Vital Research

Research Analyst

• Lead and manage research teams, ensuring achievement of project goals while fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment
• Oversee team performance, providing constructive feedback and ensuring timely project delivery with high-quality outcomes
• Promote cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders, clients, and senior leadership team to achieve project success
• Supervise Research Associates and mentor junior research staff, supporting their professional development and promoting continuous improvement
• Serve as the primary client liaison, provide expert consultation, troubleshoot challenges, and ensure client satisfaction
• Support business development efforts, including proposal writing and contributing to publications or presentations
• Lead end-to-end project execution for quantitative projects, including overall design, development of sampling frames, survey instrument development, data collection, quality assurance measures, and dissemination of findings, along with client communication
• Manage, clean, and analyze large datasets such as Medicare/Medicaid claims data using tools like Excel, Access, or SPSS
• Conduct data modeling and advanced statistical methods such as creating and applying sample weights, propensity score matching, and multi-level modeling
• Interpret findings to inform actionable recommendations.

Senior Research Associate, Health & Human Service