Executive Director Medical Economics

IL - Chicago, USFull-time$162k–$300k2026-03-24 → 2026-11-12

Hybrid

Core

Leading enterprise-wide medical economics strategy to improve cost analysis and surface insights for designing initiatives that improve medical value.

Role type

Executive Director, Medical Economics

Builds

Medical Economics Engine (MEE) platform and Value Improvement processes

Domain

Healthcare analytics and medical economics

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

healthcare analytics, medical economics, financial modeling, program strategy, team leadership, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Actuarial certification (FSA), MBA or Master of Finance, SQL, analytics leadership in health insurance

Technologies

SQL

Responsibilities

Lead MEE development and strategy; define requirements for capability builds; oversee testing, delivery, and user adoption; serve as core leader for Value Improvement task force; identify and analyze key cost drivers; gather and present actionable insights on cost trends; direct, coach, and develop team members from Director to IC levels.

Seniority

Executive Director, hands-on leader with team management

About hcsc

HCSC is recruiting for a leader in our Data Science Engineering function. The team is responsible for the engineering practices that bring AI and machine learning solutions to production at scale, including model deployment, MLOps, monitoring, and reliability. The Senior Director will lead a team of machine learning engineers who partner closely with data scientists, product managers, and IT to operationalize AI/ML solutions that deliver tangible business value.