[Hiring] Research Economist @Research Triangle Institute

Role Description

RTI International’s Department of Health Care Systems Research has an opening for a Research Economist to serve as a task and project leader for evaluation, analysis, design, and implementation of innovative health care delivery policies, programs, and models.

As a Research Economist, you will provide cutting-edge analyses that will influence health care policy and health care system innovation, particularly within the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Using large health care datasets, you will:

• Design, evaluate, and support policies related to health care insurance, payment, and delivery models.
• Analyze managed care, health care financing, costs, utilization, and quality.
• Examine health insurance coverage and access, prescription drugs, and risk and case-mix adjustment through statistical analysis.

You will lead analytic projects as an integral part of a team, apply an in-depth understanding of critical health policy issues and methods, contribute to and lead proposals to funding entities, and publish and present on findings for scientific audiences.

This role is well-suited for economists and applied researchers with experience in academia, government, industry, or contract research who are interested in advancing evidence-based health policy. Candidates may choose to work remotely within the United States or from RTI's headquarters in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Qualifications

• PhD in economics, health policy, health services research, actuarial science, operations research, finance, or a related quantitative field; or a Master’s degree in the same fields with at least 6 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading or substantially contributing to applied quantitative research and evaluation projects.
• Expertise in micro-econometrics, simulation analysis, program design and implementation, and program evaluation applied to real-world policy questions.
• Demonstrated experience applying causal and statistical inference methods to complex data.
• Ability to communicate (both written and verbal) complex technical concepts and information clearly and precisely to diverse audiences.
• Experience collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

Requirements

• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience conducting analysis to understand the impact of public programs and other policy interventions.
• Experience with the analysis of prescription drug pricing and utilization.
• Experience with domestic (United States) health policy, particularly the Medicare or Medicaid programs.
• Experience with large program and administrative data.
• Experience in project, task, timeline, and budget management.
• Ability to program and analyze quantitative data with R, Python, SQL, and/or Stata.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Generous paid time off policy.
• Merit-based annual increases.
• Bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program.
• Competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability).
• Access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan.
• Paid parental leave for all parents.
• Financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments.
• Financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities.
• Employee assistance program.
• Numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.

Hiring Salary Range

$114,000 - $140,000