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Senior Manager, Applied Science

Cohere Health · United States · On-site

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About Cohere Health

Cohere Health is a healthcare technology company, focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery. Backed by Flare Capital Partners.

About the role

As the Sr. Manager, Applied Science, you will play a key role in building and scaling Cohere Health's AI capabilities. You'll lead a team of Applied Scientists focused on developing, evaluating, and deploying models that automate and augment complex clinical and administrative workflows.

What they're looking for

  • PhD with 7+ years experience or MS with 10+ years experience in machine learning, data science, or applied AI roles, of those a minimum 2+ years of experience leading and managing technical teams
  • Experiencing leveraging both modern language models (agentic or non-agentic LLM) and classical ML techniques in a production setting
  • Expertise in statistical methods, experimental design, and model evaluation
  • Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, scikit-learn)
  • AWS experience
  • Experience in transactional healthcare (e.g., Utilization Management, Payment Integrity, Risk Adjustment, Quality, Care Management, etc)
More about this role

As the Sr. Manager, Applied Science, you will play a key role in building and scaling Cohere Health's AI capabilities. You'll lead a team of Applied Scientists focused on developing, evaluating, and deploying models that automate and augment complex clinical and administrative workflows.

This team is responsible for the full lifecycle of applied machine learning from problem framing, rigorous attention to methods and experimentation, to partnering with AI Engineering to deploy and monitor models. You'll work with structured and unstructured healthcare data to generate insights and power intelligent systems that improve prior authorization and broader clinical decision-making.

As a player-coach, you'll combine hands-on technical contributions with team leadership, helping to establish best practices, mentor team members, and drive high-impact solutions in close partnership with Product, Engineering, Clinical, and Analytics stakeholders. This is an opportunity to shape both the technical direction and team culture within a growing global organization.

This is a remote-first role that may require travel to Boston, MA for new hire onboarding and occasional in-person team meetings and...

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