Remote Research Scientist I, Health Analytics & Policy

Avalere Health; Washington; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Health benefits

Hybrid/Remote work

Vacation & holidays

Job summary

Avalere Health is seeking a Research Scientist I to join its Evidence & Strategy Practice in the Washington, DC area. The role focuses on developing value-based assessments and supporting evidence generation through quantitative and qualitative studies using diverse datasets.

You will contribute to go-to-market strategies, leverage statistical modeling, and deliver advisory services to pharma, managed care, providers, and other healthcare clients. Hybrid/remote options available.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or higher in a relevant field.
• 3+ years SAS or SQL programming experience in a work setting.
• Experience analyzing large administrative pharmacy and medical claims databases.
• Experience with importing data, transforming, cleaning, merging, and editing data; data quality checks.
• Working knowledge of basic statistical techniques and econometrics.

Responsibilities

• Perform data management to generate analytic-ready datasets using SQL and/or SAS.
• Conduct descriptive and basic statistical analysis on large datasets to support economic/outcomes modeling.
• Develop and troubleshoot code; resolve data issues and advise on high-risk decisions.
• Contribute to proposals, scopes of work, and analysis plans.
• Independently manage workflow and contribute to research and analysis processes.
• Collaborate across analytics teams to deliver client value and ensure analytic output quality.

Skills

SAS programming

SQL programming

Data analysis

Statistical methods

Teamwork

Education

BA/BS or higher

Statistics degree

Tools

SAS

SQL

Job description

Avalere Health is seeking a Research Scientist I to join its Evidence & Strategy Practice in the Washington, DC area. The role focuses on developing value-based assessments and supporting evidence generation through quantitative and qualitative studies using diverse datasets.

You will contribute to go-to-market strategies, leverage statistical modeling, and deliver advisory services to pharma, managed care, providers, and other healthcare clients. Hybrid/remote options available.