Data Scientists @ University of Utah

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University of Utah is hiring Data Scientists to support health system leaders by analyzing complex data across market, clinical, economic, and operational domains. The role involves building models, visualizations, and narratives that inform leadership decisions on growth, capacity, performance, and innovation within the Health System Insight Center.

Highlights

Translate complex healthcare and operational data into actionable insights and decision-ready options for leadership.
Develop visualizations, narratives, dashboards, and scenario analyses for executive and committee use.
Collaborate iteratively with stakeholders to define questions, test assumptions, and refine deliverables.
Use enterprise data assets with validation, partnering closely with data engineers and architects.
Apply analytical methods and emerging tools to maintain clarity, credibility, and comparability of results.
Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree plus 2 years of related experience (Data Scientist I) or bachelor’s plus 4 years (Data Scientist II); master’s degree options also considered.
Preferred skills include SQL proficiency, healthcare dataset experience, executive-level analytics communication, and familiarity with visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI, or R Shiny.
Experience with geospatial analysis, web scraping, APIs, and application of large language models in analytics is a plus.
Work under the direction of senior data scientists in a hybrid schedule supporting system-level analytics and enterprise insights.
Expected pay ranges from $77,250 to $101,945 depending on level.

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Open Date	04/28/2026
Requisition Number	PRN44876B
Job Title	Data Scientists
Working Title	Data Scientist I, II
Career Progression Track	P00
Track Level	P1 - Entry Level Pro
FLSA Code	Computer Employee
Patient Sensitive Job Code?	No
Standard Hours per Week	40
Full Time or Part Time?	Full Time
Shift	Day
Work Schedule Summary
VP Area	U of U Health - Academics
Department	00728 - UUMG OPS
Location	Campus
City	Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment	External Posting
Pay Rate Range	Please see below.
Close Date	05/12/2026
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)
Job Summary	As a Data Scientist in the University of Utah Health System Insight Center, you will help health system leaders make better, faster, and more confident decisions on complex issues that cut across market, clinical, economic, and operational domains. This is not a narrow reporting or dashboarding role. It is an opportunity to work on high-leverage system questions involving growth, access, capacity, performance, value, and innovation, often in direct support of leadership and committee decision-making. The Health System Insight Center is a system-level analytics capability designed to bring together shared definitions, comparable methods, and decision-ready insight so leaders can act with clarity on important enterprise issues. In this role, you will analyze and interpret complex data, build models and narratives that help resolve ambiguity, and translate findings into implications and recommendations that are useful beyond any single project. The work frequently involves patient segmentation, demand and capacity modeling, market and partner analysis, cost and margin modeling, and outcome analytics. You will be successful here if you are comfortable solving new problems creatively and in partnership with others, are able to define useful questions before rushing to answer them and motivated by work that informs real decisions rather than producing analysis for its own sake. Strong candidates can synthesize disjointed signals into coherent stories, iterate quickly with stakeholders, and develop products that are comparable, defensible, and meaningful to executive audiences. This role follows a hybrid schedule, with at least three days per week in the office in Downtown Salt Lake City and regular collaboration on the University of Utah campus with colleagues, leaders, and clinical partners. What makes this role distinctive • You will work on behalf of leadership on important, system-level questions rather than isolated local requests. • You will operate in a newer and growing analytics center helping shape how enterprise insight is produced and used. • You will work across domains, combining technical rigor with judgment, synthesis, and executive communication. • Your work will be expected to help leaders align, choose, and act. Learn more about the great benefits of working for University of Utah: benefits.utah.edu
Responsibilities	Under the direction of the Senior Data Scientist and the System Chief Analytics & Insights Officer, you will: Turn complex, disjointed market, clinical, economic, and operational data into clear findings, implications, and decision-ready options for health system leaders. Build effective visualizations, narratives, and other analytical products that help stakeholders understand key signals, tradeoffs, and performance drivers. Work iteratively with partners to define the right question, choose appropriate methods, share early drafts, pressure-test assumptions, and strengthen the product through feedback. Use trusted enterprise data assets and shared definitions with pragmatic validation and thoughtful last-mile shaping, while partnering closely with data engineers and architects on analytical requirements, pipeline needs, and reusable data products. Translate leadership questions into crisp deliverables such as pre-reads, briefings, dashboards, and scenario analyses that are useful in executive and committee settings. Manage work backward from leadership forums and decision timelines, communicating early, iterating quickly, and delivering high-quality products on schedule. Apply sound analytical methods and, where helpful, newer tools and techniques in ways that maintain clarity, credibility, comparability, and actionability. Data Scientist, I Grade: P16 Expected Pay Range: $77,250 – $91,340 Data Scientist, II Grade: P18 Expected Pay Range: $82,250 – $101,945
Minimum Qualifications	EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience). Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels: Data Scientist, I: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a master’s (or equivalency) degree. Data Scientist, II: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.
Preferences	Experience writing, optimizing, and interpreting SQL queries. Experience working with healthcare datasets and enterprise definitions; able to do pragmatic wrangling while partnering with engineering for deeper integration work. Demonstrated ability to write analytics slides tuned to executive audiences. Experience partnering with managers and leaders to clarify questions, incorporate feedback, and deliver useful outputs. Familiarity with data visualization tools such as D3, Tableau, Power BI, R Shiny, or Plotly Dash, Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint. A portfolio of project work demonstrating well-documented, and modular code (e.g., via GitHub). Exposure to geospatial analysis or spatial data visualization. Knowledge of web scraping or use of APIs to retrieve external data. Experience applying large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing in health and business analytics (e.g., text mining, classification, summarization, retrieval).
Type	Benefited Staff
Special Instructions Summary
Additional Information	The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules. This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities. Consistent with state and federal law, the University of Utah does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX (OEO). More information, including the Director/Title IX Coordinator’s office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number can be located at the: University of Utah Non‑Discrimination page. Online reports may be submitted at https://oeo.utah.edu https://publicsafety.utah.edu/safetyreport/ This report includes statistics about criminal offenses, hate crimes, arrests and referrals for disciplinary action, and Violence Against Women Act offenses. They also provide information about safety and security-related services offered by the University of Utah. A paper copy can be obtained by request at the Department of Public Safety located at 1658 East 500 South. As per University of Utah policy 5-108: Transfer of Benefits Eligible Staff Members, a new hire to the University of Utah who is still serving a 12 month probationary period will not be hired into another University of Utah job (a transfer) until the successful completion of the probationary period.

Posting Specific Questions

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* What is your highest level of completed education?
- None
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Associate Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- Doctorate Degree
* How many years of related work experience do you have?
- Less than 6 years
- 6 years or more, but less than 9 years
- 9 years or more, but less than 12 years
- 12 years or more, but less than 15 years
- 15 years or more

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Required Documents

Resume

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Cover Letter

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250 East 200 South, Suite 125 Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Contact us: (801) 581-2169 By Email: employment@utah.edu

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Announcement

Details

Open Date	04/28/2026
Requisition Number	PRN44876B
Job Title	Data Scientists
Working Title	Data Scientist I, II
Career Progression Track	P00
Track Level	P1 - Entry Level Pro
FLSA Code	Computer Employee
Patient Sensitive Job Code?	No
Standard Hours per Week	40
Full Time or Part Time?	Full Time
Shift	Day
Work Schedule Summary
VP Area	U of U Health - Academics
Department	00728 - UUMG OPS
Location	Campus
City	Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment	External Posting
Pay Rate Range	Please see below.
Close Date	05/12/2026
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)
Job Summary	As a Data Scientist in the University of Utah Health System Insight Center, you will help health system leaders make better, faster, and more confident decisions on complex issues that cut across market, clinical, economic, and operational domains. This is not a narrow reporting or dashboarding role. It is an opportunity to work on high-leverage system questions involving growth, access, capacity, performance, value, and innovation, often in direct support of leadership and committee decision-making. The Health System Insight Center is a system-level analytics capability designed to bring together shared definitions, comparable methods, and decision-ready insight so leaders can act with clarity on important enterprise issues. In this role, you will analyze and interpret complex data, build models and narratives that help resolve ambiguity, and translate findings into implications and recommendations that are useful beyond any single project. The work frequently involves patient segmentation, demand and capacity modeling, market and partner analysis, cost and margin modeling, and outcome analytics. You will be successful here if you are comfortable solving new problems creatively and in partnership with others, are able to define useful questions before rushing to answer them and motivated by work that informs real decisions rather than producing analysis for its own sake. Strong candidates can synthesize disjointed signals into coherent stories, iterate quickly with stakeholders, and develop products that are comparable, defensible, and meaningful to executive audiences. This role follows a hybrid schedule, with at least three days per week in the office in Downtown Salt Lake City and regular collaboration on the University of Utah campus with colleagues, leaders, and clinical partners. What makes this role distinctive • You will work on behalf of leadership on important, system-level questions rather than isolated local requests. • You will operate in a newer and growing analytics center helping shape how enterprise insight is produced and used. • You will work across domains, combining technical rigor with judgment, synthesis, and executive communication. • Your work will be expected to help leaders align, choose, and act. Learn more about the great benefits of working for University of Utah: benefits.utah.edu
Responsibilities	Under the direction of the Senior Data Scientist and the System Chief Analytics & Insights Officer, you will: Turn complex, disjointed market, clinical, economic, and operational data into clear findings, implications, and decision-ready options for health system leaders. Build effective visualizations, narratives, and other analytical products that help stakeholders understand key signals, tradeoffs, and performance drivers. Work iteratively with partners to define the right question, choose appropriate methods, share early drafts, pressure-test assumptions, and strengthen the product through feedback. Use trusted enterprise data assets and shared definitions with pragmatic validation and thoughtful last-mile shaping, while partnering closely with data engineers and architects on analytical requirements, pipeline needs, and reusable data products. Translate leadership questions into crisp deliverables such as pre-reads, briefings, dashboards, and scenario analyses that are useful in executive and committee settings. Manage work backward from leadership forums and decision timelines, communicating early, iterating quickly, and delivering high-quality products on schedule. Apply sound analytical methods and, where helpful, newer tools and techniques in ways that maintain clarity, credibility, comparability, and actionability. Data Scientist, I Grade: P16 Expected Pay Range: $77,250 – $91,340 Data Scientist, II Grade: P18 Expected Pay Range: $82,250 – $101,945
Minimum Qualifications	EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience). Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels: Data Scientist, I: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a master’s (or equivalency) degree. Data Scientist, II: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.
Preferences	Experience writing, optimizing, and interpreting SQL queries. Experience working with healthcare datasets and enterprise definitions; able to do pragmatic wrangling while partnering with engineering for deeper integration work. Demonstrated ability to write analytics slides tuned to executive audiences. Experience partnering with managers and leaders to clarify questions, incorporate feedback, and deliver useful outputs. Familiarity with data visualization tools such as D3, Tableau, Power BI, R Shiny, or Plotly Dash, Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint. A portfolio of project work demonstrating well-documented, and modular code (e.g., via GitHub). Exposure to geospatial analysis or spatial data visualization. Knowledge of web scraping or use of APIs to retrieve external data. Experience applying large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing in health and business analytics (e.g., text mining, classification, summarization, retrieval).
Type	Benefited Staff
Special Instructions Summary
Additional Information	The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules. This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities. Consistent with state and federal law, the University of Utah does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX (OEO). More information, including the Director/Title IX Coordinator’s office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number can be located at the: University of Utah Non‑Discrimination page. Online reports may be submitted at https://oeo.utah.edu https://publicsafety.utah.edu/safetyreport/ This report includes statistics about criminal offenses, hate crimes, arrests and referrals for disciplinary action, and Violence Against Women Act offenses. They also provide information about safety and security-related services offered by the University of Utah. A paper copy can be obtained by request at the Department of Public Safety located at 1658 East 500 South. As per University of Utah policy 5-108: Transfer of Benefits Eligible Staff Members, a new hire to the University of Utah who is still serving a 12 month probationary period will not be hired into another University of Utah job (a transfer) until the successful completion of the probationary period.

Posting Specific Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

* What is your highest level of completed education?
- None
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Associate Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- Doctorate Degree
* How many years of related work experience do you have?
- Less than 6 years
- 6 years or more, but less than 9 years
- 9 years or more, but less than 12 years
- 12 years or more, but less than 15 years
- 15 years or more

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

Resume

Optional Documents

Cover Letter

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