People Data Scientist - Remote

People Analytics Data Scientist

Drive the future of HR and workforce analytics in a large, mission-driven healthcare system, designing and delivering advanced, action-oriented data science solutions that truly impact employee engagement, patient outcomes, and financial performance. This role is ideal for a self-driven, visionary data scientist who thrives on creating transformative projects, influencing leaders at all levels, and building not just insights, but actionable change across the organizationleveraging expertise in AI, causal inference, and predictive analytics to fuel rapid, sustainable improvement.

As a People Analytics Data Scientist, you will design and implement scalable, innovative solutions using advanced data science methodsranging from observational experimentation and causal inference to predictive modeling and cutting-edge agentic AI. Your work will uncover high-confidence relationships between employee experience and business outcomes, then translate those findings into customer-facing solutions that inspire leaders to take action. You will partner with stakeholders across HR, clinical operations, finance, and executive leadership, ensuring actionable insights are embedded directly into decision-making. In addition, you will mentor colleagues, raising the bar for analytics practices across the team.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and lead analytical projects that transform HR data into actionable insights connected to organizational outcomes.
• Develop and apply advanced techniques, including causal inference, experimentation, predictive modeling, and AI-driven solutions, to identify factors influencing workforce, clinical and business performance.
• Build analytic frameworks that accelerate not only time to insights but time to action-taking.
• Apply agentic AI approaches to create decision-support solutions that nudge and inspire leaders to act on insights.
• Translate complex concepts into clear narratives for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, influencing leaders at all levels.
• Proactively identify opportunities where data can positively shape outcomes across HR, clinical, and financial domains.
• Mentor and coach junior analytics team members, fostering stronger technical, strategic, and storytelling capabilities.

Highly Preferred Skills & Qualifications :

Nice-to-Have Experience :

What Makes This Role Unique :

Salary : The pay range for this position is $47.41 / hour ($98,612 / year) for those with entry-level qualifications up to $84.42 ($175,593) for those highly experienced. The specific rate will depend upon the successful candidate's specific qualifications and prior experience.

Minimum Qualifications :

As of January 1, 2012, Baylor Scott & White Health no longer hires individuals who use nicotine products. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.