Remote Research Scientist II - Healthcare Analytics

Humana Inc; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 78,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Remote work flexibility

Travel occasionally

Job summary

Humana Inc. seeks a Research Scientist 2 (Remote) to analyze large healthcare datasets, develop analytic variables, and build models to inform clinical strategies for Medicare Advantage members.

Responsibilities include collaboration with clinicians, applying a range of analytic methods, and communicating insights to business partners. Travel may be occasional; role supports remote work and requires strong programming in SQL, SAS, and Python.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in a quantitative discipline.
• 2+ years creating datasets and analytical variables.
• Experience applying research methods to high-volume data.
• Experience with experimental and quasi-experimental methods.
• Strong interest in healthcare and improving health outcomes.
• Ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams and communicate insights.

Responsibilities

• Perform exploratory analyses on populations, trends, and conditions to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with clinicians to define clinical concepts and extract information from medical/pharmacy/lab claims.
• Apply descriptive and epidemiological methods to analyze data.
• Design outcomes studies and program evaluations using RCTs, propensity matching, or difference-in-difference methods.
• Review literature and assess engagement and effect sizes of early-stage interventions.
• Write SQL, SAS, and Python code to assemble data and create analytic variables and models.
• Translate analytic results into actionable insights for business partners.
• Understand department and organizational strategy and align research approaches.
• Make method decisions in ambiguous situations with general guidance.

Skills

SQL

SAS

Python

Healthcare analytics

Epidemiology methods

Education

Master's Degree in Epidemiology/ Biostatistics/ Economics/ Statistics/ Clinical Informatics/ Engineering

Tools

Pyspark

DataBricks

Microsoft Azure

PowerBI

Job description

Humana Inc. seeks a Research Scientist 2 (Remote) to analyze large healthcare datasets, develop analytic variables, and build models to inform clinical strategies for Medicare Advantage members.

Responsibilities include collaboration with clinicians, applying a range of analytic methods, and communicating insights to business partners. Travel may be occasional; role supports remote work and requires strong programming in SQL, SAS, and Python.