Senior Quantitative Researcher — APM Monitoring (Remote)

DOMA Technologies, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Commence is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to monitor CMS/CMMI alternative payment models and deliver actionable insights. You will design monitoring frameworks, select data sources, and craft dashboards and reports to support federal health program oversight.

You will collaborate with data scientists and engineers, write technical approaches for proposals, and mentor junior researchers while managing project priorities and stakeholder expectations in a remote setting.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in economics or health policy with 4+ years in federal health research.
• Hands-on CMS/CMMI monitoring experience required.
• Experience with Medicare/Medicaid data (CCW/IDR/VRDC) preferred.
• Strong writing for federal audiences; proposal-writing experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement monitoring for CMS/CMMI APMs, including frameworks and measures.
• Build dashboards and automated reports; enable ML-based anomaly detection.
• Produce monitoring reports, risk summaries and briefings for model teams.

Skills

CMS/CMMI monitoring

Data analysis

Technical writing

Project leadership

Mentoring

Education

PhD in economics/health services research/health policy

Master’s in a related field

Tools

Databricks

Power BI/Tableau

SAS/R/Python/SQL

Job description

Commence is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to monitor CMS/CMMI alternative payment models and deliver actionable insights. You will design monitoring frameworks, select data sources, and craft dashboards and reports to support federal health program oversight.

You will collaborate with data scientists and engineers, write technical approaches for proposals, and mentor junior researchers while managing project priorities and stakeholder expectations in a remote setting.