Data Scientist IV

🇺🇸 Gainesville, FL 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $98K - $110K 💻 Data Science 🗓️ June 18th, 2026

SQL Python Rive

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of Florida's Institute for Child Health Policy is hiring a Data Scientist IV. The role involves leading research and program evaluation related to Medicaid and CHIP, developing data-driven insights, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and authoring technical and policy reports to assess healthcare quality and outcomes.

Highlights

Lead research projects focused on Medicaid and CHIP healthcare quality and access.
Analyze large healthcare administrative and clinical datasets using SAS, Python, R, and SQL.
Develop study frameworks, analytic plans, and detailed methodological documentation.
Author technical reports, policy briefs, scholarly publications, and executive summaries.
Collaborate with health policy researchers, economists, and external stakeholders within the Medicaid agency.
Provide leadership in recruitment, training, supervision, and mentoring of analytic staff.
Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree plus 7 years, Master's plus 5 years, or Doctoral plus 3 years experience in related fields.
Preferred experience includes client relations, mining large payer healthcare datasets, and supervisory roles.
Strong communication skills to convey complex analytic outcomes to technical and non-technical audiences.
Salary range: $98,000 - $110,000 annually.