Staff Data Scientist, Headway
GTM
$212-265k
+ Equity
Therapist-by-insurance marketplace
Posted today
Therapist-by-insurance marketplace
1001+ employees
Posted today
$212-265k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a new mental healthcare system, rewired for access and affordability.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in data science or analytics roles
- Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to earn trust and build a roadmap directly with senior and executive partners
- Significant go-to-market experience and specialization is strongly preferred; strong candidates who meet our other criteria and are eager to build go-to-market expertise are also encouraged to apply
- Proven success partnering cross-functionally with Commercial, Payer, Finance, Product, and Operations teams
- Expertise in forecasting and causal inference, including common failure modes and how to design around them
- Expert fluency in SQL and strong proficiency in Python or R, including building reliable, reusable analytical workflows; experience with data modeling, ideally using dbt
- Experience adopting and championing AI-assisted tools to accelerate and automate data workflows
- A track record of influencing executive decisions with clear recommendations and measurable outcomes
What the job involves
- As Staff Data Scientist for Commercial GTM, you will be the overall owner of data science for Headway's commercial business
- You will report into the Payer data team and will build a data science roadmap directly with Headway's Chief Commercial Officer
- Accurate, proactive commercial insight is a core driver of Headway's growth, and this role is the analytical engine behind it
- You will spend the majority of your time on proactive strategic analyses for the Chief Commercial Officer and for Headway's most important accounts
- You will partner closely with Commercial, Payer, Finance, Product, and Operations leadership to define the right questions, uncover opportunities, and turn insights into measurable outcomes — while serving as the technical anchor for other data scientists working across our commercial agreements
- Own the commercial data science roadmap end to end, building it directly with Headway's Chief Commercial Officer and aligning it to the priorities of the Payer pillar
- Lead proactive strategic analyses for the Chief Commercial Officer and for Headway's most important accounts — where you'll spend the majority of your time
- Serve as a watchtower for the key metrics across all commercial agreements, surfacing risks and opportunities before they become problems
- Enable self-service analytics for the commercial team, building the definitions, dashboards, and durable assets that let partners answer their own questions with confidence
- Serve as technical lead for other data scientists working on commercial, providing strong technical review, mentorship, and raising the bar for rigor
- Translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for executive stakeholders
Our take
In the US, 1 in 4 citizens are living with treatable mental health conditions. But a vast majority of people are unable to access the care they need, often due to cost. Headway connects clients with therapists who accept insurance as payment, and provides independent practitioners with the tools and resources needed to both serve their patients and manage administrative workloads.
Headway’s concept is timely, with national mental health under particular strain following recent events. The company facilitates over 600,000 appointments per month and has attracted backing from the likes of Accel and Google Ventures. It is working to broaden its presence across the US while building out its product and pursuing the application of AI in health care.
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Insights
64% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$100m
LATE VC
Oct 2023
$125m
SERIES C
Total funding: $327m
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Andrew Adams
(Founder & CEO)Prior to founding Headway in 2017, Andrew was a Product Analyst at Spring Inc.
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