American Institutes for Research

Security Engineer

• Drive and perform vulnerability management activities, including scanning, analyzing, reporting, and tracking network, container, application, and static code findings in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Execute application security testing and findings analysis, including DAST, SAST, continuous threat exposure management activities, and targeted red teaming engagements.
• Lead cyber risk management efforts by identifying risks, developing and reporting treatment plans, and maintaining the enterprise risk registry.
• Oversee and drive the remediation of findings utilizing standard Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) processes resulting from both internal and external security controls assessment, vulnerability assessments, and security testing.
• Execute and contribute to internal controls assessments for AIR web applications, secure data enclaves, general support systems, and other key systems to support internal and external client security requirements.
• Respond to client data security and privacy questionnaires with accuracy and subject-matter expertise.
• Perform and drive continuous monitoring activities to ensure ongoing compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
• Support data governance by conducting information security plan reviews and contract reviews.
• Serve as AIR’s HIPAA Security Officer, ensuring compliance with HIPAA Security Rule requirements.
• Support third party risk management activities, including evaluating new software and artificial intelligence (AI) use cases.
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time based on business needs.

Senior Cybersecurity Risk Analyst

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Conduct comprehensive financial analysis to support government contracts, including budget preparation, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to develop and implement strategic financial plans aligned with organizational goals.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to support decision-making and long-term growth.
• Monitor and manage contract costs to ensure adherence to budgetary guidelines and contractual requirements.
• Ensure compliance with government regulations, accounting standards, and internal policies by staying current on regulatory updates and implementing necessary changes.
• Work closely with project managers, contract administrators, and other collaborators to provide financial expertise and guidance throughout the contract lifecycle.

Finance Associate

Research Scientist

• Conduct literature reviews to support projects and proposals.
• Code studies for research synthesis projects.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative research data and contribute to reporting and interpretation of findings.
• Support communication with school and district leaders.
• Develop spreadsheets and databases to support project activities.
• Provide new business and proposal development support by engaging in tasks like researching funding opportunities and writing proposal sections.
• Assist staff in the review, identification, and development of scholarly information describing research findings.

Research Assistant, Learning Supports

Technical Program Manager

• Lead Agile project management across multiple, interrelated technology workstreams, serving as Scrum Master for multiple development teams.
• Plan, facilitate, and document all Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint demos, and retrospectives.
• Administer and govern Jira and Confluence environments, including project configuration, workflows, dashboards, reporting, and service desk operations.
• Manage and maintain the backlog of work for the technology platforms.
• Coordinate work across multiple platform teams using a “Scrum of Scrums” or technical leads-level scrum to ensure alignment of priorities, dependencies, and delivery timelines.
• Develop and maintain integrated quarterly and annual work plans across platforms, aligning deliverables with task orders, budgets, and client priorities.
• Serve as the primary coordination bridge between technical teams, program leadership, and clients, translating requirements into actionable plans and communicating progress, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Lead preparation of client-facing deliverables, including quarterly and annual progress reports, sprint demos, and strategic planning materials.
• Oversee helpdesk operations and service-level performance, ensuring timely intake, prioritization, and resolution of requests.
• Support strategic planning and roadmap development for FEWS NET technology platforms, facilitating discussions on future capabilities, technical debt, and platform integration.
• Identify and proactively manage project risks, dependencies, and resource constraints across teams and platforms.
• Foster a collaborative, transparent, and inclusive working environment for globally distributed teams.

Senior Technical Program Manager, FEWS NET – Part-Time

Community Manager

• Develop prevention and evaluation materials, implementation measures, and protocols for monitoring and providing feedback on implementation.
• Deliver capacity building to support the prevention workforce in implementing prevention activities and/or improving their instruction using structured protocols.
• Provide expertise on prevention research activities including, but not limited to, recruitment of study participants, development of implementation and related outcomes measures, data interpretation, and communication and dissemination.
• Contribute to the development of reports that describe and interpret findings for clients, partners, including military leaders, and other relevant audiences.
• Represent the organization in interactions with state, local, and site-based staff; potential clients; and partner organizations.
• Provide military cultural competency and capacity building for evaluation planning, implementation, and evaluation organizations and providers.
• Work on collaborative project teams, including supervision of research/TA assistants and associates as a task or functional lead.
• Contribute to team efforts to develop new business opportunities including strategic planning and partnership development, identification and pursuit of opportunities, and proposal development.
• Manage or lead projects or tasks, with assumption of greater responsibility over time.

Technical Assistance Consultant, Human and Community Development

Consultant

• Serve as the primary liaison to state and local education agency staff, drawing on firsthand SEA experience to foster trust, credibility, and effective collaboration.
• Lead the design and implementation of state systems of support for school and district improvement, utilizing an insider’s perspective on SEA processes, compliance, and policy priorities.
• Represent AIR on cross-agency leadership teams and at national conferences, sharing insights from direct SEA work and evidence-based practices.
• Oversee the administration and monitoring of state and federal grants, applying knowledge of SEA grant cycles, reporting requirements, and accountability frameworks.
• Support the growth of monitoring work and build relationships with state leaders in systems of support across the United States, leveraging established SEA networks and credibility.
• Lead the evaluation, research, and dissemination of effective practices for district and school improvement, informed by SEA experience in data-driven decision-making and progress monitoring.
• Guide the development of progress monitoring systems, leveraging SEA expertise in data systems, compliance, and continuous improvement cycles.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations related to district and school improvement, including major legislative initiatives, drawing on direct SEA policy implementation experience.
• Supervise staff and manage change processes to advance AIR’s state policy work, informed by SEA best practices in organizational change and stakeholder engagement.

Senior Technical Assistance Consultant, State Policy – Systems of Support

Director

• Lead large, complex federal health implementation and monitoring projects
• Oversee multidisciplinary workflows (e.g., implementation planning, analysis, stakeholder engagement, data collection, monitoring, reporting)
• Engage directly with federal clients — particularly Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — to maintain productive communication, clarify requirements, and address emerging needs or risks.
• Work with AIR’s program area leadership and functional leadership to create business development strategy for established areas and specific new areas of growth identify new opportunities
• Supervise and mentor task leads, analysts, researchers, TA specialists, and operational staff to build strong, high‑performing project teams.

Managing Director, Healthcare Innovations

• Manage large, complex research projects or series of smaller projects
• Ensure all task activities and deliverables are completed on time
• Develop strategic plans and timelines for research products
• Manage and mentor staff
• Oversee planning, design, and implementation of research projects
• Lead analysis and synthesis of data
• Serve as an expert and disseminate findings through publications
• Engage thought leaders across the public health arena.

Senior Researcher, Human and Community Development

• Manage day-to-day project work and operations and maintain positive and collaborative relationships.
• Support tasks and projects using evidence-based frameworks, rigorous quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods designs.
• Provide input on appropriate planning, research methods, analysis, and reporting.
• Support and collaborate with partners in ways that build their research and evaluation capacity.
• Demonstrate military competence and sensitivity in all activities and interactions with colleagues, partners, and project participants.
• Conceptualize problems and identify questions in prevention research and evaluation and collaborate in designing solutions to address them.
• Contribute to the development of study designs, research questions, indicators, survey questionnaires, or interview protocols that align to analytic plans.
• Analyze, interpret, and report on complex qualitative and/or quantitative data using appropriate methods.
• Write reports and other documents that are clear, concise, and contribute to the field.
• Adapt prevention science best practices to meet communities where they are.
• Support the development of tools that connect the dots between prevention science and military environments.
• Communicate clearly with partners and represent AIR in a professional manner.
• Write reports to describe and interpret findings for clients.

Researcher, Human and Community Development

Software Engineer

• Lead in the design, development and testing of electronic clinical quality measures using Clinical Quality Language (CQL), Quality Data Model (QDM), and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
• Lead in defining user requirements, designing measures test plans, and testing strategies for digital quality measurement and digital quality health related project and tasks.
• Lead quality measure development research teams.
• Lead and facilitate meetings with project teams and clients.
• Prepare concise, well written technical reports, peer-reviewed publications, and presentations for a variety of audiences.
• Provide strategic and technical expertise related to digital quality health and clinical informatics to guide business development and research agendas.
• Mentor junior staff, sharing approaches to solving concrete problems, and providing feedback on the work of others.
• Clearly communicate with clients, site-based staff, and other stakeholders and represent AIR in a professional manner.

Senior Clinical Quality Measure Developer – Part-Time

Research Analyst

• Assist project teams in compiling and synthesizing information (e.g., conducting literature reviews and policy scans)
• Prepare and assist with primary source data collection through interviews, focus groups, and surveys; organize materials; and contribute to content development
• Participate in the collection and review of research and evaluation data
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative research data and contribute to the reporting and interpretation of findings
• Prepare documents, portions of reports, briefs, charts, and graphs that describe and interpret findings of analyses
• Support proposal writing and business development activities
• Support project management tasks, including developing project timelines, coordinating meetings, and tracking project progress

Research Associate – Health Innovations

• Serve as a senior advisor and thought partner to program and functional leaders, aligning human capital strategies to organizational priorities, business risks, and growth opportunities.
• Lead the HCP team by fostering a culture of authenticity, accountability, collaboration, and continuous growth.
• Model talent management best practices by actively engaging in long-term career planning, active development, and on-going feedback.
• Design and deliver strategic programs that address leadership development, people management, and employee engagement across functions and divisions.
• Guide senior leaders through complex challenges in change management, organizational design, workforce planning, leadership transitions, and cultural alignment.
• Build organizational resilience by helping leaders at all levels anticipate and prepare for future talent needs, structural shifts, and capability gaps.

Director, Human Capital Partners

Administration

• Provide pre-award proposal support, including review of solicitation requirements, preparation of agreement documentation, coordination with proposal, legal, and program teams.
• Negotiate, execute, and administer post-award agreements, including drafting, issuing, modifying, and managing agreements in accordance with all contractual, regulatory, and organizational standards.
• Perform and lead negotiations, including aspects related to pricing, terms and conditions, flow downs, and risk mitigation, exercising independent judgement and determining when escalation is necessary.
• Advise internal stakeholders on contractual and compliance matters, exercise independent judgement in identifying risks, recommending solutions, and determining when escalation is necessary.
• Act as a bridge between pre-award and post-award activities, ensuring continuity, accuracy, and alignment throughout the agreement lifecycle.
• Work collaboratively with finance, legal, and program staff to ensure integrated and compliant outcomes.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to staff during the preparation, monitoring, and administration of agreements, and assist with proposal documentation related to partners, including consultants, subcontractors, and subrecipients.
• Support client services and program offices by providing guidance for the development of well-defined statements of work.
• Excel in work prioritization and time management to meet the demands of a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will value the significance of their contributions to both the program office and the expectations of external clients.
• Advance supplier diversity and Federal expectations for set-aside subcontracting.
• Administer the SBA’s eSRS.gov reporting system and FFATA reporting to FSRS.gov.
• Contribute to the design, testing, and refinement of procurement and subcontracting processes as the organization implements a new ERP system.
• Provide subject matter input regarding system workflows, data elements, controls, and reporting requirements, focusing on flexibility, usability, and scalability.
• Adapt to changing policies, systems, and organizational structures, and support change management initiatives across teams.

Subcontracts Administrator

• Oversee a portfolio of projects, serving as principal investigator, project director, or senior advisor as needed.
• Develop and execute strategic business pursuits, identifying new markets, clients, and opportunities for AIR.
• Represent AIR at national conferences, cross-agency leadership teams, and in high-profile client engagements.
• Lead the design, implementation, and evaluation of state systems of support, ensuring alignment with state and federal priorities.
• Guide the development and implementation of innovative data-driven decision-making frameworks at scale.
• Ensure compliance with major legislative initiatives and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrate mastery of research methodologies, technical assistance approaches, and/or policy development and implementation.
• Lead large, complex projects and secure competitive contracts and grants from federal, state, and foundation sources.
• Publish and present research findings in high-impact venues.

Managing Director – State/Federal Policy and System

• Develop research designs to evaluate federal, state, and local PK-12 education funding policies and estimate the cost of an adequate and equitable education, especially for students receiving special education and English learners.
• Manage or lead projects and tasks, assuming greater responsibility for project management over time.
• Analyze extant financial and administrative data collected by education institutions (e.g., K12 school districts, state education agencies, community colleges) using state-of-the-field education finance research and statistical methods.
• Collect data from primary sources that describe the types and amounts of resources education organizations have in place, their needs, and extent to which they employ evidence-based resource allocation strategies.
• Prepare written materials (e.g., technical reports, policy briefs) that describe study findings in ways that accessible and impactful to policymakers and other decision makers.
• Present findings to clients, professional associations, and the public.
• Participate in, and where appropriate lead, efforts to prepare research proposals that generate external funding for education finance-related research.
• Supervise and provide mentorship and support to junior staff by sharing approaches to solving concrete problems and providing feedback on their work.