Director, Clinical Research
About The Position
Hello Heart is seeking a Director, Clinical Research to lead the clinical and economic evidence strategy demonstrating how its products help members understand and improve heart health through AI, hardware, and behavioral science. Reporting to the VP, Commercial Actuary, the Director will set research and publications strategy and partner with Commercial and Product Leadership, Medical Affairs, Data Science, Product, Sales, and Marketing to drive peer-reviewed publications, white papers, conference abstracts, and client-facing evidence that support commercial goals. The role applies expertise in statistics, claims analysis, and clinical research to shape the study pipeline, build partnerships with research institutes and consultants, and represent Hello Heart’s evidence to technical and executive audiences. The Director will prioritize research, develop analytical plans, analyze diverse healthcare datasets using advanced statistical methods, and oversee the development and revision of research outputs. The role also includes building evidence strategy for future FDA-regulated capabilities, contributing to research documentation, staying current on relevant scientific research, and translating complex findings into clear and actionable insights. The position is suited to someone who values rigorous research, communication, cross-functional collaboration, and evidence that supports better heart health outcomes.
Requirements
- Graduate degree in a clinical field, epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, or a related field, such as an MS, MPH, PhD, or PharmD, with 10+ years of clinical research experience.
- Demonstrated experience in a commercial research setting and ability to balance scientific rigor with business needs.
- Experience leading or mentoring researchers, peer-reviewing their work, and supporting less experienced researchers toward independent publication.
- Strong statistical programming experience with R, Python, SQL, MS Excel, or other relevant analytical tools.
- Strong AI fluency, including the ability to design AI-enabled workflows such as building or customizing agents while maintaining accuracy, privacy, and human review.
- Strong data skills, including data cleaning, data management, statistical analysis, and data visualization.
- Experience planning and implementing complex statistical analyses while managing deadlines across multiple research priorities.
- Experience working with clinical, claims, electronic health record (EHR), engagement, or other healthcare datasets.
- Experience testing medical claims, pharmacy claims, and enrollment data for errors, including actuarial summaries and cuts by cohort.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects at once.
- Open and responsive to feedback on manuscripts, analyses, and other written work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional partners to prioritize clinical and economic research priorities.
- Provide peer review and mentorship to researchers, developing their analytical and publication skills.
- Generate research questions and develop analytical plans for publication and evidence-generation priorities.
- Develop partnerships and work alongside leading research institutes.
- Build Hello Heart's research and evidence strategy to support future FDA-regulated capabilities, accounting for regulatory requirements and timelines.
- Identify, organize, query, and analyze clinical, claims, electronic health record (EHR), and engagement datasets.
- Apply advanced statistical methods, including multilevel modeling, causal inference, propensity score matching, mixed-effects modeling, longitudinal analyses, and sensitivity testing.
- Collaborate with co-authors to incorporate feedback and finalize analyses, manuscripts, white papers, and abstracts.
- Respond to anonymous peer reviews, including repeat analyses and manuscript revisions, to support timely resubmission.
- Identify relevant conferences for abstract submission and present ongoing research when appropriate.
- Stay current on research related to cardiovascular health, digital health, behavioral science, chronic disease, health economics, and public health.
- Contribute to data summaries, research protocols, institutional review board (IRB) materials, and other research documentation.
- Translate complex analytical findings into clear, accurate, and actionable insights for clinical, technical, commercial, and executive audiences.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
