Senior Researcher, Quality Measures
American Institutes for Research
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $122,070 - $162,760 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
PythonSQL
About the role
- Lead and support the development, adaptation, and implementation of quality measures.
- Support development and documentation of measure specifications.
- Specify, oversee, and interpret descriptive and statistical analyses of large datasets.
- Interpret relevant health policy and regulations.
- Design and oversee methodologies for scoring APM participants and adjusting payments using quality measures.
- Communicate methods, findings, and implications to both technical and nontechnical policy audiences.
- Author technical reports, memoranda, and supporting documentation.
- Develop dashboards and data visualizations to present quality performance and related data.
- Manage project budgets, timelines, scope, and resource needs.
- Ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of all work through QA/QC processes.
- Supervise and mentor research staff in project task completion and professional development.
- Work effectively in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment.
Requirements
- PhD in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, Public Administration, Public Health, or related quantitative field with 3+ years relevant experience or Master’s with 7+ years.
- Demonstrated experience applying a range of statistical inference methods.
- Experience developing and writing proposals for federal agencies.
- Experience developing, implementing, and/or adapting quality measures for federal programs.
- Experience with large program and administrative, patient-reported outcome, survey measure datasets.
- Ability to review and assess analytic code written in R, Python, SQL, and/or Stata, and analyze quantitative data.
- Direct experience working with CMS is strongly preferred, but not required.
Benefits
- AIR’s Total Rewards Program designed to reward staff competitively and motivate them to achieve critical mission.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
statistical inference methodsdata visualizationquality measures developmentdata analysisproject managementQA/QC processesbudget managementproposal writingquantitative data analysislarge dataset management
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationmentoringleadershiporganizational skillsteamworkadaptabilityproblem-solvingattention to detailinterpersonal skills