[Hiring] Senior Health Economics & Outcomes Research Specialist @Medtronic

Role Description

The Senior Health Economics & Outcomes Research Specialist designs and executes real-world evidence studies using healthcare data to support evidence generation, market access, and business strategy across the Pain Interventions portfolio.

A Day in the Life

• At Medtronic Neuroscience, we bring innovation, expertise, and purpose together to improve outcomes and transform lives for people living with neurological, spine, and chronic pain conditions.
• Medtronic Neuromodulation delivers life-changing therapies that restore function and improve quality of life.
• We help patients find relief, regain control, and live with confidence.

This position is fully remote in the USA and will include 5% travel.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and conduct real-world evidence studies using claims, electronic health record, and linked datasets.
• Perform retrospective analyses, including data preparation, cohort selection, dataset linkage, and outcome creation.
• Develop study protocols, statistical code, and analysis plans.
• Interpret results and contribute to manuscripts, abstracts, reports, and conference presentations.
• Create data visualizations and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Develop and maintain reusable coding frameworks and analytical standards.
• Review and validate analytical code to ensure quality and reproducibility.
• Apply therapeutic area knowledge to evidence planning and study design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years OR master's degree with 2+ years of experience.
• Proficiency in SAS.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Economics, Health Economics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Data Science, or Computer Science (preferred).
• Experience analyzing administrative claims or electronic health record databases (preferred).
• Experience with R or Python (preferred).
• Experience preparing study reports, manuscripts, presentations, or data visualizations (preferred).
• Knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT, and National Drug Code (NDC) coding systems (preferred).
• Experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health insurance, hospital, or health system industries (preferred).
• Experience with predictive modeling, econometrics, or machine learning using healthcare data (preferred).
• Experience supporting peer-reviewed publications and scientific conference presentations (preferred).
• Experience working in a matrixed organization (preferred).
• For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package.
• Health, Dental and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account.
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
• Life insurance.
• Long-term disability leave.
• Dependent daycare spending account.
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement.
• Incentive plans.
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match.
• Short-term disability.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums).
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).