Senior Research Economist – U.S. Health Policy
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Senior Research Economist leading health economics and U.S. health policy studies at RTI International, a scientific research institute. Directing complex analyses, teams, proposals, and client deliverables.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a task and project leader for new and ongoing research studies and operational support activities
- Lead and direct analyses for health economics and domestic US health policy research
- Apply research design and statistical methods to solve complex health care policy issues
- Define, investigate, formulate, and execute approaches and solutions to complex client project and program problems
- Plan and direct preparation of technically complex or strategically important proposals
- Perform research tasks and develop innovative technical solutions
- Direct teams conducting complex research tasks and modeling
- Translate analytic findings into actionable insights for technical, policy, and client audiences
- Author technical reports, memoranda, articles, documentation, and regulations
- Manage quality control processes and ensure accurate, high-quality deliverables
- Manage and mentor junior, mid-level, and senior staff
- Develop and manage project budgets, timelines, and plans
- Communicate and negotiate work plans, timelines, budgets, and results with clients
- Design and execute analyses of large, complex administrative datasets using advanced software, programming languages, data analytics, and machine learning techniques
- Maintain data security and confidentiality
- Build professional and organizational reputation through publications, presentations, and client engagement
- Develop business opportunities and maintain close client relationships
- Identify, evaluate, pursue, and lead responses to federal and state requests for proposals
Requirements:
- PhD with at least 8 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 12 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor’s degree with at least 15 years of relevant experience
- Experience writing successful proposals for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Expertise in designing studies using medical and/or pharmaceutical claims, analyzing data to answer complex analytic questions, and presenting results to stakeholders
- Ability to interpret regulation and legislation to model impacts of changes on stakeholders
- Deep understanding of the Medicare program and other health care policy contextual knowledge
- Recognized expertise in one or more domestic US health care policy areas
- Experience working with Medicare claims, encounter data, commercial claims data, and health survey data
- Experience designing analysis of very large data sets, including technical programming specifications and languages
- Familiarity with or ability to acquire expertise in federal agency data processing systems/environments and requirements
- Strong track record of leading projects focused on program design and support, outcome evaluations, or quantitative analysis
- Experience managing project and task research teams focused on policy, methods, data science, statistics, and/or economics
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Must not require now or in the future sponsorship for employment visa status
- Preferred: Experience managing complex projects for federal agencies such as CMS, ASPE, HRSA, CDC, and AHRQ, or state counterparts
Benefits:
- Competitive base salary
- Generous paid time off policy
- Merit based annual increases
- Bonus opportunities
- Robust recognition program
- Competitive insurance plans, including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability
- Retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan
- Paid parental leave for all parents
- Financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments
- Financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities
- Employee assistance program
- Other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance
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