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About Us At SimplePractice, we are improving access to quality care by equipping health and wellness clinicians with all the tools they need to thrive in private practice.  More than 250,000 providers trust SimplePractice to build their business through our industry-leading software with powerful tools that simplify every part of practice management. From admin work to clinical care, our suite of innovative solutions work together to reduce administrative burden—empowering solo and small group practitioners to thrive alongside their clients.  Award-winning and people-first, SimplePractice is shaping the future of health tech. Recognized by MedTech Breakthrough, the Digital Health Awards, and BuiltIn's Best Places to Work. The Role We are looking for a Senior Manager, Strategic Health Analytics to help establish a new analytics function focused on supporting payer and employer conversations with rigorous, evidence-based analysis. This is a hands-on leadership role for senior analytics professionals who can operate credibly in customer-facing settings, deliver end-to-end clear and convincing analysis, while helping shape the direction, standards, and long-term structure of this area over time. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in the US healthcare ecosystem, especially the payer and provider domain, along with deep analytical and statistical capability. We are looking for someone with strong analytical judgment, research instincts, scientific rigor, leadership skills and the ability to move fluidly between data analysis, narrative development, and strategic partnership. Responsibilities Act as a senior thought partner to customers, partners, and internal stakeholders by translating core business questions into clear, data-driven answers Lead end-to-end analytical work, from framing ambiguous questions to delivering clear narratives, presentations, and recommendations tailored to executive, customer, and partner audiences to support decision-making and external credibility Identify repeatable questions and turn them into scalable reports, models, and self-serve analytics Identify opportunities to proactively generate insights that support market positioning, thought leadership, and strategic growth efforts Build and lead a strategic health analytics function. Establish the standards, working model, and long-term direction for the team Partner with Data Engineering and adjacent analytics teams to improve data foundations, definitions, and repeatable workflows in support of this work Mentor analysts and help raise the bar for rigor, curiosity, and communication Desired Skills & Experience 10+ years of progressive experience in data analytics, data science and/or outcome research with at least 2 years of people management experience Strong expertise in the US healthcare landscape, especially the payer and provider space Proven ability to operate credibly in customer-facing, partner-facing, or executive-facing settings Strong analytical foundation, with the ability to frame ambiguous question to structured analytical approach, clear hypothesis and develop clear, convincing narrative grounded in data Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex findings clearly to non-technical, executive, and external audiences Strong SQL skills and experience working with large, complex, real-world datasets Experience with analytical and BI tools such as Tableau, Looker or similar Strong experience with at least one scripting language. Python or R preferred Experience mentoring others and helping grow a team, function, or new area of work over time Bonus Points Healthcare consulting background with proven experience in leading end-to-end client engagement  Experience supporting network strategy, outcomes analysis or health economics Experience with value-based care model is a plus Experience helping stand up a ne