RTI International

Operations

• Support strategic and operational management across a broad team (70+ staff) and wide-ranging environment portfolio (50+ active projects) in coordination with various RTI staff.
• Serve the sub-domain business strategies by supporting teams to translate ideas into actionable roadmaps, establishing deadlines and KPIs, fostering cross-team synergies and neutralizing bottlenecks to accelerate progress.
• Facilitate achievement of staff DPR targets by proactively managing the long-term labor allocation and working with Project Managers to match labor availability with project needs.
• Serve as the primary lead for "emergent" opportunities, as requested and/or provide surge support for existing projects or proposal opportunities, with a focus on rapid-response tasks on either projects or proposals that would otherwise distract technical focal leads.
• Assist in organizing Leadership Team meetings and other high profile activities, including agenda setting, preparing decision support materials and tracking high priority actions items to ensure organizational accountability and momentum.
• Act as a "connective tissue" across the various technical teams within WARES to prevent silos and maximize efficiencies; facilitating lateral communication, ensuring consistent application of new growth goals, and maintaining cultural alignment for staff who may move to new reporting lines.
• Cultivate and leverage strategic partnerships across RTI business partners (e.g., Finance, HR, Client Technologies , Marketing and Growth) to streamline workflows, expedite business processes, and help ensure that WARES’ priorities are understood.
• Partner with the technical teams to track the Center’s overarching business development pipeline; ensuring that resources are aligned with the highest-probability "wins" and that growth targets are monitored across the full WARES portfolio.
• Work with growth leads to facilitate "Synthesis Sessions" between the WARES teams to deliberately engineer integrated, high-value client solutions and identify strategic cross-selling opportunities on a semi-regular basis.
• Serve as surge support for any project or proposal-related task.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Strategic Operations Coordinator – Center for Water, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy Solutions

Research Scientist

• Conduct targeted literature reviews, synthesizing findings into clear scientific summaries and evidence tables.
• Develop interview guides, and analysis plans with guidance from senior scientists.
• Perform qualitative coding and thematic analysis and/or quantitative analyses using established methodologies.
• Draft sections of study protocols, reports, manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, and client deliverables.
• Support interpretation of study findings and contribute to scientific discussions within project teams.
• Ensure scientific quality and adherence to established research methods and quality standards.
• Build expertise in patient-centered outcomes research methodologies, consulting practices, and client engagement.
• Participate in internal initiatives that improve scientific methods, operational efficiency, and knowledge sharing.
• Develop communication, and consulting skills through progressively increasing responsibility.

Research Scientist – Patient-Centered Outcomes Assessment

Data Scientist

• Manage 8 – 12 programmers and working with other programmer leads to assign workloads.
• Participate in Center Leadership meetings, and development of the Division and Center strategies.
• Foster employee growth and development by meeting regularly with each staff member to discuss ongoing work, upcoming opportunities, project, proposal, scientific stature, and workload/level of effort.
• Serve as technical lead for Medicare claims processing and analytics initiatives.
• Provide architectural guidance on data management, programming standards, and system design.
• Mentor junior and mid-level programmers in Python development, software engineering, and healthcare data methodologies.
• Collaborate with statisticians, epidemiologists, health economists, and policy researchers to translate analytic requirements into production-ready solutions.
• Lead code reviews and establish quality assurance standards for mission-critical healthcare applications.
• Contribute to proposal development by designing technical approaches for large-scale healthcare data systems.

Senior Program Manager, Data Interoperability

• Lead complex patient-centered outcomes research programs from study design through final delivery
• Serve as project lead for multidisciplinary teams, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest scientific standards
• Provide strategic oversight of study design, methodology, regulatory engagement, and evidence generation plans
• Manage project risks, client expectations, resource allocation, and team performance
• Serve as a trusted scientific advisor to clients and internal stakeholders
• Personally contribute to the design, execution, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of qualitative and mixed-methods research studies
• Design and lead qualitative research conducted with patients, caregivers, patient advocates, and clinical key opinion leaders, including both stand-alone and clinical trial-based studies
• Lead the development, adaptation, and evaluation of clinical outcome assessments (COAs), including patient-reported outcomes (PROs), observer-reported outcomes (ObsROs), clinician-reported outcomes (ClinROs), and related measures
• Review and critically appraise published literature, COA development programs, and psychometric evidence
• Develop patient-centered evidence strategies to support regulatory, access & reimbursement, and healthcare decision-making needs
• Contribute directly to study reports, client presentations, evidence dossiers, briefing books, and negotiations with key decision makers to support patient-centered value messaging for medicines
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients
• Lead scientific discussions with pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors regarding patient-focused drug development strategies
• Support business development efforts through proposal development, client meetings, capability presentations, and identification of growth opportunities
• Lead and contribute to scientific publications, conference abstracts, posters, presentations, and manuscripts
• Represent RTI-HS at scientific meetings, industry conferences, and client engagements
• Provide day-to-day leadership, mentorship, and coaching to junior and mid-level researchers.
• Foster technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and professional development across project teams

Senior Researcher – Patient Centered Outcomes Assessment

Research Analyst

• Assist with quantitative and qualitative research activities to support projects.
• Analyze large health-related datasets.
• Assist in developing and implementing processes to assure quality and accuracy of data analyses.
• Review and proof own work for accuracy and completeness.
• Assist with project management responsibilities including scheduling, preparing meeting agendas, and recording meeting minutes.
• Contribute to and/or prepare portions of technical memoranda, reports, and presentations.

Research Analyst, Medicaid Policy

General

• Serve as the overall and programmatic director for the National Coordination Lead for the TechAccess: AI-Ready America Program.
• Define and guide a vision and execution strategy in collaboration with RTI program leadership, subcontractors, and external partners for the National Lead of the TechAccess: AI-Ready America Program.
• Lead the establishment of a semi-autonomous program unit, including governance, staffing, and operational systems.
• Ensure coordination with partners working to implement the project.
• Facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing among up to 55 state hubs including workforce, education, and innovation stakeholders.
• Provide leadership, coordination, and accountability for execution of all core workstreams, implemented by RTI staff, subcontractors, and partner organizations.
• Serve as a national convener and trusted, neutral coordinator, working alongside partners to engage stakeholders across sectors.
• Lead and coordinate a distributed team of RTI staff, subcontractors, and partner organizations, ensuring clear roles, accountability, and integration of efforts.

Principal Investigator

Accountant

• Compile and analyze financial information, with a focus on project accounting, recording transactions and preparing reports with little supervision.
• Review complex client contracts with a GAAP lens to ensure proper contract setup in accordance with ASC 606 and ASC 958.
• Analyze project portfolio, prepare reports and review financial information.
• Work with Finance Operations and Contracts departments to solve problems and improve processes.
• Perform month-end reconciliations, as needed.
• Assist with annual external audit.
• Prepare account reconciliations and analysis which may include revenue and expense activity reporting utilizing Oracle reporting functionalities.
• Prepare or assist in review of monthly, quarterly and annual financials for review by management.
• Analyze financial statements using high level of GAAP knowledge to apply judgment related to reporting and recording of revenue.
• Assist in troubleshooting problems and serve as a resource for internal customers seeking assistance and advice.
• Communicate with various teams and business personnel throughout the Institute.

Senior Accountant

Backend Engineer

• Applying coding expertise and best practices to query, merge, and analyze complex healthcare data from large relational databases
• Leveraging a variety of quantitative methods to standardize, blend, and distill data from multiple disparate sources, transforming them into analytic insights for use in client reports, journal manuscripts, abstracts, or posters for professional meetings
• Iteratively developing and maintaining SAS, SQL, or Python code with an emphasis on increasing efficiency, minimizing computational errors, implementing process improvements, and other approaches that add value to business processes and analytic results
• Participating in thorough code review and documentation, as well as parallel coding efforts for other programmers to maintain quality standards and ensure that code may be efficiently transferred among team members as needed
• Constructing analytic datasets and databases to support deliverables for various public health and healthcare financing engagements
• Collaborating with project team members to review, critically evaluate, and refine business requirements, and then translate those requirements into programming logic
• Demonstrating established functional leadership skills on projects, including advising and mentoring fellow programmers, proactively resolving day-to-day issues of small to medium complexity, incorporating sound coding best practices and standards, and developing these behaviors among early-career staff
• Supporting strategic initiatives within the larger programming group and health practice area such as identifying emerging technologies for potential adoption, creating efficiencies or novel coding approaches both within and across projects, mentoring staff, and collaborating with analysts and other programmers to support research objectives
• Participating in industry conferences and continuing education on healthcare-related and/or technical coding topics (including learning new coding languages) as applicable to the role and evolving business needs
• Routinely sharing insights gained from the above activities with fellow programmers, leaders, and other division staff through activities such as presentations at staff meetings, contributions to collective codebase utilities, and training early career staff

Research Python Programmer, Data Analyst

Human Resources

• Interns will work in a collaborative pod model, partnering closely with another intern to drive shared deliverables and cross-learning.
• Rotate across three core HR functions to gain a holistic view of the employee lifecycle: HR Systems, Talent Acquisition Partnering, HR Business Partnering.
• Help design a centralized resource for HR staff to support easier access to tools and guidance.
• Conduct research on the integration of AI in Human Resources focusing on recruitment strategies and candidate engagement.
• Analyze existing recruitment technologies and their impact on efficiency and candidate satisfaction.
• Collaborate within intern pods to produce a comprehensive report on AI applications in HR.
• Identify opportunities to optimize recruitment workflows and improve candidate experience.

Human Resources Intern

Business Development Rep

• Support RTI’s Strategic Account Executives during the business development life cycle with pipeline management, opportunity vetting, competitive intelligence, partnering, and client communication needs
• Develop a thorough understanding of RTI’s capabilities, competitive landscape, and market to inform business development efforts
• Proactively monitor, identify, and develop potential opportunities associated with assigned key accounts
• Assist with pipeline management in Salesforce
• Build both internal and external relationships and work closely with Strategic Account Executives across the organization
• Collaborate with other analysts and business development partners for information exchange and cross-functional value
• Conduct research to map client priorities and contracting opportunities to RTI’s capabilities
• Analyze competitive industry trends and conduct business intelligence for producing business landscape status reports for strategic clients

Business Development Specialist

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Perform on-going project financial analysis; including ability to conduct profitability analysis, forecast costs, and analyze variances and fee deviations.
• Perform on-going project review including; review of actual costs for proper charging and accuracy, review invoices, and support processing payment approvals.
• Perform revenue recognition review on a monthly basis, identify root causes of deviation, and provide remedial measures.
• Ensure that all projects are reviewed on monthly basis and summarization of financial condition of project is communicated to project leaders.
• Provide effective guidance to project leader and team management regarding potential changes in statement of work requiring revised budgets.
• Prepare monthly progress reports including project forecasts and resource projections for client.
• Support preparation of continuation applications/carry over fund budgets; prepare add-on budgets.
• Review initial project authorizations and project setup for accuracy, review/solicit guidance for understanding of relevant terms and conditions applicable to contract.
• Lead assigned process improvement initiatives with high degree of responsibility.

Senior Financial Analyst

Artificial Intelligence

• Develop and own the AI adoption roadmap across RTI Main, translating strategy into prioritized initiatives and measurable outcomes
• Identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases that drive revenue, efficiency, or client impact
• Lead a portfolio of signature AI initiatives, executed as structured sprints with clear baselines, targets, and accountable owners
• Ensure all initiatives align with ODAS governance, responsible AI guardrails, and Client Technology capabilities
• Operate within ODAS enterprise standards, the approved tool catalog, and responsible AI guidelines—these are the rules of the road, not suggestions
• Populate and maintain Client AI Compliance Registry entries for RTI Main’s portfolio—surfacing contract-specific AI restrictions, disclosure requirements, and data classification constraints upward to ODAS
• Represent RTI Main on the AI Council, bringing field intelligence that ODAS alone cannot generate
• Establish and lead a network of AI Leads embedded within RTI Main functions, each reporting to their functional leader with a matrix line to this role
• Define decision rights, operating cadence, and accountability mechanisms across the network
• Develop practical playbooks, templates, and reusable patterns that enable scaling AI across repeatable workflows and specialized use cases
• Own the application of ODAS’s classification standard within RTI Main—determining which workflows go AI-first (speed and cost advantage) and which remain human-critical (trust, scientific rigor, client relationship value)
• Ensure functions are not pressured to automate what clients and the scientific mission value as human effort and judgment
• Translate AI capabilities into tangible business outcomes: revenue growth, cost reduction, cycle time improvements, and enhanced client experience
• Partner with Growth and Marketing to embed AI into pipeline development, proposal processes, and competitive positioning
• Partner with Solutions to integrate AI into research and delivery workflows while maintaining scientific rigor
• Package and communicate results as replicable proof points, including playbooks, case studies, and board-ready materials
• Drive adoption through structured change management, communication, training, and stakeholder engagement
• Build and lead the AI Lead network, including recruitment, development, and performance management of matrixed contributors
• Foster a culture of experimentation, accountability, and responsible AI use across RTI Main
• Ensure teams have the time, funding, and support required to execute AI adoption priorities
• Define and manage an AI adoption performance framework with KPIs tied to business outcomes (revenue impact, cost savings, cycle time improvements, decision redistribution)
• Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track adoption progress and inform prioritization
• Coordinate with ODAS on measurement alignment so governance and adoption narratives are consistent for Executive Committee and Board audiences
• Continuously refine adoption strategy based on performance data, emerging AI capabilities, and evolving business priorities

Senior Director, AI Adoption – Integration

• Serve as a strategic force multiplier, orchestrating operational governance across a 70+ person team
• Act as the primary operational liaison for the Senior Director
• Resolve cross-functional obstacles across the WARES Center independently
• Shepherd sub-domain business strategies and drive strategic growth synthesis
• Ensure that WARES remains agile, resource-aligned, and positioned for continued growth and expansion
• Support the sub-domain business strategies by establishing deadlines and KPIs
• Facilitate achievement of staff DPR targets
• Assist in organizing Leadership Team meetings
• Maintain cultural alignment for staff who may move to new reporting lines
• Partner with technical teams to track business development pipeline

Strategic Operations Coordinator – Water, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy Solutions

Risk

• Support hydrologic, hydraulic, and reservoir modeling projects
• Collaborate with the WARES team to enhance RTI’s water resources modeling tools
• Collect, analyze, and summarize technical and hydrologic data
• Develop and calibrate hydrologic, hydraulic, and river basin simulation models
• Design and develop spreadsheets, scripts, and databases for workflow efficiency
• Develop models to simulate water system operations and stochastic hydrologic modeling
• Lead small projects or task orders of moderate complexity

Research Environmental Engineer – Hydrology, Flood Risk

Pharmacist

• Synthesize evidence on drug comparative effectiveness, adverse effects, safety, patient adherence and preferences, unmet need, and therapeutic advances from existing literature, including randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and network meta-analyses, FDA labels and clinical practice guidelines
• Help design, conduct, and interpret studies to understand drug utilization patterns overall and in subpopulations, using claims and other data sources
• Identify clinically relevant outcomes, endpoints, and surrogate markers, and specify appropriate subgroups relevant to clinical practice guidelines
• Provide clinical expertise on drug formulations, dosing logic, drug characteristics, therapeutic alternatives to new and existing indications, and contribute clinical coding expertise, including identifying off-label use
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on drug pharmacology, classification systems, drug compendia, and use of publicly available and commercial drug databases
• Conduct and report on interviews of clinical experts (physicians) to understand current real-world treatment patterns and considerations in the use of select drugs
• Support development of value frameworks, formulary recommendations, and coverage policies (tier placement and utilization management) for public and private payers
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams including health economists, physicians, biostatisticians, policy analysts, programmers, and clients
• Translate findings into policy-relevant deliverables, such as reports, briefs, presentations, and publications