Guidehealth is hiring a Senior Medical Economics Analyst - Remote

Guidehealth is hiring a Senior Medical Economics Analyst to play a key role in shaping how data drives healthcare transformation. You’ll work directly with health plans and internal leaders to uncover the story behind the numbers—connecting analytics to action that improves patient outcomes and financial performance. This is a high-impact role for a seasoned analyst who thrives on solving complex problems, influencing decisions, and turning insight into measurable results.

What You'll Do

• Develop advanced analyses of health plan and employer data to identify opportunities that enhance care quality, provider performance, and cost efficiency.
• Translate data into actionable strategies that support value-based care, population health, and operational excellence.
• Partner with internal teams and clients to refine analytic requirements, ensuring each deliverable drives real-world results.
• Build repeatable, intuitive reports and dashboards that highlight trends, benchmarks, and performance improvement areas.
• Present insights and recommendations to clinical, operational, and executive audiences with clarity and confidence.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Guidehealth’s analytics infrastructure, tools, and data storytelling methods.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in healthcare analytics, medical economics, or health plan performance analysis.
• Strong understanding of value-based care concepts, including utilization management, quality improvement, and risk adjustment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Deep SQL expertise, including experience with PostgreSQL and AWS Redshift, and ability to design, optimize, and validate complex queries across large datasets.
• Proficiency in one additional programming language (Python, R, etc.) for data visualization and statistical analysis.
• Exceptional ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfort working in a fully remote environment while maintaining strong relationships across teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% for collaboration and presentations.

Nice to Have

• Experience analyzing employer health plan performance and payer risk contracts.
• Familiarity with actuarial concepts such as IBNR and financial reporting under shared-savings or risk-based arrangements.
• Experience with Arcadia Analytics, AWS Quicksight, or similar data visualization tools.
• Knowledge of Jira, GitHub, or CI/CD processes supporting data and analytics development.
• Experience leveraging AWS tools to automate reporting, analytics, and insight delivery.

Technical Stack

• Microsoft Excel, SQL, PostgreSQL, AWS Redshift, Python, R
• Arcadia Analytics, AWS Quicksight, Jira, GitHub, AWS tools

Team & Environment

You will be partnering with internal teams and clients to deliver impactful analytics.

Benefits & Compensation

• Annual salary range: $125,000.00 to $135,000.00.
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
• 401(k) plan with a 3% employer match to your 6% contribution.
• Life and Disability insurance.
• Voluntary Life options.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid time off plans.
• Paid parental leave.
• Learning and development resources.

Work Mode

This is a fully remote position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation and identity, national origin, citizenship, religion, marital status, familial status, physical, sensory, or medical disability, Family and Medical Leave, military or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth or other related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.