Research Scientist I, Evidence & Strategy

avalerehealth; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan with employer matching

Health and disability coverage

Paid leave and holidays

Family and fertility support

Counselling services

Job summary

Avalere Health is seeking a data analyst to use healthcare data to produce reliable research and analyses informing client strategy in health economics and outcomes. The role covers the full analytic workflow from preparing large claims datasets to running descriptive and basic statistical analyses and ensuring reproducibility.

Responsibilities include transforming and validating data with SAS/SQL, analyzing large claims databases, developing and troubleshooting code, contributing to proposals

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field (CS, econ, math, stats, data science, epidemiology).
• At least 3 years of professional SAS or SQL programming experience.
• Experience analyzing large public or private administrative medical and pharmacy claims datasets.
• Experience preparing data and applying quality and accuracy checks.

Responsibilities

• Import, transform, clean, merge, and validate data using SAS and/or SQL to create analysis-ready datasets.
• Analyze large medical and pharmacy claims databases and conduct descriptive or basic statistical analyses.
• Develop and troubleshoot code and escalate data issues for guidance.
• Contribute to research proposals, project scopes, budgets, and analysis plans.
• Manage assigned workflows and collaborate with analytics colleagues to improve client work.
• Check analytic outputs for accuracy, quality, consistency, and reproducibility.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Deadline oriented

Independent & collaborative

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

SAS

SQL

Job description

Role overview

Use healthcare data to produce reliable research and analysis that informs client strategy and work in health economics and outcomes. The role covers the full analytical workflow, from preparing large claims datasets to running descriptive and basic statistical analyses, contributing to project plans, and ensuring that findings are accurate and reproducible.

Responsibilities

• Import, transform, clean, merge, and validate data using SAS and/or SQL to create analysis-ready datasets.
• Analyze large medical and pharmacy claims databases and conduct descriptive or basic statistical analyses in support of economic and outcomes modelling.
• Develop and troubleshoot code, resolve data issues, and escalating higher-risk methodological or client-impacting decisions for guidance.
• Contribute to research proposals, project scopes, budgets, and analysis plans.
• Manage assigned workflows and collaborate with analytics colleagues to improve client work and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Check analytic outputs for accuracy, quality, consistency, and reproducibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, economics, mathematics, statistics, data science, epidemiology, or a related discipline.
• At least three years of professional SAS or SQL programming experience.
• Experience analyzing large public or private administrative medical and pharmacy claims datasets.
• Experience preparing data and applying thorough quality and accuracy checks.
• Working knowledge of basic statistical methods and/or econometrics.
• Strong analytical reasoning, problem-solving, organization, and ability to meet deadlines; able to work independently and collaboratively in a remote or hybrid setting.

Nice to have

• Background in healthcare policy or analysis.
• Experience with healthcare surveys, such as national medical expenditure or Medicare beneficiary surveys.
• Ability to interpret basic statistical outputs and analyses.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote and hybrid arrangements are available, with the option to work internationally for two weeks each year.
• Compensation listed in the source: $90,000-$110,000 per year.
• Benefits include a retirement plan with employer matching, health and disability coverage, paid leave and holidays, family and fertility support, counselling, and professional development opportunities.