Senior Data Scientist - AI - Healthcare & Lifesciences

IBM Consulting is hiring a Senior Data Scientist focused on AI/GenAI for Healthcare and Life Sciences. You will design and develop AI/GenAI models for HCLS applications, analyze large structured and unstructured datasets, and collaborate with clinicians, biostatisticians, and software engineers to integrate AI solutions into clinical workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI/GenAI models tailored for Healthcare and Life Sciences applications.
• Analyze large datasets (structured and unstructured) to extract actionable insights.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including clinicians, biostatisticians, and software engineers to integrate AI solutions into workflows.
• Develop and validate predictive models for patient outcomes, treatment optimization, and clinical decision support.
• Implement agentic AI systems that can autonomously perform tasks or provide recommendations in healthcare processes.
• Conduct experiments and performance evaluations to ensure model accuracy, fairness, and reliability.
• Stay up-to-date with AI/ML trends, particularly in GenAI and Healthcare applications, and propose innovative solutions.
• Document methodologies, results, and AI model pipelines for reproducibility and regulatory compliance.
• Support deployment and monitoring of AI solutions in production environments.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Proven experience in AI/GenAI and machine learning model development, including deep learning and agentic AI systems.
• Strong programming skills in Python, R, or similar languages, and experience with AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Experience with healthcare or life sciences data, including EHR, genomic, clinical trial, or other biomedical datasets.
• Solid understanding of statistics, data analysis, and experimental design.
• Experience in data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model validation.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and deployment of AI solutions in production.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, strong problem-solving and critical thinking, and excellent communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience with regulatory and compliance requirements in healthcare or life sciences.
• Master's degree (Bachelor's degree required).

Location: Paramus, NJ (Hybrid). Travel up to 60% (~3 days/week) based on project requirements. Date posted: 18-Jun-2026. IBM will not provide visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Compensation: $172,000–$321,000 per year depending on job-related skills, experience, and location, plus IBM's benefits program.