Senior Data Scientist, Healthcare Economics and Evaluation

About us

Pomelo Care is a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, engineers and problem solvers who are passionate about improving care for moms and babies. We are transforming outcomes for pregnant people and babies with evidence-based pregnancy and newborn care at scale. Our technology-driven care platform enables us to engage patients early, conduct individualized risk assessments for poor pregnancy outcomes, and deliver coordinated, personalized virtual care throughout pregnancy, NICU stays, and the first postpartum year. We measure ourselves by reductions in preterm births, NICU admissions, c-sections and maternal mortality; we improve outcomes and reduce healthcare spend.

Role Description

Your North Star: build analytic solutions that demonstrate Pomelo’s value to our payer partners.

We’re looking to bring on a data scientist experienced in healthcare outcomes assessment or program evaluation to join our growing data team. Trustworthy, actionable data plays a critical role in Pomelo’s mission to improve pregnancy outcomes. As a member of the data team, you will generate data and insights that informs both our business decisions and the care that we deliver to patients.

Responsibilities 

• Architect and execute analyses that effectively assess the outcomes of Pomelo Care’s programs and initiatives in a scalable and repeatable manner 
• Build data tables, pipelines and dashboards that combine diverse health data sources and make data insights accessible to teams
• Effectively communicate the value we’re delivering for patients 
• Communicate results to our internal teams
• Collaborate closely with our technical, partnerships, and operations teams to understand Pomelo’s programs and associated user journeys, so that you can determine how to effectively assess their outcomes
• Work closely with other data scientists to guide technical investments and to scale our work
• Work on key publications associated with our healthcare outcomes

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,

• 2+ years professional experience in developing statistical and/ or machine learning 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, etc.)
• 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 
• Proficient in R or Python
• Excellent executor: you know how to get things done under tight constraints, including making tough tradeoffs and/or getting scrappy when needed, without sacrificing core product or organizational values
• Excited to work cross-functionally across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong problem-solver with good judgment and decision making in the interest of driving your team to pursue the highest expected value work
• Excellent written and verbal communicator

Bonus points if you have any of the following

• Strong preference for candidates proficient in SQL
• Formal training in statistics, econometrics, or actuarial sciences
• Experience presenting outcomes or cost of care analyses to external stakeholders, such as payers 
• 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 where you will have a profound impact on the patients we serve. And you'll learn, grow, 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. We also offer:

• Competitive healthcare benefits
• Generous equity compensation
• Unlimited vacation
• Membership in the First Round Network (a curated and confidential community with events, guides, thousands of Q&A questions, and opportunities for 1-1 mentorship)

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 hi