Lyra Health is hiring a
Sr. Health Economist Associate

Summary

The job is for a Sr. Health Economist Associate at Lyra Health, a company transforming mental health care through technology. The role involves providing technical leadership, designing and executing health economic publications, partnering with external vendors and customers, and communicating findings to internal teams. The expected salary range is $106,000-163,000 per year.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a related role
• Bachelor degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Economics. Other Bachelor (or higher) Degrees may be considered
• Completion of at least 1 actuarial exam in pursuit of the ASA, FSA, or other equivalent designation
• Deep understanding of applied health economic and actuarial methods with background in predictive analytics
• Fully owned health economics projects from end-to-end, specifically healthcare claims analyses
• Extensive experience working with administrative claims databases
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Collaboration with underwriting, product management, data science, claims or other analytical departments to solve complex business problems
• Experience developing tools to automate existing processes and/or improve visibility into key performance drivers
• Proficiency with SQL, and experience with SAS, Python and/or R
• Passion for expanding access to quality mental health care

Responsibilities

• Serve as an internal SME on mental health ROI as well as applied econometric and cost-effectiveness frameworks
• Be responsible for the design and execution of new peer-reviewed health economic publications and presentations
• Partner with our external vendors and customers on robust cost/ROI studies to support our commercial and research goals
• Communicate the findings and train internal teams on the use of these outputs
• Stay up to date with the latest research on the direct and indirect economic costs associated with behavioral health
• Partner with our GTM teams on client-facing presentations, models, reports, and business case studies to communicate Lyra’s ROI story

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurances)
• Lyra’s benefits package includes gender-affirming surgery
• Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services for you and your eligible dependents
• Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units
• Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• 401k and retirement benefits
• Employee Well-being Program with additional perks: Fertility and Family Building, Maternity program, Employer discount marketplace, Pet insurance, Financial planning tools, UberEats stipend, Legal services, Monthly technology stipend
• We spread joy throughout the year with perks and activities, surprise swag, regular community celebrations and more!