Director of Data Analytics & Outcomes Research

Role overview Lead the analytics and outcomes research function for a maternal care program, turning clinical, engagement, and cost data into decisions that improve member outcomes and demonstrate value to payer partners. The role spans data structure and governance, research methods, reporting, and team leadership, with close collaboration across engineering, product, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities - Set the conceptual data model, reporting structure, metric definitions, and standards for consistent analysis across markets and contracts. - Build and maintain methods to assess clinical outcomes, member retention, and return on investment; translate results into practical recommendations. - Lead health economics and outcomes research that supports evidence-based assessments of clinical and financial impact. - Ensure analyses are accurate, repeatable, and clear about data limitations; guide the use of dashboards and reporting. - Manage and develop a team spanning data science, analytics, and outcomes research, and partner with engineering on implementation. - Prepare research papers, presentations, and impact briefs for internal leaders and external payer audiences.

Requirements - A PhD with 7–10 years of relevant experience or a master’s degree with 8–12 years; experience leading and managing a data team. - Strong command of health economics, statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, comparative effectiveness, or real-world evidence methods. - Expert experience with analytical and visualization tools such as R, Python, SQL, SAS, spreadsheets, and Tableau. - Experience with data modeling, metric design, and technical implementation in partnership with engineering teams. - Background in healthcare services, ideally involving value-based care, payer relationships, or outcomes-based contracts. - Ability to advise executives and communicate defensible, actionable findings to both internal and payer audiences; comfort working in a fast-changing environment.

Benefits and work setup The role is remote for candidates in the contiguous United States, with some state exclusions. The listed base salary is $185,000–$195,000 annually. Benefits include paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental and vision coverage, stock options, life and disability insurance, and a 401(k) plan.