Staff Data Scientist, Healthcare Economics

Pomelo Care; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

HSA options

FSA

Equity grant

401(k)

Generous vacation policy

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Remote work flexibility (US)

Job summary

Pomelo Care, a leading virtual medical practice for women and children, is hiring a Staff Data Scientist in Healthcare Economics. You will own how clinical and economic impact is measured, validated, and communicated to payer partners and external audiences.

Join a mission-driven startup shaping value-based care through rigorous evaluation and publishable results. You will build analyses, data pipelines, and dashboards that integrate diverse health data to drive strategic decisions, renewals,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing statistical models for healthcare outcomes.
• Experience with cost of care or clinical outcomes target setting at a payer or health system.
• Experience presenting analyses to external stakeholders.
• Proficient in Python or R.
• Proficient in SQL.

Responsibilities

• Define and break down ambiguous mandates into clear analyses.
• Architect scalable analyses of program outcomes.
• Lead external partner engagements on methodology.
• Drive evidence strategy: reports, conferences, and publications.
• Build data tables, pipelines, and dashboards from diverse health data.
• Mentor other data scientists and guide methodological investments.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Healthcare outcomes

Python or R

SQL

Communication

Education

Advanced degree in statistics or health economics

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Metabase

dbt

Job description

Staff Data Scientist, Healthcare Economics

United States

About us

Pomelo Care is the leading virtual medical practice for women and children, providing care across pregnancy, postpartum, pediatrics, menopause, and perimenopause. We combine proactive, 24/7 clinical care with technology that helps us reach patients earlier, identify risks sooner, and deliver personalized care throughout their journey. Our team includes clinicians, technologists, operators, and problem-solvers working together to make high-quality care more accessible for families nationwide.

About The Role:

Your north star:Own how Pomelo's clinical and economic impact is measured, proven, and presented - to our payer partners, to external partners, and in published research.We're looking for a data scientist experienced in healthcare outcomes assessment or program evaluation to join our Health Economics team. Trustworthy, actionable data plays a critical role in Pomelo's mission to improve pregnancy outcomes.

Why this role matters: This role goes far beyond reporting. The analyses you produce feed directly into renewal and expansion negotiations with national payers, shape how new risk-based and value-based offerings are structured, and become the evidence base we publish. You'll inherit a strong foundation of established methods and infrastructure, and you'll regularly need to build on it to answer novel questions, explore new methodologies, and communicate results to audiences with very different backgrounds. You will have direct influence on how we measure impact and tell our story externally.

What you'll do:

• 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. Where existing approaches don't reach, you'll extend them or build something new, and stand behind those choices under scrutiny
• 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

Who you are:

You are a collaborative problem solver and analytic thinker who is focused on driving impact, and excited to work at a startup. Specifically,

• 6+ years professional experience developing statistical models to answer complex healthcare problems using varied techniques (e.g., propensity score matching, linear and logistic regressions, k-means clustering, difference-in-differences, decision trees)
• 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
• You do your best work when the goal is ambiguous. You are comfortable telling others "here's what I recommend and why" rather than waiting to be told what to analyze
• You have the technical depth to run a publication-grade evaluation and the judgment to know when a scrappy proof-of-concept is the better call. You never lose sight of why the work matters to the business
• Excellent written and verbal communicator, comfortable across technical and non-technical audiences

Bonus points if you have any of the following

• 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 (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Metabase)
• Experience working with dbt

Why you should join our team

By joining Pomelo, you will get in on the ground floor of a fast-moving, well-funded, and mission-driven startup that always puts the patient first. You will learn, grow and be challenged, and have fun with your team while doing it.

We strive to create an environment where employees from all backgrounds are respected. We value working across disciplines, moving fast, data-driven decision making, learning, and always putting the patient first.

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. This role is also eligible for equity, giving you an ownership stake in Pomelo’s mission. Actual compensation may vary based on relevant experience, skills, competencies, and certifications.

At Pomelo, we are committed to hiring the best team to improve outcomes for all mothers and babies, regardless of their background. We need diverse perspectives to reflect the diversity of problems we face and the population we serve. We look to hire people from a variety of backgrounds, including but not limited to race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, disability, and veteran status.

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