Data Scientist - Recruiting

Doctor shortages are one of the biggest healthcare challenges in America today and as our Lead Data Scientist you’ll be directly working at Barton to solve it.As our Data Scientist you will work closely with our Lead Data Scientist and Chief AI Officer to drive commercial growth for the organization by combining your advanced technical skills, consulting, and business acumen. This is a great role for someone who wants a strong start to a career at the intersections of AI, machine learning, software development, and business.Your primary focus will be to drive sales growth by helping Barton identify key recruiting opportunities (think doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) and get them to sign on with us for locum tenens services. Typical problems for this role will solve include:Which providers are most likely to work with Barton?Which providers would be the best fit for a posted listing?What is the best time, channel, and message to engage with providers?What is the optimal outreach and engagement strategy for a provider?How many providers should a recruiter work with?What future specialties do we need to start focusing on today for needs tomorrow?Why Work at Barton?As a member of the Data Science team you will have an incredible opportunity to grow your career while you help grow Barton. Here is what growth means for you in our Data Science team:Ownership: the team is young and a lot of what we make is the first time it’s ever been made, much of what you create will be “first of its kind”Visibility: as a key member of Barton’s innovation hub for you’ll be exposed to C-suite executives and other leaders regularlyMastery: our Data Science career framework ensures you develop all aspects of being a high impact professional from consulting to code slinging, you will become the best version of yourself at BartonPartner with Lead Data Scientist and business leaders, emphasis on Recruiting and Marketing, to understand challenges and translate unstructured business problems into solvable mathematical problemsParticipate in discovery sessions and workshops to get at root causes pursuant to developing the right solutions to the right challengesWork within our user centric, product-inspired approach to Data ScienceCollaborate with learning and development to develop training and other engagement sustaining capabilities to ensure problems stay solvedConduct analytic research to identify opportunities, causes, and insights to drive growthCreate machine learning models that optimize next best actions and decision making for sales colleagues and leadershipLeverage AI capabilities to create organizational leverage, including your own work0 to 3 years of professional experience in predictive modeling, data science, machine learningFluency with data science tools, e.g., SQL, Python, R, and ability to learn new tools on the flyAcademic or professional experience with explainable machine learning, e.g., ShapleyAcademic or professional experience using LLMs, e.g., API calls to chatGPTRobust conceptual understanding of machine learning and AI, e.g., what is XGBoost and how does it work, and generative AI, e.g., how does gradient descent work, why is it relevantComfort and experience engaging with business peers and leaders, this role will be expected to present to leaders intermittentlyComfort in both back office / heads down mode as well as front office / interpersonal mode, in other words you not only like building models, you also like promoting, teaching, and explaining them to non-technical peoplePreferences:Management consulting experienceInterest in user-centric design, app development, and other related topicsInterest in the analytics related to sales, marketing, commercial growthInterest in healthcare and / or staffingInspired by names like: Drucker, Tufte, Taleb, and Christenson

Created: 2025-12-11