Director, Payer Economics & HEOR Strategy

Twin Health

7d • $165,000 - $185,000 • Remote

About The Position

As a Director, Payer Economics & HEOR Strategy, you’ll own the end-to-end economic narrative that translates Twin Health’s AI-driven outcomes into a rigorous, defensible value proposition. You will serve as the strategic bridge between complex claims data and C-suite decision-making, architecting the actuarial models that prove our ROI to health plan leaders while leading the charge on high-impact peer-reviewed evidence. By anchoring our clinical breakthroughs in ironclad economic logic, you will be the definitive voice that turns raw data into the market-moving insights required to scale Twin’s impact across the healthcare ecosystem.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Health Economics, Medical Economics, Outcomes Research, or Actuarial Analysis.
• Experience conducting economic evaluations of healthcare interventions, vendor solutions, or population health programs from a payer, employer, or actuarial perspective.
• Experience presenting economic analyses to payer actuarial teams, employer benefit leaders, or healthcare executives.
• Familiarity with Medicare Advantage economics, including the role of Star Ratings, quality incentives, and risk adjustment in payer financial performance.
• Understanding of how payers evaluate total cost of care, ROI, and sustainability of healthcare interventions.
• PhD or Master’s in Health Economics, Economics, Public Health, Biostatistics, Actuarial Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong experience with economic modeling, causal inference methods, and healthcare cost analysis.
• Proficiency in SQL and R or Python, with the ability to work directly with large healthcare datasets and develop analytic models.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex economic concepts to technical and non-technical audiences without sacrificing rigor.
• Experience contributing to publications, white papers, conference presentations, or client-facing economic materials.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of rigorous economic analyses to quantify the impact of Twin’s model on healthcare costs, utilization, and outcomes.
• Apply and interpret robust analytic methods including difference-in-differences analyses, quasi-experimental designs, longitudinal outcomes evaluation, and actuarial-style cost modeling.
• Translate clinical and utilization outcomes into defensible estimates of total cost of care impact and return on investment (ROI).
• Ensure modeling frameworks align with how payer actuarial and medical economics teams evaluate vendor interventions and population health programs.
• Maintain and evolve the economic models that underpin Twin’s ROI methodology, payer evaluations, and strategic insights.
• Participate in payer and employer discussions to explain and defend Twin’s methodology for calculating PMPM (Per Member Per Month) savings, cost offsets, and ROI.
• Partner with commercial and market access teams to translate economic findings into clear value narratives for health plans and self-insured employers.
• Support development of payer-facing materials including economic evidence summaries, value dossiers, and executive briefing content.
• Provide analytical guidance during strategic evaluations with benefit consultants, employer coalitions, and payer actuarial teams.
• Design and maintain credible economic and actuarial models used for payer evaluation, strategic analysis, and external publications.
• Ensure models are transparent, defensible, and aligned with industry expectations for total cost of care analysis across Commercial and Medicare Advantage populations.
• Translate modeling outputs into strategic insights that inform internal planning, payer engagement, and market positioning.
• Lead the development of economic and outcomes analyses that strengthen the evidence base supporting Twin’s clinical and financial impact.
• Serve as lead author or key contributor on peer-reviewed publications focused on the economic and clinical impact of metabolic health interventions.
• Develop white papers, market briefs, and executive perspectives aligned with Twin’s evidence and thought leadership agenda.
• Analyze large-scale claims datasets (e.g., MarketScan, Optum, CMS LDS) to identify patient populations and utilization patterns relevant to Twin’s model.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package in line with leading technology companies
• A remote and accomplished global team
• Opportunity for equity participation
• Unlimited vacation with manager approval
• 16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for delivering parents; 8 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for non-delivering parents
• 100% Employer sponsored healthcare, dental, and vision for you, and 80% coverage for your family; Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options
• 401k retirement savings plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree