Research Scientist I (Policy)

About the role

Avalere Health is seeking a Research Scientist I to join our Policy Practice. The practice focuses on a range of issues including: ongoing federal and state discussion around health reform, federal and state implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges, evolving benefit designs in public and private payers, Medicare Advantage and Part D policy and payment, Medicare reform issues, Medicaid and other state health policies, and federal budget and deficit reduction issues. We rely on deep subject matter expertise and understanding of the business issues facing our clients to assess how this changing policy landscape impacts the pharmaceutical industry, managed care plans, providers, and consumers. We provide analytic support and advisory services, including legislative strategy, regulatory analysis, and quantitative modeling of proposed and enacted policies to a wide range of clients across the healthcare industry.

What you'll do

Design and execute analytical studies, protocols and methods

· Contribute to the development of concept proposals, scopes of work, budgets, and analysis plans

· Perform descriptive and advanced statistical analysis using large patient and/or claims databases in support of projects and strategic objectives

· Develop and author study reports and publications

· Independently manage workflow and make direct contributions to the research and analysis process

· Work within the policy analytics team to identify areas for delivering innovation to clients

· Maintain compliance with Avalere Health’s policies, procedures and mission statement

About you

Minimum Requirements:

· BA/BS or MA/MS in economics, mathematics, statistics, data science, health policy, public administration, public policy, public health, epidemiology, statistics or related discipline

· 4+ years consulting, healthcare, academia, or pharmaceutical/device industry experience

· Broad technical knowledge of health economics, policy research and analytic designs

· Proficiency in design and execution of analytic studies using large administrative pharmacy and medical claims databases (public and private)

· Proficiency in using statistical software packages such as SAS, SQL, and/or STATA

· Working knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and/or econometric skills

Additional Skills and Competencies:

· Healthcare policy and analysis background a plus

· Excellent writing, project management, communication, and presentation skills

· Ability to independently manage multiple work streams with limited supervision

· Demonstrated problem solving, analytical reasoning and decision-making skills and strong commitment to meeting goals and deadlines

· Positive, flexible and self-motivated attitude, with excellent teamwork skills and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment