Karoo Health · 7 hours ago
Director of Data
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
10+ years expKaroo Health is a venture-backed startup focused on transforming cardiovascular care through improved analytics and coordination. The Director of Data will lead and build the data and analytics function, ensuring robust data infrastructure and actionable insights to support value-based care contracts.
Health CareMedical
Responsibilities
Own analytics related to value-based care negotiation and performance, including total cost of care, utilization, attribution, and outcomes
Interpret payer claims, clinical data and other sources to assess impactable populations, savings opportunities, and performance versus baseline
Support payer and provider reporting, including JOCs and contract performance reviews
Define and standardize key metrics tied to contracts, care delivery, and business outcomes
Build and oversee repeatable internal and external reporting, dashboards, and analyses
Enable faster insight generation so teams can answer core questions in days, not weeks
Serve as the central owner of data strategy, prioritization, and cross-functional intake
Hire, manage, and mentor analytics talent over time, starting with analysts, as the foundation matures
Translate complex data into clear narratives for executive, clinical, and operational audiences
Establish data as the backbone of the organization by embedding it into how teams plan, operate, and make decisions across the company
Collaborate with data engineering to ensure data quality, integrity, and security
Define HIPAA-compliant standards for data documentation and metadata management
Define the roadmap for Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics across the organization
Establish a single source of truth for company-wide KPIs
Establish standards for data quality, security, access, and governance
Develop and deploy models to identify high-risk, high-cost members before they utilize expensive services (e.g., ER visits, inpatient stays)
Collaborate with actuarial functions to refine Risk Adjustment (RAF) strategies and ensure the data reflects the true acuity of the population
Oversee the development of 'next-best-action' insights that can be surfaced to care teams to improve outcomes
Manage the strategic relationship with payers regarding data feeds and ensure high-fidelity ingestion
Evaluate and manage third-party vendors for data enrichment, such as social determinants of health (SDOH) data, HIE feeds, or risk-grouping software
Ensure the data infrastructure is prepared for annual payer audits and regulatory compliance reviews
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in healthcare data, analytics, or data platform roles, with increasing responsibility
Strong technical fluency in data architecture, relational databases, SQL, and analytics tooling
Deep experience with BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI, or Sigma)
Familiarity with the modern data stack (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran)
Experience working with healthcare data such as claims, EHR, and operational datasets
Deep understanding of value-based care models, including TCoC, utilization, and outcomes measurement
Proven ability to work cross-functionally and translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience operating in regulated environments (HIPAA, SOC2, HITRUST familiarity strongly preferred)
Comfort building within the changing environment of an early-stage company
Preferred
Prior experience building or leading analytics functions at a care delivery organization or a company focused on value-based care
Familiarity with HL7, FHIR, ADT feeds, and payer data formats
Experience designing or partnering on modern data stacks in cloud environments (AWS or similar)
Background and experience in actuarial analysis or close partnership with actuarial teams
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity
Fully-remote work environment available
Full benefits package
Company
Karoo Health
Karoo Health is a leader in tech-enabled value-based cardiovascular care solutions
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$4.4MKey Investors
First Trust Capital PartnersBIP Ventures
2023-06-07Seed· $3.4M
2022-04-06Seed· $1M
Leadership Team
Ian Koons
Co-Founder and CEO
Ben Selzer
Co-Founder and CFO
Recent News
2025-07-24
2025-07-23
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