WHOOP

Director of Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR)

WHOOP • $130K — $180K *
Boston, MA 02115In-Person
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or PhD in Health Economics, Outcomes Research, or related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in HEOR or health economics in digital health or related sectors.
  • Hands-on experience in building cost-effectiveness and ROI models.
  • Experience in integrating economic endpoints into clinical studies.
  • Proven track record in cross-functional collaboration with clinical and commercial teams.
  • Strong quantitative skills with large healthcare datasets.
  • Familiarity with wearable-derived data and digital health technologies preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead WHOOP's HEOR strategy to align with product and enterprise goals.
  • Utilize a longitudinal member dataset for real-world evidence analyses on health impact and costs.
  • Create cost-effectiveness and ROI models for WHOOP's health features for various stakeholders.
  • Develop RWE frameworks leveraging datasets to assess health outcomes and productivity.
  • Analyze large datasets, including wearables data, for population-level impact.
  • Lead the creation of value dossiers and evidence packages for commercial use.
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to ensure economic claims are solid and compliant.
  • Work with Clinical Science to incorporate economic endpoints into validation studies.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Engagement in impactful work that influences health outcomes.
  • Collaborative environment fostering innovative thinking.
  • Access to cutting-edge health technologies and data.
  • Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Define and lead WHOOP's HEOR strategy, aligning economic and outcomes evidence generation with regulated product pipelines, enterprise initiatives, and expansion.
  • Leverage WHOOP's existing longitudinal member dataset to design and execute real-world evidence analyses demonstrating health impact, productivity gains, utilization reduction, or risk stratification value.
  • Design and build cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and ROI models that quantify the economic impact of WHOOP's health features for employers, payers, and government stakeholders.
  • Develop real-world evidence (RWE) frameworks leveraging internal and external datasets to assess longitudinal health, utilization, and productivity outcomes.
  • Analyze large-scale datasets (including wearable-derived biomarkers and engagement metrics) to evaluate population-level impact and value generation.
  • Lead the development of enterprise-ready value dossiers and structured evidence packages to support commercial engagements and government contracting.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Clinical Science, Regulatory Affairs, Data Science, Product, Legal, and Commercial teams to ensure economic claims are scientifically sound and compliant.
  • Partner with Clinical Science to embed economically meaningful endpoints into validation studies, ensuring that data collection supports downstream value modeling and enterprise use cases.
  • Establish processes for documenting assumptions, modeling logic, and version control to ensure defensibility and audit-readiness of economic analyses.

QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Master's or PhD in Health Economics, Outcomes Research, Public Health, Health Policy, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or related quantitative field.
  • 8+ years of experience in HEOR, real-world evidence, or health economics within digital health, medical devices, diagnostics, or healthcare technology.
  • Demonstrated experience building cost-effectiveness, budget impact, or ROI models (hands-on modeling experience required).
  • Experience integrating economic endpoints into clinical study design and collaborating with clinical research teams.
  • Experience supporting enterprise, payer, or government-facing evidence discussions.
  • Strong quantitative skills, including experience working with large healthcare or real-world datasets.
  • Proven ability to operate cross-functionally in fast-paced environments involving product, engineering, and clinical stakeholders.
  • Experience working with wearable-derived data, digital biomarkers, or decentralized/remote health technologies preferred.
  • Experience supporting Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) programs or regulated product environments preferred.
  • Proficiency in statistical and modeling tools (e.g., R, Python, SAS, or similar) and experience querying modern data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake or equivalent) preferred.
  • Experience publishing peer-reviewed economic or real-world evidence research preferred.
  • Experience building HEOR capability within a scaling organization preferred.

About WHOOP

WHOOP is a wearable technology company that specializes in fitness tracking. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. WHOOP's flagship product is a wristband that tracks various metrics related to fitness and health, such as heart rate variability, sleep quality, and recovery time. The company also offers a subscription service that provides personalized insights and recommendations based on the data collected by the wristband. WHOOP has raised over $200 million in funding and has partnerships with several professional sports leagues and teams.
Learn more about WHOOP
Size
500 employees
Industry
Consumer Technology
Founded
2011
* Ladders Estimates

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