Lead Analyst, Healthcare Economics

The role

You will shape how the company measures and improves clinical and financial performance for individuals with chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease. You will translate complex data into insights to inform strategy and support value-based care models.

What you will do

• Lead medical economics analyses across regional and national populations.
• Design and implement cost and utilization analytics.
• Develop and maintain benchmarking models for total cost of care.
• Build and monitor leading indicator dashboards.
• Identify and analyze outlier spend patterns and elevated medical trends.
• Partner with clinical leadership and regional market operations teams.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Health Services Research, Actuarial Science, Public Health, or related).
• 4+ years of experience in medical economics, healthcare analytics, actuarial analysis, or population health analytics.
• 4+ years of experience with claims data (medical and pharmacy), risk adjustment (HCC/RAF), and total cost of care analyses.
• 4+ years of experience of demonstrating strong SQL skills and experience working with large, complex healthcare datasets.
• 3+ years of experience in value-based care models, especially in Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, or ACO settings.
• Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.
• Ability to travel and be on-site to meet business needs.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree (MPH, MHA, MS, MBA, or similar).
• Experience in kidney care, chronic disease management, or renal population health.
• Hands-on experience with dbt (data build tool), including building and maintaining modular, version-controlled data models, tests, and documentation in a cloud data warehouse (e.g., Amazon Redshift).
• Experience designing and maintaining executive-facing dashboards, ideally in Amazon QuickSight (Tableau or Power BI also considered), including dataset design, calculated fields, and parameter- or fil

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance
• Health and flexible spending accounts
• 401k with employer match
• Financial wellness resources
• Paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time
• Paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves
• Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost
• Physical wellness perks
• Mental health support
• Annual professional development stipend

Before you apply

• Strive Health is unable to provide work visa sponsorship.

About the company

Strive Health is on a mission to transform chronic conditions by identifying risk earlier, coordinating thoughtful care, and supporting people through every stage of their health journey.