military Spouses - We offer programs throughout the year and have partnered with Hiring Our Heroes to offer a 12-week paid fellowship for military spouses. During this time, you will receive professional training and hands-on experiences across CVS Health enterprise to quickly build your network and showcase your skillset. If you are interested in Military Spouse Fellowship programs, please reach out to our partners at Hiring Our Heroes.