Research Scientist I, Evidence & Strategy
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Research Scientist analyzing healthcare claims and survey data for Avalere Health’s evidence advisory practice. Supporting statistical modeling, data management, and client healthcare strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Perform data management activities to generate analysis-ready datasets, including importing, transforming, merging, and validating data using SQL and/or SAS
- Perform descriptive and basic statistical analysis using large patient and/or claims databases
- Support economic and outcomes modeling, analysis plans, and client strategic objectives
- Independently develop and troubleshoot code
- Resolve data issues and seek guidance on higher-risk methodological or client-impacting decisions
- Contribute to concept proposals, scopes of work, budgets, and analysis plans
- Independently manage workflow and contribute directly to research and analysis
- Work across organizational analytics teams to identify innovation opportunities for clients
- Ensure accuracy, quality, and consistency of analytic outputs
- Provide analytic support and advisory services across healthcare evidence, market access, policy, and quantitative modeling projects
Requirements:
- BA/BS or higher in computer science, economics, mathematics, statistics, data science, epidemiology, statistics, or related discipline
- 3+ years of SAS or SQL programming experience in a work setting
- Experience analyzing large administrative pharmacy and medical claims databases, public and private
- Experience importing, transforming, cleaning, merging, and editing data
- Extensive quality and accuracy measurement experience
- Working knowledge of basic statistical techniques and/or econometric skills
- Problem-solving, analytical reasoning, and decision-making skills
- Strong commitment to meeting goals and deadlines
- Positive, flexible, and self-motivated attitude
- Excellent teamwork skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment
- Ability to work productively and self-guidedly in a remote/hybrid environment
- Healthcare policy and analysis background
- Experience analyzing healthcare survey data, such as the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
- Experience interpreting basic statistical output and analyses
Benefits:
- 401(k) plan with employer match contribution up to 4%, immediately vested
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work
- Option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year
- 20 vacation days
- One personal well-being day
- 9 public holidays
- Gifted end-of-year holidays
- Early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August
- Free counselling through employee assistance program
- Personalized health support
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies
- On-demand training and professional development support
- Global mobility opportunities across the business
- Employee Network Groups and social opportunities
- Global, cross-capability career moves
- Interview adjustments through the Disability Confident Scheme
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