Staff Data Scientist

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Nice-to-Haves

• Eager to build go-to-market expertise (for strong candidates meeting other criteria).