American Institutes for Research - Medicaid and Medicare Policy Researcher
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Requirements
• PhD in a relevant field (e.g., Economics, Public Policy, Health Services Research, Statistics, Public Health, Sociology, Political Science, or a related discipline), or a Master’s degree with at least four years of quantitative research experience. • Demonstrate policy expertise related to Marketplace, Medicare and Medicaid. • Demonstrated experience conducting applied quantitative research related to Marketplace, Medicaid, or Medicare. • Experience interpreting analytic results and contributing to reports, briefs, or presentations that inform program or policy decisions. • Experience working on research, evaluation, or technical assistance projects for federal or state Medicaid agencies, CMS, or other public or nonprofit entities. • Experience collaborating with cross functional teams, including programmers, analysts, and policy experts. • Familiarity with CMS data sources, Medicaid and Medicare programs, waiver demonstrations (e.g., 1115 waivers), or value based payment models preferred but not required. • Demonstrated experience applying a range of statistical inference methods. • Experience developing and writing proposals for federal agencies. • Experience developing, implementing, and/or adapting quality measures for federal programs. • Experience with large program and administrative, patient reported outcome, survey measure datasets. • Direct experience working with CMS is strongly preferred, but not required. • Strong quantitative and data analysis skills, including experience with statistical and data tools such as SAS, SQL, Stata, R, Python, or similar software. • Ability to document analytic methods, conduct data quality checks, and support reproducible research practices. • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex findings to technical and non technical audiences. • Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines independently while contributing effectively in a collaborative, virtual team environment. • Proven ability to coach and mentor junior staff and foster inclusive team dynamics. • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and commitment to accuracy in data analysis and reporting. • Ability to lead and collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams. • Ability to learn quickly, take direction, and work independently in a fast-paced environment. • Strong presentation, professional development delivery, and facilitation skills. • Comfortable working in a virtual/dispersed work environment. • Disclosures: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position. Depending on project work, qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements. • Disclosures:
Responsibilities
• Engage with Marketplace, Medicaid and Medicare stakeholders through meetings, briefings, and dissemination activities. • Interpret policy and regulations. • Specify, oversee, and interpret descriptive and statistical analyses of large, complex datasets. • Translate complex analytic findings into clear, actionable insights for state and federal stakeholders, including client reports, technical memoranda, and presentations. • Design and oversee the development of dashboards and other data visualizations to present quality performance and associated data. • Lead or contribute to the design and execution of research and evaluation projects, including policy analyses, demonstrations, and program evaluations. • Support proposal development work by writing technical sections, contributing to analytic approaches, and supporting proposal strategy. • Manage small to mid sized project tasks or analytic components, including planning timelines, tracking deliverables, and coordinating with internal teams and external clients. • Develop and manage budgets (in collaboration with a Project Manager), and communicate timelines, scope and resources with clients. • Ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of all work products through appropriate QA/QC processes. • Supervise, mentor and guide junior staff through feedback, training, and modeling best practices in quantitative and qualitative policy research and professional completion of project tasks. • Work effectively in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment with staff of varied technical skills and expertise.
Benefits
• $92,700—$113,000 USD
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