Head of Population Health

Summary

Join Wellth, a fast-growing digital health company, as the Head of Population Health. This transformative role focuses on communicating the value of daily behavior change to comprehensive cost-of-care impact, meeting health plans' ROI demands, unlocking Wellth's data asset for predictive risk and savings, and collaborating across sales, product, and client success teams. You will build and iterate payer ROI models, lead the data science roadmap for risk scoring and HEDIS gap closure, work with the product team to ensure market resonance, support the commercial team in sales and expansions, and act as a thought leader in digital health ROI and population health. The ideal candidate possesses strong data analysis skills, deep government markets knowledge, excellent communication skills, and a proactive problem-solving approach. Wellth offers flexible working arrangements, robust PTO, generous parental leave, competitive salary and commission, comprehensive health benefits, and the opportunity to make a positive impact on people's lives.

Requirements

• Strong data analysis skills and ability to make decisions based on quantitative and qualitative research
• Deep Government Markets (MA, Medicaid, DSNP) and regulatory knowledge
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and structured in approach to problem-solving
• Goal oriented - launching a feature isn’t the goal, it’s driving results
• High detail orientation - you love to capture ideas, action items, and make sure things get done whether you do them or you collaborate with others
• Proactive problem solver - actively seeks out opportunities, doesn’t wait around for assignments

Responsibilities

• Whole-Person Value Communication: Translate our daily behavior change to comprehensive cost-of-care impact, and Quality Impact (measure our direct impact to Stars, HEDIS/Care Gap Closure, SDoH needs, RAF, and avoidable-utilization savings)
• Accelerating Payer Expectations: Meet health plans' demand for hard ROI within 6–18 months and seamless alignment with value-based-care contracts. An individual with medical-economics credibility will facilitate procurement conversations and shorten sales cycles
• Unlocking Wellth’s Data Asset: Convert over 100 million medication check-ins, SDOH inputs, surveys, and device data into predictive risk flags, savings opportunities, and new product modules
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as a senior executive who can work across sales (actuarial stories), product (clinically grounded use-cases), and client success (dashboards proving savings)
• Value Strategy & Storytelling: Build and iterate payer ROI models; innovate new pricing strategies with Commercial Leadership
• Population-Health Analytics: Lead the data-science roadmap for risk scoring, predictive savings, and Stars/HEDIS gap closure; publish quarterly outcomes dossiers
• Product & Innovation Input: Work closely with product team to ensure that our value prop resonates with the market, integrates with existing payer workflows, and solves all client needs
• Go-to-Market & Renewal Support: Support Commercial team on key account sales and expansions - deliver actuarial justification, identify new populations/cohorts of impact,
• Thought Leadership: Speak and publish on digital-health ROI, Stars optimization, and AI-driven population health

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a healthcare setting, with at least 5 years in a health plan or Risk-Bearing provider leading medical-economics or care-management functions
• Proven record of reducing total cost of care at > 50M scale
• Deep fluency in Stars, HEDIS, RAF, MA bids, and value-based contracting mechanics
• Executive presence with payer leadership, provider systems, and investors

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements, supporting strong remote-first practices and tools with the option to work in our excellent gathering space in Marina Del Rey
• Robust paid time off and generous parental leave program
• Competitive salary & commission structure
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and FSA/HSA plans
• Ability to have a positive impact on people who need it most
• Support of a highly dedicated team focused on building the future of healthcare