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title: 'Senior Health Economist at Hinge Health'
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# Senior Health Economist at Hinge Health

- **Company:** [Hinge Health](https://feeny.ai/companies/hinge-health)
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $170k–$254k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hinge-health/f2e0a3fc-f232-43d3-a6cf-b77e2026ca78

## Job description

The Opportunity Digital health is transforming MSK care—but without rigorous economic evidence, innovation stalls. As a Senior Health Economist at Hinge Health, you'll architect the analytical strategy that proves our platform's value to the nation's largest health plans and employers. You'll lead high-stakes ROI analyses, mentor junior economists, and shape the research agenda that informs product development and go-to-market strategy. Your work will directly influence how millions of people access care—and how payers invest in digital health solutions that actually deliver savings.

## What You'll Accomplish

In your first 3 months, you will:

- Assess Hinge Health's current health economics portfolio and prioritize the highest-impact studies for commercial growth and competitive differentiation
- Establish your presence as a trusted advisor to Client Success and Commercial teams, shaping how we position ROI evidence in sales conversations
- Lead your first complex external ROI study, including vendor negotiation, study design approval from internal and external stakeholders, and results presentation

In your first 6 months, you will:

- Own concurrent health economics workstreams across product lines (e.g., chronic MSK, surgical replacement, pelvic health), balancing rigor with commercial timelines
- Present directly to external clients (health plan C-suite, actuarial teams) with polished, defensible analyses that close deals and renew contracts
- Mentor a junior health economist, establishing team standards for study design, code review, and client communication
- Build advanced analytics infrastructure (e.g., automated claims data pipelines in Databricks) that scales the team's capacity

In your first year, you will:

- Define Hinge Health's long-term health economics research strategy, including publication goals, external partnerships, and methodology innovation
- Lead publication of high-impact manuscripts in top-tier journals (JAMA, Health Affairs) that establish Hinge Health as the evidence leader in digital MSK care
- Influence product roadmap decisions by proactively identifying economic opportunities (e.g., "Which member segments drive the highest ROI?") and designing studies to answer them
- Act as the primary advisor to Senior Leadership Team on health economics questions, shaping how we think about value-based contracting and payer partnerships

## Who You Are

A Strategic Learn-it-all: You're not just executing studies—you're anticipating what questions the business will need answered in 12 months and building the infrastructure to answer them. You actively shape team priorities, not just respond to requests. A Master Communicator: You've presented to C-suite executives, defended methodologies to skeptical actuaries, and published in peer-reviewed journals. You tailor your message to any audience—from PhDs to sales reps—and always land the key takeaway. Accountable Under Pressure: You thrive in fast-paced commercial environments where study deadlines directly impact revenue goals. You make pragmatic trade-offs between perfection and speed, always communicating the implications clearly. A Leader at All Levels: You're hands-on with code and data, but you also set the vision for how health economics drives business strategy. You mentor junior team members while influencing senior leadership.

## Basic Requirements

- PhD in health economics, health services research, or a related field strongly preferred; Master's degree with exceptional applied experience considered
- 6-10 years of experience designing and conducting health economics studies using advanced econometric methods (e.g., causal inference, cost-effectiveness analysis, budget impact modeling)
- 6-10 years of experience working with large-scale claims databases (commercial, Medicare, Medicaid), including deep knowledge of medical billing, CPT/ICD coding, and health insurance requirements
- Expert-level programming skills in R, SQL, and/or Python, with a track record of building reproducible, scalable analytical pipelines

## Preferred Requirements

- Publication record with first-author papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals (JAMA, Health Affairs, Medical Care, Value in Health)
- 3+ years of experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or similar cloud data platforms, including experience optimizing large-scale data transformations
- Digital health or MSK care expertise, including understanding of virtual care delivery models, wearable technology, and value-based contracting
- Experience mentoring junior analysts or economists, including code review and study design feedback
- Proficiency with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) and willingness to drive team adoption of AI workflows
- Prior experience in client-facing roles, including presenting to health plan executives, actuaries, or C-suite leaders

Working Conditions Hinge Health Hybrid Model We believe that remote work and in-person work have their own advantages and disadvantages, and we want to be able to leverage the best of both worlds. Employees in hybrid roles are required to be in the office 3 days per week, for the full 8 hours of a typical business day. The San Francisco office has a dog-friendly workplace program.

## About Hinge Health

At Hinge Health, we're using technology to scale and automate the delivery of healthcare – starting with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, which affect over 1.7 billion people worldwide. With an AI-powered human-centered care model, Hinge Health leverages cutting-edge technology to improve outcomes, experiences and costs to help people move beyond their pain. The platform addresses a broad spectrum of MSK care – from acute injury, to chronic pain, to post-surgical rehabilitation – through personalized, evidence-based care. As the preferred partner to 50+ health plans, PBMs and other ecosystem partners, Hinge Health is available to over 20 million people across more than 2,550 employers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Montreal and Bangalore. Learn more athttp://www.hingehealth.com

## What You'll Love About Us

- Inclusive healthcare and benefits: On top of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we offer employees and their family members help with gender-affirming care, tools for family and fertility planning, and travel reimbursements if healthcare isn't available where you live.
- Planning for the future: Start saving for the future with our traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options which include a 2% company match.
- Modern life stipends: Manage your own learning and development

Culture & Engagement Hinge Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We make employment decisions without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. We provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you feel you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, let us know by reaching out to your recruiter. By submitting your application you are acknowledging we are using your personal data as outlined in the[personnel and candidate privacy policy.](https://www.hingehealth.com/about/personnel-and-candidate-privacy-policy/)

Beware of Phishing Attempts: We've noticed an increase in phishing where fraudsters impersonate employees and send fake job offers to steal sensitive information. We'll never ask for financial details during the hiring process and only use "@[hingehealth.com](http://hingehealth.com)" emails. If you receive a suspicious offer, stop communication and report it to the US FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. To verify an email from our recruiting team, forward it to [security@hingehealth.com](https://app.ashbyhq.com/admin/organizational-settings/theme#).

## About Hinge Health

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hinge Health delivers personalized virtual physical therapy and musculoskeletal (MSK) care by combining AI-powered motion tracking, an FDA-cleared wearable device, and a dedicated clinical care team.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: HNGE)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Gabriel Mecklenburg (Co-founder & Executive Chairman / CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Digital Healthcare – Musculoskeletal (MSK) and pelvic health.
- **Target Customers**: B2B – employers, health plans, and benefits brokers. Indirectly B2C through members.
- **Mission**: To create a new healthcare system built around the individual – moving beyond traditional physical therapy to deliver accessible, scalable, evidence-based pain care.

## Products & Services
- **Virtual Physical Therapy Program**: Personalized care plans with guided exercise sessions using 3D motion tracking for real-time feedback and precision movement analysis. Includes access to a physical therapist, health coach, and orthopedic specialist.
- **Enso® Wearable Device**: FDA-cleared device that uses patented waveforms for drug-free pain relief; exclusive to Hinge Health.
- **AI Care Assistant**: An AI agent that helps members stay on track with their care plans.
- **Pelvic Floor Therapy**: Virtual care for pelvic health, integrated with MSK services.
- **Enterprise Implementation**: Seamless eligibility, billing, and reporting through partnerships with 5 out of 5 national health plans and 3 out of 3 PBMs. Value-based pricing and frictionless contracting.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available (post-IPO; specific market cap not disclosed in provided sources).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$587.9M** (2025) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hinge-health). Total funding raised: **$1.46B**.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Tiger Global Management, Coatue, Alkeon Capital, Whale Rock Capital Management.
- **Growth Signals**: IPO in May 2025; headcount of 1,254 (+1.2% YoY); 75 active job postings (+31.6% year over year); expanded into pelvic floor therapy; operates in 11 countries.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Clinically validated ROI** – independently validated 2.4x hard dollar return on investment for employers.
- **AI-first care model** – uses 3D motion tracking, autonomous AI agents for reasoning and feedback, and regulatory-grade systems.
- **Exclusive FDA-cleared device** (Enso®) that differentiates from traditional PT offerings.
- **Deep integration** with major national health plans and PBMs, creating high switching costs.
- **Business model aligned with outcomes** – revenue is tied to healing people, not billing procedures, enabling investment in direct care automation.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale and automate healthcare delivery by building AI agents that perceive movement, reason biomechanics, and adapt clinical guidance in real time.
- Expand into adjacent conditions (pelvic health) and deepen partnership integrations.
- Continue engineering a culture where “designers code” and “engineers build interactive prototypes,” deploying agent-first workflows across hundreds of engineers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasis on autonomy, mastery, and purpose. The R&D blog describes an environment where engineers review reasoning logs instead of diffs and where AI agents ship PRs without human line edits.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid/office presence – HQ in San Francisco with offices in India, Canada, UK, and Colombia. Specific remote policy not detailed in sources.
- **Impact**: Opportunity to work on regulatory-grade AI that directly improves clinical outcomes for millions of people.
- **Reviews**: Employer rating of 3.8/5 on LinkedIn; strong scores for work-life balance (3.7) and compensation (3.7).
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the culture of “impact at scale” and investment in R&D suggests strong engineering support.

## Sources
1. [hingehealth.com](https://www.hingehealth.com/)
2. [hingehealth.com/about](https://www.hingehealth.com/about/)
3. [rnd.hingehealth.com](https://rnd.hingehealth.com/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/hinge-health](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hinge-health)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/hinge-health](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hinge-health)

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