Senior Clinical Informaticist

About the role

We’re seeking a Senior Clinical Informatician to serve as a key bridge between clinical expertise and data science. In this advanced role, you’ll apply deep clinical reasoning and informatics expertise to design, evaluate, and optimize data-driven healthcare solutions. You’ll also lead ontology mapping, structured data validation, and annotation quality initiatives supporting our next-generation AI and LLM-enabled healthcare tools. This is a remote-first role that may require travel to Boston, MA for new hire onboarding and occasional in-person team meetings and company events.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clinicians, data scientists, and engineers to design and validate digital health and analytics solutions.
• Translate clinical workflows into structured data and logic for algorithms and quality measurement.
• Lead efforts in ontology mapping, terminology management (SNOMED, ICD, LOINC, RxNorm), and interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7).
• Oversee labeling and abstraction to ensure model safety, accuracy, and clinical integrity.
• Mentor junior informaticians and specialists in annotation, data validation, and workflow improvement.

Requirements

• BSN or related clinical degree with active RN license required.
• 4–6+ years of experience in clinical informatics, analytics, or digital health.
• Advanced understanding of clinical data, EHR systems, and data standards.
• Experience with data modeling or AI-driven healthcare products preferred.
• Master’s degree or informatics certification (RN-BC, CPHIMS, ACHIP, etc.) a plus.

Benefits

• Fully remote opportunity with about 5% travel.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, plus Employee Assistance Program.
• 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account.
• Up to 184 hours (23 days) of PTO per year plus company holidays.
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Pet insurance.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $75,000 to $100,000 annually as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k, and bonus. Individual pay decisions are based on qualifications, experience level, skillset, and internal alignment.

About the company

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, included 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 team at Cohere Health values empathy, candor, kindness, and care. We believe diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work and are deeply invested in ensuring a supportive, growth-oriented environment for everyone.