Senior Quantitative Researcher - Health Policy (Remote)

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

American Institutes for Research (AIR) seeks a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join CMS Innovation Center evaluations within Healthcare Innovations. You will lead rigorous analyses, apply quasi-experimental designs, and provide evidence-based technical assistance to improve health care quality and costs.

The role offers remote work within the United States or based in AIR's U.S. offices, with collaboration across nurses, physicians, economists, and data scientists.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Economics, Health Services Research, Quantitative Psychology, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Minimum of 2 years experience managing task or workstreams within a larger project.
• Led or contributed to winning proposals for CMS, AHRQ, or other HHS agencies.
• Extensive knowledge of Medicare payment policy, Medicare Advantage, and/or Medicaid.
• Knowledge of Medicare claims, provider claims, survey data, EHR data, and publicly available datasets.

Responsibilities

• Supports business development activities for CMS and CMMI, including capture planning, client engagement, opportunity shaping, proposal development, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Serves in leadership roles for complex evaluations of Medicare payment and service delivery models, ensuring task execution, quality of task deliverables, staffing, and client relationships.
• Provides technical leadership for evaluations of CMMI models and demonstrations, including technical expertise with quasi-experimental designs, mixed-methods research, Medicare and/or Medicaid claims analyses, analysis of EHR data, beneficiary and provider outcomes, and sub-group analyses.
• Effectively coaches and manages others to promote their development; sets developmental goals and measurements for staff.
• Fosters an environment that values a wide range of perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, and individual strengths.

Skills

Federal relations

Technical communication

Leadership

Pre-RFP planning

Federally funded projects

Education

PhD or Master’s

Job description

American Institutes for Research (AIR) seeks a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join CMS Innovation Center evaluations within Healthcare Innovations. You will lead rigorous analyses, apply quasi-experimental designs, and provide evidence-based technical assistance to improve health care quality and costs.

The role offers remote work within the United States or based in AIR's U.S. offices, with collaboration across nurses, physicians, economists, and data scientists.