Principal, Healthcare Data (Payer/ Provider)
About The Position
At Komodo Health, our mission is to reduce the global burden of disease. And we believe that smarter use of data is essential to this mission. That’s why we built the Healthcare Map — the industry’s largest, most complete, precise view of the U.S. healthcare system — by combining de-identified, real-world patient data with innovative algorithms and decades of clinical experience. The Healthcare Map serves as our foundation for a powerful suite of software applications, helping us answer healthcare’s most complex questions for our partners. Across the healthcare ecosystem, we’re helping our clients unlock critical insights to track detailed patient behaviors and treatment patterns, identify gaps in care, address unmet patient needs, and reduce the global burden of disease. As we pursue these goals, it remains essential to us that we stay grounded in our values: be awesome, seek growth, deliver “wow,” and enjoy the ride. At Komodo, you will be joining a team of ambitious, supportive Dragons with diverse backgrounds but a shared passion to deliver on our mission to reduce the burden of disease — and enjoy the journey along the way. The Opportunity at Komodo Health The Data Product team is responsible for developing and evolving the core data asset that powers Komodo Health’s application suite, our Healthcare Map. Serving as the foundation of the company’s offerings, the team transforms complex healthcare data into scalable, high-quality products that enable meaningful insights for life sciences and healthcare stakeholders. The Data Principal acts as the primary evangelist of Komodo’s data, partnering directly with our highest-value customers to accelerate their adoption of our products and realize value from them in their existing workflows. Key responsibilities include empowering users using our data, enabling advanced analytic use cases and designing solutions to address emerging business questions. As a key voice of the customer, the Data Principal will also synthesize market feedback and unmet needs back to internal teams to inform ongoing product development and strategy. This is an individual contributor role. Looking back on your first 12 months at Komodo Health, you will have… Proactive Relationship Building: Established trust with key clients by empowering their ability to execute impactful, data-driven insights. Accelerated Time-to-Value: Served as a thought-partner to our customers, demonstrating understanding of their needs and how that translates to Komodo’s products. Scalable Solutioning: Developed analytical frameworks, interactive visualizations, documentation and/or other materials to standardize how customers understand Komodo’s data.
Requirements
- Minimum seven (7) years experience in data analytics, management consulting or similar roles within the healthcare space (specific market segments of interest are RWE/HEOR, Commercial Life Sciences, or Payer/Provider).
- Previous experience working with claims-based or similar datasets.
- Proven ability to partner directly with customers, building trusted relationships while translating customer questions and challenges into clear analytical approaches and actionable recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Proactive, curious, and impact-oriented mindset.
- Skilled at cultivating trusted relationships across teams.
- Ability to leverage AI tools (Gemini, Claude, Cursor, etc.) to enhance personal productivity, streamline workflows, content and visualization creation.
Nice To Haves
- Degree in statistics, math, economics or other quantitative fields.
- Expertise in SQL, Python, or R to query and model longitudinal patient data.
- Experience interacting with, managing, or building with AI agentic workflows.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Onboarding: Lead the discovery phase for high-value clients, ensuring they understand Komodo’s data differentiation in the market and its influence on our data products.
- Use Case Architecture: Consult on complex analytical queries (e.g., patient longitudinal studies, provider segmentation) to ensure customers get accurate results.
- Analytical Support & Tooling: Build and maintain helper scripts, documentation, and visualizations that support analytic generation for customers.
- Cross-Functional Advocacy: Synthesize technical challenges faced by customers and present them to product teams to influence the enhancement of our data products.
Benefits
- comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- flexible time off and holidays
- 401(k) with company match
- disability insurance and life insurance
- leaves of absence in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations and company policy
- performance-based bonuses
- equity awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
