Data Scientist

🕒 February 20

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $92.7k - $134.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📊 Data Scientist

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CDC Foundation

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1992

🤝 Non-profit

🏥 Healthcare

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Healthcare • Social Impact

CDC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that partners with the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a broad network of public-, private-, and community-sector organizations to advance public health locally and globally. Since 1995 it has supported high-impact programs and projects (including emergency responses, global health initiatives, workforce services, maternal/newborn NEST kits, and community health programs), mobilizes funding and partners, and runs fundraising and donor-engagement activities to support research, program delivery, and emergency response. The organization works across state, local, and international settings to expand health programs, strengthen public-health capacity, and translate data and research (including AI collaborations) into public-health action.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, sustainable Tableau dashboards and visual analytics products that provide timely, accurate, and actionable insights to inform public health decision-making. • Partner with internal programs, epidemiologists, and external stakeholders to gather requirements, understand analytic needs, and translate business and public health questions into effective visualization solutions. • Analyze and interpret complex, multi-source public health datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights relevant to policy, operations, and population health outcomes. • Translate complex data and analytic findings into clear, intuitive, and accessible visualizations for audiences with varying levels of technical expertise. • Ensure accuracy, consistency, and data integrity across dashboards by applying visualization standards, data validation practices, and organizational governance requirements. • Design and publish visualizations that comply with data suppression, privacy, and confidentiality standards appropriate for public health data. • Apply Tableau and data visualization best practices to ensure dashboards are scalable, well-structured, and maintainable over time. • Document data sources, business logic, assumptions, and dashboard functionality to support transparency, reuse, and long-term sustainability. • Communicate insights through dashboards, reports, and presentations that effectively support leadership, partners, and decision-makers. • Provide analytic and visualization support to inform public health programs, initiatives, and policy development. • Stay current with emerging trends, tools, and methodologies in data visualization, analytics, and public health informatics, and apply innovative approaches to improve analytic capabilities.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Data Science, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, Computer Science, or related field. • Master’s or PhD in related field preferred. • Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience developing data visualizations and dashboards using Tableau. • Strong experience in visualization tools, specifically Tableau. • Familiarity with data manipulation and analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Python). • Experience applying data privacy, suppression, and confidentiality standards in dashboards and reports. • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities. • Ability to interpret complex datasets and derive meaningful insights. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical partners effectively. • Flexibility to adapt to evolving project requirements and priorities. • Professional certifications in data visualizations (Tableau Desktop Specialist or Certified Data Analyst) or public health analytics preferred. • Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; collegial; energetic; and able to develop productive relationships with colleagues, partners, and partners. • Demonstrated ability to work well independently and within teams. • Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

🏖️ Benefits

• Up to 10% domestic travel may be required