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Posted 2 days agoClinical Research Staff Scientist, Real World Evidence
at oura
United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- Identify evidence opportunities across Oura's clinical and commercial portfolio, spanning health, healthcare utilization, and cost outcomes as well as workforce and productivity outcomes relevant to employer partners, and develop study proposals with clear rationale, endpoints, and timelines.
- Design studies that demonstrate the health outcomes and cost impact of proactive, data-driven care.
- Shape research findings into outputs for diverse audiences — including payer briefs, white papers, and partner-facing evidence summaries — in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Support IRB submissions and data use agreements in coordination with Research Operations.
Requirements
- Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app.
- Master's degree or PhD in Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Outcomes, or a related field; 8+ years of
- experience in real world evidence research, preferably in wearables.
- Demonstrated expertise in observational study design and RWE methods, including retrospective cohort analyses, causal inference, and claims-based research. Deep, hands-on
- Experience with additional real world data sources, including claims, EHR, and registries, and familiarity with data linkage platforms. •
- Experience with PRO instrument selection and survey study design.
- Proven ability to drive a body of evidence to completion independently and work cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment.
- Familiarity with health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) methods, including cost and healthcare utilization analyses and economic modeling, is a plus.
Benefits
- Experience generating outcomes or ROI evidence for care-delivery or value-based care models is a plus Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
- While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions.
- Region 1: $198,050 - $233,000
- Region 2: $180,200 - $212,000
- Region 3: $169,150 - $199,000
- Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by
Additional details
- Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential.
- We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.
- Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team.
- As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.
- We are looking for a Clinical Research Staff Scientist, Real World Evidence to play a key role in generating the evidence that connects Oura's validated health signals to outcomes, healthcare utilization, and cost savings. What you will do:
- Reporting to the Director, Clinical Outcomes Research, design and drive real world evidence studies, including retrospective cohort analyses, claims-linked outcomes studies, PRO studies, and member surveys, owning each from research question through final deliverable.
- Partner with data science to structure analytic datasets from Oura member data and linked claims data sources, producing outputs that are rigorous enough to publish and clear enough to act on.
- Serve as a scientific point of contact for external research partners, including commercial and employers customers, data providers, and academic collaborators, representing Oura's evidence work in cross-organizational study planning and execution.
- Contribute to abstracts/publications and present findings at conferences to advance the clinical credibility of Oura's evidence base.
- We would love to consider you for this role if you have: