Senior Manager Data Science And Analytics at Kit Check

Join us as we revolutionize the hospital pharmacy landscape!

Our mission is to wow customers with smart, elegant solutions that help healthcare providers increase efficiency, safety and visibility from manufacturer to bedside.

Our 'vibe' is start-up, but we already have over 700 customers who are tracking medications using our proven solutions. If you have a knack for making complex things simple and an interest in the practical application of artificial intelligence and IoT technologies, we have a place for you!

Kit Check is looking for a leader to help us redefine and grow our suite of healthcare data capabilities to further the company's mission of "Medication Intelligence". Our hospital and pharmacy customers rely on us to keep their patients safe and their pharmacies running smoothly while delighting them with every release. By streamlining their pharmacy's daily routines with our RFID inventory management solution and reducing risk and enhancing their compliance with our controlled substance tracking platform, we're committed to improving medication management for our nation's healthcare providers, and our data operations and products are the backbone of our offerings. 

The opportunity:
Kit Check is growing rapidly and we’re creating a data team that brings together our data scientists, and a small and growing data engineering function. You’ll be leading a team that provides intelligence to our product teams, data products to customers, as well as building predictive models that power some of our core products. A successful candidate is a great people leader, a self-starter, has a track record of leading data teams that implement and operate Data services at scale, and collaborates across teams. Ideally, they come from either a data engineering or data science background as an IC. This is a unique position in that data is our product, and you’ll be leading the team tasked with analyzing our data, integrating the algorithms, and creating visualizations in production systems. This work will have a direct impact on hospital pharmacies, by providing actionable insights that reduce drug spend, increase medication safety and compliance, and maximize staff productivity.


You can expect to:

Hire top-tier engineering talent. You understand the importance of building an amazing team and its value.
Assist in technical design, data QA and ensure ease of use for the end-users
Assist in developing solutions to support the automation of ongoing reporting and analytical needs
Coach and guide the data team through regular feedback.
Vision: You intuitively understand business, analytics, and technology, and you leverage that to guide a team by providing relevant context and inspiration.



About you:

Prior experience in engineering management
You have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a quantitative or data-intensive field - Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar discipline
Former IC experience in either predictive modeling, machine learning, or data engineering
Fluent in creating visualizations and Business intelligence reports. Can advise the team on ideal communication methods for technical and non-technical audiences
Expert-level SQL (MySql, Redshift, Presto)
Proven prior experience leading inclusive and diverse teams, mentoring data scientists or engineers, and creating practices that help data teams mature
Great analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities in fast-paced environments
Passionate about, and knowledgeable in, distributed data processing patterns
Demonstrable EQ in communication and feedback that helps to build trust, resolve conflicts, and provide feedback
Ability to present results, in written and verbal mediums, to both non-technical and technical audiences
Experience with data reporting technologies (e.g Snowflake, RedShift, Data lakes) 
Instill a DevOps culture within teams, deliver mature systems that are highly available, resilient, and maintainable
A product and technical vision and a track record of cross-functional collaboration to build out that vision
Consistent record in unblocking teams and projects, delivering against a data team roadmap
Ability to draw insights from data and clearly communicate them (verbal/written) to cross-functional partners and senior leadership as required



Nice to have:

Experience in healthcare working with PHI or other sensitive data
Knowledge of hospital data systems (e.g. EHR, ADS, purchasing, etc.)
Knowledge of the pharmaceutical supply chain
Experience programming in Python, R, or other data-stack programming languages 



What you'll get from us:

Opportunity to build a data team culture within the organization, and to shape a data team that has already built an industry-leading product.
Opportunity to use and explore new use cases for machine learning to aid in tackling the opioid crisis, help guarantee patient safety, and improve the efficiency of hospital pharmacy staff
A strong voice in what we work on, how it works, and how we build it
Room to be creative
Trust in your sense of ownership
Dedicated budget for training and career development
Coworkers you'll learn from and who are eager to learn from you



Our culture
Kit Check’s culture is built on collaboration and innovation. There’s room to grow and opportunities to take initiative. You will partner with sharp, motivated teammates looking to disrupt a massive industry—and have fun while doing it.

Interested?
If helping us define new data-driven medication intelligence products as well as improving products that have a great track record with our customers sounds like the opportunity for you, we'd love to talk!

This position is a remote position and open to applicants in the continental United States.

Why Kit Check?
We truly believe that where you work matters and we want happy employees. So join us on our mission – we intend to have a heck of a good time as we get there.
-Competitive salary
-Time off when you need it – unlimited vacation days!
-Generous insurance coverage
-401k program with a company match
-Employee stock options
-Fun, collaborative culture!

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled