--- title: 'Sr. Forward Deployed Healthcare Analyst at Cohere Health' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/sr-forward-deployed-healthcare-analyst-cohere-health-united-states-q9vz1hwfks8t' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-21' --- # Sr. Forward Deployed Healthcare Analyst at Cohere Health - **Company:** Cohere Health - **Location:** United States - **Posted:** 2026-10-20 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-21 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/coherehealth/jobs/8038221003 ## Job description Opportunity Overview: We are looking for a Sr. Forward Deployed Healthcare Analyst to play a key role in delivering value for our Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) customers. Reporting into our Senior Manager, PaaS Value Delivery, you will be part of a small, fast-paced team working directly with clients to strategically design, execute, and maintain a robust prior authorization decisioning automation program. Ultimately, the work you do will have a direct impact on the growth of the company and our ability to assist more patients at a time in their healthcare journey when they need help most. What you’ll do: - Consult Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) clients on designing an optimal decision automation program that maximizes platform value - Translate complex client requirements into a detailed technical blueprints for development teams to leverage when implementing new clients - Collaborate with Product, Development, Design, and Engineering teams in scoping new functionality, or enhancing existing functionality, to meet client automation needs - Develop strategic roadmaps related to continuous improvement of decision automation performance in order to drive increased value for clients - Analyze authorization data and leverage data visualization softwares to build and maintain analytical reports that inform internal and external stakeholders on platform performance - Ensure client’s KPIs are met and ensure end-to-end automation success for each client through each stage of customer lifecycle - Identify opportunities to scale and improve consultation workflows What you’ll need: - 5+ years experience working in a client facing role; Demonstrated expertise in building client relationships and driving client engagement, value, and satisfaction - Understanding of healthcare systems, medical terminologies, clinical workflows, and regulations - Ability to navigate ethical dilemmas in healthcare data management and analysis while upholding professional standards and integrity - Advanced Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; Proficiency with building and/or maintaining dashboards in self-service business intelligence tools such as Tableau or PowerBI; Proficiency with using SQL to extract insights from complex healthcare data sets - Ability to develop deep product expertise and leverage it to guide customers, solve strategic issues, and optimize platform value - Experience interfacing with internal, cross-functional stakeholders and colleagues on the development and definition of KPIs and product enhancements - Passionate about improving the U.S. healthcare system and helping ensure every patient receives the best care possible - Bachelor’s degree Pay & Perks: 💻 Fully remote opportunity with about 5% travel 🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program 📈 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account 🏝️ Flex time off + company holidays 👶 Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave 🐶 Pet insurance The salary range for this position is $105,000 - $117,000 annually; as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus. In accordance with state applicable laws, Cohere is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including but not limited to qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and internal alignment. Interview Process*: - Connect with Talent Acquisition for a Preliminary Phone Screening - Meet your Hiring Manager! - Case Study and Presentation - Behavioral Interview - Executive Interview *Subject to change About Cohere Health: Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform delivers AI-powered solutions that streamline access to quality care by improving payer-provider collaboration, cost containment, and healthcare economics. Cohere Health works with over 660,000 providers and handles over 12 million prior authorization requests annually. Its responsible AI auto-approves up to 90% of requests for millions of health plan members. With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we’ve further enhanced our platform by launching our Payment Integrity Suite, anchored by Cohere Validate™, an AI-driven clinical and coding validation solution that operates in near real-time. By unifying pre-service authorization data with post-service claims validation, we’re creating a transparent healthcare ecosystem that reduces waste, improves payer-provider collaboration and patient outcomes, and ensures providers are paid promptly and accurately. Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition. We’ve been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list and in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024. Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners, Cohere Health drives more transparent, streamlined healthcare processes, helping patients receive faster, more appropriate care and higher-quality outcomes. The Coherenauts, as we call ourselves, who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody [our core values and principles](https://coherehealth.com/our-story). We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone. We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health! Equal Opportunity Statement: Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all.  To us, it’s personal. #LI-Remote #BI-Remote ## About Cohere Health ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Cohere Health provides an AI-powered clinical intelligence platform that automates prior authorization, payment integrity, and care management for health plans. - **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed, funding details not publicly available) - **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (with a second office in Hyderabad, India) - **Founded**: Not publicly available - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Healthcare technology (health plan operations, utilization management, payment integrity) - **Target Customers**: B2B – health plans (insurers), providers, and physician groups - **Mission**: Simplify healthcare by enabling patients, physicians, and health plans to efficiently collaborate on getting the right care at the right time, place, and value. ## Products & Services - **[Cohere Unify™ Platform](https://www.coherehealth.com/)**: A unified clinical intelligence platform that connects utilization management, payment integrity, appeals, care management, quality, and claims operations. It uses domain-specific AI to digitize care requests, automate prior authorization (85% real-time approvals), shift payment integrity upstream, and improve decision accuracy. Type: SaaS/Platform. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding not publicly available; operational metrics include 94% provider satisfaction, 70% faster patient access to care, 63% lower denial rates, and 18x ROI for prior authorization. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed in provided sources - **Growth Signals**: - Named a 2025 Built Best Place to Work and one of "150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare." - Employees span 47 U.S. states and India, fluent in over a dozen languages. - Claims auditor and data science teams actively hiring across multiple roles (67 open positions as of search date). ## Competitive Advantages - **Domain-specific AI** trained on proprietary clinical context, enabling high real-time approval rates (85%) and low provider abrasion. - **Connected intelligence** across multiple health plan workflows (UM, payment integrity, appeals, quality, claims) from a single platform, reducing silos. - **Human-in-the-loop** design ensures clinical oversight for the remaining 15% of prior authorization submissions. - Proven ROI: 5x ROI for utilization management, 8–9x for payment integrity, and 18x for prior authorization. ## Strategic Focus - Expand platform capabilities to further automate and streamline health plan operations, with emphasis on medex risk management and upstream payment integrity. - Maintain remote-first US culture while expanding India-based engineering and operations teams. - Continue investing in AI and machine learning to improve decision accuracy and audit efficiency. ## Why Work Here - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: US team is 100% remote with a physical office in Boston available for voluntary use; India team works in-office in Hyderabad. - **Benefits**: Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance, 401(k) with employer match, up to 23 days PTO + holidays, up to 14 weeks paid parental leave, pet insurance, and employee assistance program. - **Culture**: Values-driven (humility, rethink status quo, purpose drives performance, connect collaborate cohere). Emphasis on mission-driven work that directly impacts patient care. - **Career Development**: Manager/leadership training, bi-annual promotion cycles, internal mobility, and learning opportunities. - **Recognition**: Awarded "Best Places to Work" and "Top Places to Work in Healthcare" in 2025. ## Sources 1. [Cohere Health Careers](https://www.coherehealth.com/careers) 2. [Cohere Health Homepage](https://www.coherehealth.com/) 3. [Our Story – Cohere Health](https://www.coherehealth.com/our-story) 4. [Cohere Health LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/coherehealth) 5. 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