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Director, Medical Economics

Vets Hired


Job Location:

Virginia, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 2 October 2026 (24 days ago)
Application Deadline: 30 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Summary

The Director of Medical Economics provides rigorous analytical support for evaluating value-based care impact across clinical financial operational quality utilization patient experience and health-equity outcomes. The role translates strategic priorities into analytical workplans develops and executes healthcare analyses and delivers clear reliable findings to support strategic decision-making and demonstrate measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities
  • Translate strategic priorities into analytical plans data requirements metrics and evidence frameworks.
  • Develop and execute analyses of clinical financial operational quality utilization patient experience and health-equity performance.
  • Apply attribution risk adjustment benchmarking trend analysis cohort comparison and program evaluation methods.
  • Apply causal inference and quasi-experimental study designs to evaluate healthcare interventions.
  • Identify and quantify key drivers of cost utilization quality clinical outcomes and other performance measures.
  • Develop recurring measurement approaches for consistent impact evaluation.
  • Prepare analytical exhibits reports summaries and supporting materials for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Clearly communicate analytical findings methodological assumptions limitations and confidence in conclusions.
  • Collaborate with actuarial clinical finance operations product network growth and data teams.
  • Maintain analytical workplans documentation governance and reusable measurement standards.
  • Respond to ad hoc analytical questions and provide timely decision-ready analyses.
  • Ensure analyses are rigorous reproducible well-documented and aligned with strategic objectives.
Required Qualifications
  • 7 years of progressive experience in medical economics healthcare analytics actuarial analysis outcomes research population health value-based care or a related field.
  • Strong understanding of value-based care programs and healthcare claims clinical financial quality and operational data.
  • Experience with relational databases and statistical programming.
  • Experience evaluating healthcare interventions using comparative longitudinal or other rigorous evaluation methods.
  • Strong knowledge of causal inference and quasi-experimental study design.
  • Experience with attribution risk adjustment benchmarking trend analysis program evaluation and financial impact measurement.
  • Strong analytical methodological and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to explain complex analytical methods and findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience collaborating across clinical actuarial finance analytics operations product network or commercial teams.
  • Bachelors degree in economics statistics mathematics public health health services research actuarial science business data science or a related discipline.
  • Experience with Medicaid managed care is preferred.