Principal Healthcare Economist
About the position
Responsibilities
• Maintain and improve the ROI spreadsheet model (Excel/Google Sheets).
• Input, validate, and update health economics and clinical data from peer-reviewed literature and internal analyses.
• Adjust assumptions and calculations to reflect site-specific financial structures or special requests.
• Partner with sales and customer success teams to create customized ROI analyses for health systems.
• Conduct scenario analyses and sensitivity testing to address unique customer needs.
• Prepare clear data visualizations and summaries to communicate ROI insights.
• Join customer calls to present ROI models to clinicians and executives.
• Stay current on medical literature, health economics studies, and reimbursement trends to keep the ROI model evidence-based.
• Collaborate with clinical experts to verify assumptions and incorporate new clinical data.
• Work with marketing to develop ROI case studies.
• Share trends and insights from ROI analyses with product teams.
• Support sales teams in customer conversations by explaining ROI methodology and findings.
• Streamline and automate the ROI calculator where possible (e.g., advanced formulas, VBA scripts).
• Create documentation, guidelines, and training materials for internal teams on ROI tool usage.
Requirements
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with advanced Excel proficiency (formulas, pivot tables, scenario analysis, and macro/VBA automation).
• Background in health economics, healthcare finance, or clinical outcomes research.
• Experience interpreting medical and clinical literature and translating findings into financial impact.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for presenting ROI findings to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with clinical, sales, and product teams.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
Nice-to-haves
• Familiarity with financial modeling or cost-benefit analysis in healthcare.
• Experience with healthcare reimbursement models, value-based care frameworks, or population health metrics.
• Skills in data visualization.
• Basic knowledge of automation (e.g., Google App Scripts) or converting complex spreadsheets into lightweight web calculators.
Benefits
• A range of medical, dental and vision benefits
• Stock options for all full-time employees
• 20 days of paid vacation, plus sick days and holidays
• A 401(k) plan, life insurance, plus long and short term disability
• The opportunity to directly improve medical care and impact patient outcomes
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