Senior Privacy Biostatistician - Risk Analytics

Truveta; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great benefits package

401K plan

Flexible work hours

Generous parental leave

Regular team activities

Job summary

Truveta seeks a Senior Privacy Biostatistician to independently lead statistical disclosure control across complex health datasets. You will mentor staff, set privacy standards, and collaborate with Legal on advanced risk controls.

The role requires a proven track record in de-identification and Expert Determinations under HIPAA. Based at the Greater Seattle area headquarters with optional remote flexibility, you will drive risk strategies for multi-modality data and represent privacy rigor to

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in biostatistics or related quantitative field with strong privacy/testing background.
• Proven track record applying de-identification methods to real datasets across modalities.
• Experience leading privacy risk assessments and expert determinations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead disclosure control strategies for multi-modality health data (structured/imaging/notes).
• Serve as signing Expert Determiner with documented, auditable reasoning.
• Mentor Privacy Biostatisticians and establish methodological standards.
• Collaborate with Legal/Contracts on recipient-side controls and risk management.

Skills

Statistical methods

Data privacy

Mentoring

Expert Determination

HIPAA knowledge

Education

Master's degree in biostatistics or related field

PhD a plus

Tools

sdcMicro

risk modelling

HL7 / FHIR / DICOM familiarity

Job description

Senior Privacy Biostatistician - Risk Analytics

Truveta is the world’s first health provider led data platform with a vision of Saving Lives with Data. Our mission is to enable researchers to find cures faster, empower every clinician to be an expert, and help families make the most informed decisions about their care. Achieving Truveta’s ambitious vision requires an incredible team of talented and inspired people with a special combination of health, software and big data experience who share our company values.

This position is based out of our headquarters in the Greater Seattle area. #LI-remote

Who We Need

We're looking for a senior statistical privacy expert who can independently lead disclosure risk strategy across increasingly complex data modalities: structured, imaging, clinical notes, and emerging areas like genomic data, and who can build toward (or already holds) the judgment and track record required to sign Expert Determinations under HIPAA. Beyond core technical capability, we're seeking someone who can mentor junior team members, set methodological standards, and represent Truveta's privacy rigor to partners and regulators.

This Opportunity

The Sr. Privacy Biostatistician reports to the Senior Director of Risk Analytics and independently leads statistical disclosure control strategy for complex, high-visibility, and novel-modality data products; and, where individually qualified, signs Expert Determinations under 45 CFR §164.514(b)(1).

There is no professional license or certification that confers this signing authority; it is earned through demonstrated, documented judgment, expertise and experience. This role is designed for someone who already has (or is very close to having) that track record.

Responsibilities:

• Independently design and lead statistical disclosure control strategies for complex, high-dimensional, and/or multi-modality health datasets (structured, imaging, clinical notes, and emerging modalities such as genomic data).
• Serve as a signing Expert Determiner who applies generally accepted statistical and scientific principles to determine the re-identification risk is "very small." The individual should then be able to document the reasoning to a standard that stands on its own under an audit.
• Own profile-level risk justification methodology — dynamic k-anonymity thresholds, quasi-identifier importance ranking, suppression hierarchies, and drift-triggered re-determination thresholds.
• Partner with clinical informatics and teams on modality-specific risk, and with Legal on emerging modalities such as genomic data.
• Incorporate Truveta’s HIPAA Security Rule posture into Privacy Rule risk determinations; partner with security leadership on infrastructure and regulatory change.
• Mentor and supervise Privacy Biostatisticians building toward independent signing authority; co-sign their work and maintain documentation of their case history.
• Partner with Legal/Contracts on supplementary recipient-side controls for higher-residual-risk modalities and incorporate these controls in the determination. The individual should routinely emphasize that these controls do not serve as a substitute for the statistical "very small risk" determination.
• Drive continual improvements in data utility and data usability while managing residual risk and mitigating controls across the platform.

Key Qualifications

• Master's degree in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, or related quantitative field (PhD a plus).
• 6+ years of experience in statistical methods applied to patient health information, including significant hands‑on experience in statistical disclosure control; or demonstrated equivalent competency reflected in an accelerated, documented case history, e.g., independently drafted determinations across multiple data modalities, strong case‑defence review performance, and consistent co‑signer confidence — for candidates with less tenure but a compressed, high‑intensity development trajectory.
• Demonstrated, documentable track record applying de‑identification methodology to real datasets.
• Deep experience with at least one non‑structured data modality (imaging or clinical notes) in addition to structured EHR/claims data.
• Demonstrated ability to reason across the HIPAA Privacy Rule / Security Rule boundary when estimating risk.
• Excellent written and verbal skills, with demonstrated ability to produce documentation that would stand alone under audit.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior technical staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior formal Expert Determination signing experience (internal or as an external consultant/expert witness).
• Experience with analyzing risk across linked data modalities.
• Experience with process Expert Determinations.
• Hands‑on experience with SDC tools such as sdcMicro and dynamic/continuously‑validated risk methodologies.
• Working familiarity with clinical informatics standards (HL7, FHIR, DICOM PS3.15 Annex E).
• Exposure to genomic data privacy considerations (e.g., VCF‑level re‑identification risk, familial risk, etc.).
• Experience in analyzing Real World Data in a research setting.
• Evidence of participation in publications, studies, or reports.

Why Truveta?

Be a part of building something special. Now is the perfect time to join Truveta. We have strong, established leadership with decades of success. We are well‑funded. We are building a culture that prioritizes people and their passions across personal, professional and everything in between. Join us as we build an amazing company together.

We Offer:

• Interesting and meaningful work for every career stage
• Great benefits package
• Comprehensive benefits with strong medical, dental and vision insurance plans
• 401K plan
• Professional development & training opportunities for continuous learning
• Work/life autonomy via flexible work hours and flexible paid time off
• Generous parental leave
• Regular team activities (virtual and in‑person)
• The base pay for this position is $150,000 to $145,000. The pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target. Pay is based on several factors including location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional compensation such as incentive pay and stock options.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

Truveta is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and empowering workplace. We believe that having employees, interns, and contractors with diverse backgrounds enables Truveta to better meet our mission and serve patients and health communities around the world. We recognize that opportunities in technology historically excluded and continue to disproportionately exclude Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people. We strongly encourage individuals with these identities to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.

Please note that all applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer as we are unable to sponsor work visas or permits (e.g., F-1 OPT, H-1B) at this time. We appreciate your interest in the position and encourage you to explore future opportunities with us.