Staff Data Scientist, Healthcare Economics

Job Overview

As a Staff Data Scientist, Healthcare Economics at Pomelo Care, you will own how Pomelo's clinical and economic impact is measured, proven, and presented to payer partners, external partners, and in published research.

Responsibilities

• Own the question as well as the analysis. Take large, ambiguous mandates and break them into definitions, assumptions, and key questions to align stakeholders.
• Architect and execute analyses that assess the outcomes of Pomelo Care's programs in a scalable, repeatable way.
• Lead Pomelo's technical engagement with external partners: presenting directly, aligning on methodology and parameters, and building credibility with evaluation teams.
• Drive our evidence strategy end to end: partner-facing reporting, conference presentations, and peer-reviewed publications.
• Build data tables, pipelines, and dashboards that combine diverse health data sources and make insights accessible across teams.
• Identify opportunities to scale and automate insights in partnership with the data and analytics engineering teams.
• Serve as Pomelo's expert on statistics and health economics: define the methodologies we use for evaluation, mentor other data scientists, and guide where we invest technically.

Requirements

• 6+ years professional experience developing statistical models to answer complex healthcare problems using varied techniques.
• Experience with cost of care or clinical outcomes target setting at a payer, managed care organization, integrated delivery network, value-based care provider, or healthcare consulting firm.
• Experience presenting statistical analyses to external stakeholders with varied technical expertise.
• Proficient in Python or R.
• Proficient in SQL.

Nice to Have

• Formal training in statistics, econometrics, or actuarial science.
• Experience with risk-based or value-based contracting, including opportunity sizing and ROI modeling.
• Experience with medical claims data.
• Peer-reviewed publications in health outcomes or health economics.
• Experience with data dashboarding or visualization.
• Experience working with dbt.

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their families.
• High deductible Health Plans with Health Savings Account (HSA) options.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Equity grant participation.
• 401(k) program.
• Competitive vacation policy.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Fully remote work flexibility (within the US).

Compensation

The expected base salary range offered for this role is $220,000 - $250,000.