Senior Director, Clinical and Translational Research

Omada Health is on a mission to bend the curve of chronic disease. Job Overview: The Senior Director, Clinical & Translational Research leads Omada’s efforts to demonstrate the clinical value economic and population health value of its programs across various populations.. This role collaborates closely with Clinical Strategy and Commercial teams to generate compelling clinical and health economics evidence and translate findings into the market. This role also collaborates closely with Clinical Innovation and Product  efforts to personalize and optimize Omada’s program impact in service of improving member engagement and outcomes.  Core Responsibilities: Clinical Research & Commercialization Design, oversee, and execute clinical research studies and health economics research studies and analyses, including randomized controlled trials, observational cohort studies, economic models, healthcare claims analyses, and real-world evidence (RWE), evaluating the clinical and economic outcomes and highlighting the value associated with Omada’s digital health programs. Lead the development and interpretation of health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), including cost-effectiveness, budget impact, and total cost of care analyses that clearly articulate value to Medicare Advantage plans, commercial employers, and provider partners. Lead and mentor a team of PhD-level scientists (4) and project manager, providing guidance, coaching, and professional development opportunities. Manage external research vendors, consultants, and partners. Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, ethical standards, and industry best practices in all research activities and publications. Publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals and white papers. Author Thought Leadership pieces to represent the company’s position on relevant clinical topics. Collaborate closely with Clinical Strategy and Commercial teams, including Sales and Marketing, to develop compelling and evidence-based value stories and to translate research findings to Commercial-facing assets. Program Development and Experimentation Collaborate with Clinical Innovation (including Product, Care Delivery, and Data) in the development of personalized program experiments and quality improvement projects in service of improving member engagement and outcomes.  Ensure sound and ethical scientific practices are followed, clinical rigor is maintained, and experiments are grounded in evidence-based behavioral science with high likelihood of making a meaningful impact on engagement and clinical outcomes, quality metrics and economic value. Seek broad input from cross-functional teams (e.g., Marketing/Sales, Clinical, Care Team) to determine business impactful and clinically meaningful metrics for key program development pilots. Generate and oversee the Evaluation Plans for the pilots to ensure they are designed to meet business impactful metrics. Collaborate with the Subject Matter ...