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# Director, Clinical Researcher at Hello Heart

- **Company:** Hello Heart
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://www.helloheart.com/about/careers?gh_jid=8706988002

## Job description

About Hello Heart:

Hello Heart is on a mission to make heart attacks a thing of the past.

We’re an AI company focused exclusively on heart health, building a platform that predicts and prevents cardiac events before they happen—identifying risk up to 10 days in advance versus 10 years in traditional clinical models.

This is already working at scale. Hello Heart has been shown to reduce inpatient hospital days by 47% and deliver ~$1,800 in annual savings per member. Hello Heart is the cardiac prevention partner to over 80% of large U.S. health plans and serves hundreds of public and private employers.

We’re defining how the #1 cause of death—heart disease—is managed in the AI era. Join us.

## About the Role

Hello Heart is seeking a Director, Clinical Research to lead the clinical and economic evidence strategy to showcase how Hello Heart products help members understand and improve their heart health through AI, hardware, and behavioral science.

Reporting into our VP, Commercial Actuary, you will set our research and publications strategy; partnering with Commercial & Product Leadership, Medical Affairs, Data Science, Product, Sales, and Marketing to drive peer reviewed publications, white papers, conference abstracts, and client facing evidence that support our commercial goals. You will apply your expertise in statistics, claims analysis, and clinical research to shape our study pipeline, build partnerships with leading research institutes and consultants, and represent Hello Heart’s evidence to technical and executive audiences.

This is a strong fit for someone who enjoys rigorous research, clear communication, cross-functional collaboration, and turning complex data into evidence that supports better heart health outcomes.

## What you’ll do

- Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional partners to prioritize clinical and economic research priorities.
- Provide peer review and mentorship to other researchers on the team, developing their analytical and publication skills over time.
- Generate research questions and develop analytical plans for key publication and evidence-generation priorities.
- Develop partnerships and work alongside leading research institutes.
- Build Hello Heart's research and evidence strategy to support future FDA-regulated capabilities, accounting for regulatory requirements and timelines.
- Identify, organize, query, and analyze diverse datasets, including clinical, claims, electronic health record (EHR), and engagement data.
- Apply advanced statistical methods, including multilevel modeling, causal inference methods, propensity score matching, mixed-effects modeling, longitudinal analyses, and sensitivity testing.
- Collaborate with co-authors to incorporate feedback and finalize analyses, manuscripts, white papers, and abstracts.
- Respond to anonymous peer reviews, including repeat analyses and manuscript revisions, to support timely resubmission.
- Identify relevant conferences for abstract submission and present ongoing research when appropriate.
- Stay current on scientific research related to cardiovascular health, digital health, behavioral science, chronic disease, health economics, and public health.
- Contribute to data summaries, research protocols, institutional review board (IRB) materials, and other research documentation.
- Translate complex analytical findings into clear, accurate, and actionable insights for clinical, technical, commercial, and executive audiences.

## What you’ll bring

- Graduate degree in a clinical field, epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, or a related field, such as Master of Science (MS), Master of Public Health (MPH), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), with 10+ years of clinical research experience.
- Demonstrated experience working in a commercial research setting, comfortable balancing scientific rigor with business needs.
- Experience leading or mentoring a team of researchers, including peer-reviewing others' work and supporting less experienced researchers as they develop toward independent publication.
- Strong statistical programming experience with R, Python, SQL, MS Excel, or other relevant analytical tools.
- Strong AI fluency, with the ability to design AI-enabled workflows, such as building or customizing agents others can use while maintaining accuracy, privacy, and human review.
- Strong data skills, including data cleaning, data management, statistical analysis, and data visualization.
- Experience planning and implementing complex statistical analyses while managing deadlines across multiple research priorities.
- Experience working with clinical, claims, electronic health record (EHR), engagement, or other healthcare datasets.
- Experience testing medical claims, pharmacy claims, and enrollment data for errors, including actuarial summaries and cuts by cohort.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects at once.
- Open and responsive to feedback on manuscripts, analyses, and other written work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $180,000.00 to $197,000.00. Salary ranges are determined by role and level. Compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the annual salary only, and do not include equity or benefits. Hello Heart has a positive, diverse, and supportive culture - we look for people who are collaborative, creative, and courageous. Oh, and if you want to see some recent evidence of the fun things we do at Hello Heart, check out our [Instagram page](https://www.instagram.com/helloheartapp/).

## About Hello Heart

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hello Heart is a digital therapeutics company focused exclusively on preventing and managing heart disease through AI-powered coaching, connected devices, and behavioral science.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D)
- **Headquarters**: Menlo Park, California (Silicon Valley) with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel; New York City; and Austin, Texas [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/company)
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Maayan Cohen (CEO) and Michal Gutman [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/company)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Digital Therapeutics / Healthcare IT
- **Target customers**: B2B (employers, health plans, health systems) — the solution is distributed through benefits programs; end users are individuals managing hypertension and cardiovascular risk.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Taking on the number one cause of death" — empowering people to manage their heart health and change the future of heart health for good. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/company)

## Products & Services
- **Hello Heart Program (Digital Therapeutic)**: An app-based program combining a free blood pressure monitor with AI-powered guidance, personalized coaching, medication tracking, and behavioral science to help users lower and manage their blood pressure. The program is clinically validated and has demonstrated a 47% reduction in inpatient hospital days and $1,709 in savings per member per year. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/)
- **Nia (AI Health Assistant)**: An AI-powered assistant designed to help members understand heart health questions between visits, operating within clinician-informed safety guardrails for accuracy and safety. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: **$138M total funding raised through Series D** [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/careers)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Member of the American Heart Association Innovators’ Network, American College of Cardiology Industry Advisory Forum, and CVS Health Point Solutions Management program. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/company)
- **Growth Signals**: More than **225 global employees** and over **452K subscribers** served. The company is expanding its AI capabilities with the launch of "Nia" and has a growing commercial presence across the U.S. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/careers)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Exclusive focus on heart disease**: Hello Heart is the only digital therapeutics company to focus exclusively on heart disease, giving it deep domain expertise and a highly tailored product.
- **Proven clinical and financial ROI**: Published outcomes show 47% fewer inpatient hospital days and significant per-member cost savings, making the value proposition clear to employers and health plans.
- **AI-first approach with safety guardrails**: Their AI assistant "Nia" is purpose-built for heart health and operates within clinician-defined boundaries, balancing innovation with patient safety.
- **Connected device integration**: Providing a free blood pressure monitor removes barriers to entry and ensures accurate data collection.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI for behavior change and risk detection**: Hello Heart is investing heavily in AI to deliver more personalized, real-time support and to proactively identify risk signals.
- **Scaling commercial partnerships**: Through partnerships with major health plans (e.g., CVS Health), employers, and health systems, the company aims to expand its reach to millions more at-risk individuals.
- **Data privacy leadership**: The company emphasizes that it will "never sell our members' health information," positioning privacy as a core brand value in a sensitive market. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/)

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven impact**: Employees work on a product that directly addresses the leading cause of death globally, offering a strong sense of purpose. The company culture is described as "transparent and collaborative" with a strong team "driven to change how patients manage their health." [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/company)
- **Growth and ownership**: Each team member receives an equity package ("stock options makes each of our employees real partners"), and the company emphasizes challenge and career growth. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/careers)
- **Benefits**: Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for U.S. employees and dependents; unlimited PTO; and an annual company-wide offsite for all team members. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/careers)
- **Work model**: The company has offices in multiple cities (Menlo Park, Tel Aviv, New York, Austin), but specific remote/hybrid policy details are not publicly stated on their careers page. [helloheart.com](https://www.helloheart.com/about/company)
- **Engineering culture**: With a Chief Technology and Product Officer leading product development, the company uses AI and connected devices, offering a compelling environment for engineers and data scientists in healthcare tech.

## Sources
1. [Hello Heart - About/Company](https://www.helloheart.com/about/company)
2. [Hello Heart - Careers Page](https://www.helloheart.com/about/careers)
3. [Hello Heart - Official Site](https://www.helloheart.com/)
4. [Hello Heart - Job Listings (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/helloheart)

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