Remote Senior Research Scientist, Market Access Analytics

Summary

Join a dynamic team at Avalere Health as a Senior Research Scientist and contribute to innovative solutions in healthcare. The role involves conducting analytics, modeling, and forecasting to support life sciences companies and health plans. As a senior scientist, you will lead statistical analytic plans, provide technical oversight, and develop processes with colleagues across the organization.

Requirements

• Graduate-level degree in economics, math, engineering or other quantitative discipline preferred
• At least 10 years of professional experience using SAS, SQL, or other comparable programming language to link, structure, and analyze healthcare data
• At least 5 years of experience designing and developing Excel-based forecasting models; advanced proficiency in Excel including pivot tables and complex lookup functions
• Expert knowledge of healthcare data, administrative claims data structure, and claims service settings
• Hands-on experience using Medicare Research Identifiable File (RIFs) and/or Medicare data accessed through the CMS VRDC/Qualified Entity program
• Experience using secondary data sources to supplement claims analyses, such as survey data, drug databases, formulary coverage data, area-level social determinants of health or geographic factors
• At least 10 years of professional experience developing detailed, comprehensive analytic plans translating client business questions into concrete and documented analytic approaches or study designs
• Demonstrable experience developing robust QC processes to ensure accuracy and quality of data inputs, assumptions, and analysis outputs
• Ability to efficiently synthesize and distill analytic results into strategic insights to drive client decision-making and planning

Responsibilities

• Evaluating the impact of policy and market factors on patient access to therapy, manufacturer liability, and payer contracting and bid strategy
• Assessing payer and formulary coverage to support manufacturer launch planning
• Developing forecasting models to evaluate impacts on reimbursement and manufacturer gross-to-net
• Quantifying the impact of alternative payment models to drive stakeholder engagement strategies
• Conducting provider performance measurement to support health plan risk mitigation
• Performing benchmarking analytics to inform provider negotiation of value-based arrangements with payers

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience mentoring or supervising employees, encompassing a variety of skillsets and disciplines
• Experience participating in client pitches to present technical differentiation and capabilities in support of sales opportunities

Benefits

• Generous company pension/retirement plan
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives
• Compelling time-off policy