Senior Manager, Data Science

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

athenahealth is a progressive, innovation-driven software product company. We partner with healthcare organizations across the care continuum to drive clinical and financial results. Our expert teams build modern technology on an open, connected ecosystem, yielding insights that make a difference for our customers and their patients. We maintain a unique values-driven employee culture and offer a flexible work-life balance. As evidence of our rapid growth and industry leadership, we were acquired by the world’s leading private equity firm “Bain Capital” in 2022 for $17bn! and we have many new strategic product initiatives

Position Summary: We are looking for a Senior Manager to join our Data Science team with the Analytics & AI division. As a Data Science leader, you will guide and manage teams of data scientists, helping them identify the most impactful use cases, the most relevant models, best technologies for implementation, and clearest modes of communication for the application at hand. You will also and collaboratively to influence product and engineering leaders across the company. 

About you: You love to own important work and find it difficult to turn down a good challenge. You are a proven leader of data science teams and initiatives. You excel at building teams, building relationships, and influencing at senior leadership levels and possess an eagerness to learn and disseminate new knowledge. You hold yourself and stakeholders accountable while driving business results. Finally, you have a strong interest in improving healthcare.  

About the team: The data science team is bringing machine learning to bear against the hardest problems in healthcare. We are working with product and engineering leaders across the company to build machine learning into our Best In KLAS suite of products. We work hand-in-hand with platform engineers to deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models using cloud technologies.   

Essential Functions (Duties and Responsibilities):  

As a leader of the Data Science team, you are expected to/responsible for: 

• Direct people management and career pathing responsibilities for a team of data scientists.  
• Participate in evaluating the latest in analytics and machine learning technologies, and determining how to incorporate these into our data science strategy.  
• Responsible for staying up to date on the latest data science techniques and determining how to bring these into the day-to-day work.  
• Responsible for technical execution and project management for one or more scrum teams to deliver business value for our customers.  
• Building team culture, HR policies, and hiring standards.
• Active participation in recruiting and interviewing efforts to continue to build the data science team.  

  
Education & Experience Required:  

• Advanced degree (PHD, MS) in relevant field. For example but not limited to physics, math, or computer science  
• Excellent verbal communication and business writing skills  
• Min 10+ years of professional experience in data science or related role  
• Min 5+ years of management experience in data science or related role  
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams  
• Healthcare experience preferred, but not required  
• Agile/Scrum methodology experience preferred  
• Experience with the development of machine learning algorithms and predictive models  
• AWS experience preferred  

About athenahealth

Here’s our vision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.  

What’s unique about our locations? 
From an historic, 19th century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India — plus numerous remote employees — all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together. 
 
Our company culture might be our best feature. 
We don’t take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare: It’s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.  

Our vibrant and talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work. 

Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enough that your individual contributions will stand out — but large enough to grow your career with our resources and established business stability. 
 
Giving back is integral to our culture. Our athenaGives platform strives to support food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.   

What can we do for you? 
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.  

In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And we provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.  

We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.