Senior Data Scientist

Key Responsibilities

• Create a Development Framework

o Establish a framework for the execution of technical tasks within the proof-of-concept. The framework will
consist of task breakouts, milestones, and deliverables
o Identify critical milestones related to information, receipt of data, testing, and delivery.
o Identify key risk factors and means of mitigation.

• Current Processes & Technology

o Participate in critical discussions involving current intake workflows, how decisions are made based on
information from the intake process, and the allocation of State labor.
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o Contribute to the identification of intake process shortcomings and prioritize based on their impact on children
and State resources.

• Devise New Intake Approach Using New Technologies

o Lead the development of a new intake process that leverages natural language processing and other machine
learning algorithms.
o Identify the functional blocks and reconcile their contributions to solving the prioritized shortcomings.
o Evaluate architectural and computational implementation trade-offs for each functional block. The evaluation
should consider risk from the standpoints of technical, schedule, and security.
o Evaluate trade-offs of using different data sources, including existing systems, sample data, simulated data, or
other alternatives.
o Document the final approach for transparency.

• Design Review(s)

o Create the framework for the design review process.
o Lead the design review and evaluate
 The functional design with respect to resolving prioritized intake process shortcomings, and the impact on
children and State resources.
 Technical, schedule, data security, and other risk factors.
 Source of data and its usefulness in demonstrating the efficacy of the approach.
 Proposed methods of test and demonstration.
o Documentation of the process for transparency.

• Implementation of Proof-of-Concept

o Oversee the implementation of the prototype by conducting weekly status updates and, when appropriate, gate
reviews.
o Provide guidance when needed to mitigate risk and remove technical or administrative roadblocks.

• Conference Room Demonstration

o During the course of 3-4 days, provide conference room support to demonstrate that shows how the prototype
application can improve child outcomes and reduce State resources.
o Capture key stakeholder comments regarding technical aspects of the application.

• Roadmap

o Contribute to the development of a roadmap that illustrates how the developed technology could be integrated
into the State’s ecosystem of technologies and processes.

• Agile Development Process

o Contribute to the Agile development process to ensure the success of the project.