
AVP, Research Science and Advanced Analytics
Inovalon
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $180,500 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead and supervise a team of technical subject matter experts responsible for delivering analytics and research results.
- Manage analyst resource availability, planning, and allocation to optimize team performance.
- Develop and maintain expert-level knowledge of Inovalon’s products, services, and infrastructure.
- Serve as thought leader and SME in optimizing research databases, programming, data analytics, biostatistics, econometrics, and research methods.
- Establish and enforce standards for programming, stored procedures/scripts, code documentation, and quality control processes.
- Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive onboarding materials and training processes.
- Provide expert guidance and solutions to client inquiries regarding analytical methodologies, programming logic, and technical approaches.
- Lead the development and implementation of standardized quality assurance and quality control protocols.
- Oversee continuity planning and ensure seamless transitions in analytic workflows.
- Manage efforts to salvage projects experiencing changes in direction and quality issues.
- Contribute technical expertise to statements of work, project budgets, and research protocols as needed.
- Anticipate and develop flexible analytic tools and models for reuse across diverse clients.
- Serve as primary liaison to product and engineering teams at Inovalon.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries, including 5+ years in consulting.
- 5+ years of supervisory experience leading technical analytic teams.
- Deep expertise in advanced statistical tools, approaches, and methodologies and their application in healthcare and pharmaceutical domains, including Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR).
- Proven technical and programming proficiency across HEOR and broader healthcare analytics domains.
- Strong knowledge of programming standards and ability to implement best practices across teams.
- Technical proficiency in SAS, SQL, R, Python, and familiarity with Linux, Windows, Redshift, Snowflake.
- Knowledge of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and ability to integrate into HEOR workflows.
- Experienced in maintenance and evolution of analytics codebases using Git, ensuring reproducibility, governance, and efficient collaboration.
- Experienced in agile project management methodologies, leveraging tools such as Jira and Azure DevOps.
- Demonstrated ability to manage team workload effectively, build strong team relationships, retain talent, and foster long-term engagement.
- Ability to design, implement, and maintain comprehensive onboarding materials and processes.
- Proven success in leading teams and managing multiple projects with competing priorities.
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Advanced project management expertise, ensuring timely delivery of results and adherence to deadlines.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
- health insurance
- life insurance
- company-paid disability
- 401k
- 18+ days of paid time off
- performance-based incentives
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data analyticsbiostatisticseconometricsprogrammingadvanced statistical toolsprogramming standardsSASSQLRPython
Soft Skills
team leadershipanalytical skillsproblem-solvingdecision-makingproject managementcommunication skillsrelationship buildingtalent retentionflexibilitytraining development