Clinical Research Staff Scientist, Real World Evidence

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. 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. 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.

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.

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. 

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.

Contribute to abstracts/publications and present findings at conferences to advance the clinical credibility of Oura's evidence base.

This is a remote US role.

Requirements:

We would love to consider you for this role if you have:

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 generating evidence from wearable or connected-device data as a primary data source, including the measurement and analytic considerations specific to continuous physiological signals.

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.

Strong scientific communication skills, with a track record of producing outputs that reach and resonate with clinical, commercial, or payer audiences.

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. 

Preferred qualification:

Experience generating outcomes or ROI evidence for care-delivery or value-based care models is a plus

Benefits

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

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

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. 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. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Region 1: $198,050 - $233,000

Region 2: $180,200 - $212,000

Region 3: $169,150 - $199,000

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).

Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 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 federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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