VP of Data

About 9amHealth

9amHealth is an AI-enabled virtual specialty care platform focused on managing high-cost chronic conditions  company partners with employers, health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers to deliver comprehensive, cost-effective medical care for individuals living with obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Members receive access to specialized clinicians, including endocrinologists, obesity medicine specialists, and clinical pharmacists, at-home lab testing, prescription medications, and lifestyle support.

9amHealth was founded in 2021 and is backed by leading healthcare investors like Define Ventures, Semper Virens, 7

Wire Ventures, and The Cigna Group Ventures.

At a high level, this person will own the entire data function at 9amHealth — data engineering and platform, analytics and BI, and data science / ML / AI. 9amHealth is a virtual care company serving members managing chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, and weight management, and data is one of the most direct levers we have on member outcomes, clinical decision-making, and how efficiently we operate.

What makes the role unique is that the data function doesn’t sit in isolation. It powers the member app, the internally built EMR, the operational tooling care teams use every day, and a growing set of AI‑assisted workflows. Decisions made by the VP of Data — what we instrument, how we model the business, what we automate with ML — directly shape what members experience and what clinicians do.

This is a strategic leadership hire. The company is scaling its member base, expanding its clinical model, and investing heavily in AI-assisted care workflows. We need a senior data leader who can set vision for the data org, build and grow the team, and partner with the executive team to translate company strategy into a coherent data, analytics, and ML roadmap.

We’re looking for someone who can operate with a lot of autonomy, raise the bar on data craft and rigor, and evolve the organization as we scale — especially as AI-assisted workflows and more intelligent care experiences become a bigger part of the platform strategy.

This isn’t a heads‑down execution role or a narrow analytics role. We want someone who can think strategically about the member journey, clinical operations, business economics, and the operational implications of data and ML decisions — and who can lead a multi‑discipline team (data engineers, analysts, data scientists, ML engineers) to do the same.

Day to day, the role is highly collaborative and fast-moving.

You’d work closely with:

• The CEO and executive team on company strategy, metrics, and reporting

• Data engineers, analytics engineers, analysts, data scientists, and ML engineers across the data org

• Product and Engineering leadership on instrumentation, experimentation, and ML in production

• Clinical leadership, care coordinators, and coaches on outcomes, quality measurement, and model evaluation

• Growth, marketing, finance, and operations leaders on the metrics that run the business

• Compliance and security partners on PHI handling, HIPAA, audit, and access controls

A typical week could involve:

• Setting and communicating data vision, strategy, and roadmap across data engineering, analytics, and DS/ML

• Reviewing the core company metrics — engagement, retention, clinical outcomes, unit economics — and shaping what gets prioritized

• Partnering with Product and Clinical on experiment design, sample sizing, and reading results responsibly

• Coaching and developing managers and ICs across the data org

• Making tradeoff decisions between platform investment, analytics throughput, and ML/AI bets

• Working with engineering leadership on data architecture, real‑time vs. batch needs, and model deployment

• Reviewing ML model performance, drift, and clinical safety considerations before anything ships into care workflows

• Representing data in board conversations, investor updates, and cross‑functional planning

We move quickly, so there’s an expectation that the VP can drive clarity and decisions even when the brief is incomplete, the data is messy, and the model…