Head of Data Science and Analytics

Storm3; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Storm3 is seeking a Head of Data Science & Analytics to own the scientific and analytical direction of the business. This hands-on leadership role focuses on using complex healthcare data to identify patients, forecast treatment demand, and measure program impact across medical and pharmacy data.

You will build predictive models, forecast utilization, and establish automated data-quality standards while partnering with Finance, Commercial, Clinical, Product, and Operations teams.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in statistics and applied data science.
• Hands-on SQL and Python.
• Experience with claims, eligibility, payer, PBM, pharmacy, or other longitudinal healthcare data.
• Experience with forecasting, causal inference, survival analysis, Bayesian/hierarchical modeling, simulation, or experimentation.
• Comfortable dealing with messy, incomplete, and delayed healthcare data.
• Defined important business metrics rather than merely reporting them.
• Strong data-quality and validation mindset.
• Experience building or leading data science/analytics capabilities.
• Wants to remain hands-on, especially initially.

Responsibilities

• Build predictive models around patient identification, treatment initiation, adherence, and engagement.
• Forecast specialty therapy utilization and demand across populations.
• Develop methodologies for measuring savings and patient outcomes.
• Design experiments and observational analyses to understand intervention impact.
• Define and standardize core business metrics across the organization.
• Build scalable reporting and self-service analytics.

Skills

Statistics & data science

SQL

Python

Healthcare data

Forecasting

Causal inference

Survival analysis

Experimentation

Tools

dbt

Omni

Looker

semantic layers

self-service analytics

Job description

About the Company

A fast-growing healthcare benefits company is transforming how high-cost specialty therapies are delivered and financed. The business helps employers reduce specialty pharmacy and infusion costs by removing hidden markups, expanding access to high-quality care, and creating greater transparency around treatment pricing.

The company partners with major employers and benefits organizations, helping improve patient access while delivering meaningful cost savings.

About the Role

They’re hiring a Head of Data Science & Analytics to own the scientific and analytical direction of the business.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on using complex healthcare data to identify patients, forecast treatment demand, measure program impact, and build the analytical infrastructure that supports a rapidly scaling organization.

You’ll work across medical and pharmacy claims, eligibility, clinical, financial, and operational data to:

• Build predictive models around patient identification, treatment initiation, adherence, and engagement
• Forecast specialty therapy utilization and demand across populations
• Develop rigorous methodologies for measuring savings and patient outcomes
• Design experiments and observational analyses to understand intervention impact
• Define and standardize core business metrics across the organization
• Build scalable reporting and self-service analytics
• Establish automated data-quality, validation, and reproducibility standards
• Partner directly with Finance, Commercial, Clinical, Product, and Operations leadership
• Eventually hire and build out the data science and analytics function

Ideal Background

• Strong foundation in statistics and applied data science
• Hands-on SQL and Python
• Experience working with claims, eligibility, payer, PBM, pharmacy, or other longitudinal healthcare data
• Experience with forecasting, causal inference, survival analysis, Bayesian/hierarchical modeling, simulation, or experimentation
• Comfortable dealing with messy, incomplete, and delayed healthcare data
• Has defined important business metrics rather than simply reporting them
• Strong data-quality and validation mindset
• Experience building or leading data science/analytics capabilities
• Wants to remain hands-on, especially initially
• Bonus for dbt, Omni, Looker, semantic layers, or self-service analytics
• Bonus for experience in a fast-growing company