Researcher Senior - Health Services Research

Location: This position will work a hybrid model (remote and in office one day per week). Ideal candidates will live within 50 miles of one of our Pulse Point locations in Wilmington, DE, Newton, MA, Indianapolis, IN, Chicago, IL, Cary, NC, Norfolk, VA, Mason, OH, Atlanta, GA, Portland, ME, St. Louis, MO, Wallingford, CT or Louisville, KY.

The Researcher Senior - Health Services Research is responsible for prospective and retrospective health services, economic and epidemiologic research activities for Elevance Health and Carelon Insights. Priority research areas include support development and dissemination of Elevance Health’s whole health index, advance Elevance Health’s understanding on social determinants of health and health related social needs, assess the impact of extreme weather events on health, and design and evaluate pilots and programs to improve whole health and to encourage efficient and effective health care use.

How you will make an impact:

Lead or support scientific aspects of research activities in the following areas: research designs, methodologies, analytical techniques, data analyses, and reporting.

Use subject matter expertise in leading or supporting the development of protocols, statistical analysis plans, analyses, reports, and publications.

Lead or support the development of detailed specifications for study databases and analysis files, consistency checks, tables, and figures and communicates requirements to the programming group.

Conduct analyses of administrative claims/electronic medical records/survey data and review of statistical output to ensure the superior quality of research activities and client deliverables.

Responsible for the final quality and accuracy of study deliverables, presentation of study deliverables and facilitation of the collaboration among project team members towards development.

Manage relationships with Elevance Health or other study champions, communicates scientific decisions, and presents key study insights to the champions, including Elevance Health senior leadership team, internal decision makers, and other external stakeholders.

Develop and share best practices in data collection, standardization, analytical techniques and supports the implementation of best practices across the enterprise.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a MS, MPH or PharmD in epidemiology or health sciences or related field; minimum 3 years of experience in health service research, epidemiology, biostatistics, or a related field; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

Ph.D. or MD strongly preferred.

Postgraduate or post-doctoral training or relevant experience in conducting observational and/or prospective research studies strongly preferred.

Understanding of the U.S. health care system, population health, and social determinants of health/health related social needs strongly preferred.

Proficient in statistical software, including SAS, STATA, R, and/or Python strongly preferred.

Proficient in data management tools, including SQL strongly preferred.