You're a seasoned data science leader with at least 8 years of experience, including 3 years managing teams, ready to guide the data strategy for an insurance p
Work type: remote
Location: New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
Salary: $212,000 – $265,000/yr
Type: Full-time
You're a seasoned data science leader with at least 8 years of experience, including 3 years managing teams, ready to guide the data strategy for an insurance platform. Ideal for someone with a strong background in measurement science and causal inference, proficient in SQL and Python or R, and experienced with data modeling tools like dbt. **What makes it worth a look...** This fully remote Senior Manager, Data Science role at Headway offers a compensation of $212,000 to $265,000 annually. The company is focused on making mental healthcare accessible by streamlining insurance processes for providers and patients. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have hands-on technical fluency in SQL and Python or R. * Are experienced with data modeling, ideally using dbt. * Possess deep expertise in measurement science and causal inference, including Bayesian A/B testing. * Have experience adopting and championing AI-assisted tools to accelerate data workflows.
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that.
But we're going further. Over 70,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens.
We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, GV, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
## About the Role
As Senior Data Science Manager for Insurance Platform, you will define and lead the data strategy for Headway's insurance ecosystem. The team's mission is to ensure every patient gets accurate benefits, seamless claims processing, and a reliable path to care through an insurance platform they can trust.
You will report into Headway's Platform Group, a mission-critical pillar that ensures the systems behind our insurance platform reliably power patient, provider, and payer experiences. Accurate insurance operations sit at the core of Headway's ability to scale, and data is essential to identifying, measuring, and resolving the gaps that drive patient loss and operational cost.
You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations across our Benefits, Eligibility, Corrections, Claims, and Paneling pods to deeply understand and improve how our insurance platform performs. You will define the right questions, proactively uncover opportunities, and use data to guide decisions from early concept through launch and iteration. You will set the standards for how we define accuracy, loss, and operational effectiveness, ensuring your team delivers work that leads to real, measurable improvements in patient and provider outcomes.
### What You’ll Do
The expected base pay range for this position is $212,000 - $265,000, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant, depending on the position and level.
We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.
We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.