Senior Quantitative Researcher – CMMI Evaluations
American Institutes for Research · Arlington, VA, US
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About the Role
Join AIR as a Senior Researcher focused on CMS and CMMI evaluations within the Healthcare Innovations team. This role contributes to advancing evidence, saving lives, and improving health care quality, costs, and access through rigorous research, technical assistance, and data science.
Responsibilities
- Support business development for CMS and CMMI, including capture planning, client engagement, opportunity shaping, proposal development, and strategic growth.
- Serve in leadership roles for complex evaluations of Medicare payment and service delivery models, ensuring task execution, deliverable quality, staffing, and client relationships.
- Provide technical leadership for evaluations of CMMI models and demonstrations, utilizing expertise in quasi-experimental designs, mixed-methods research, Medicare/Medicaid claims, EHR data, and outcomes analysis.
- Coach and manage staff to promote their development, setting developmental goals and measurements.
- Foster an inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, and strengths.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Economics, Health Services Research, Quantitative Psychology, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience, OR Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience managing task or workstreams within a larger project.
- Served in a project leadership role (e.g., Deputy Project Director, Task Lead, or similar) on one or more CMMI model evaluation contracts.
- Demonstrated success leading or contributing to winning proposals for CMS, AHRQ, or other HHS agencies.
- Extensive knowledge of Medicare payment policy, Medicare Advantage, and/or Medicaid.
- Knowledge of Medicare claims, provider claims, survey data, EHR data, and publicly available datasets.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis.
- Employment-based visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- Qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements depending on project work.
Skills
- Building and maintaining relationships with federal clients and partners.
- Communicating complex evaluation findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills at a senior level.
- Leading teams, especially for business development activities during pre-RFP planning and proposal response.
- Extensive success in writing, conceptualizing, analyzing, and consulting on large-scale federally funded projects.
- Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in writing.
- Appropriate protection and handling of data sets containing PHI/PII.
Location
- Remote within the United States
- One of our U.S. office locations
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Researcher
- 3+ years of relevant experience (with Ph.D.)
- 7+ years of relevant experience (with Master's)
- Minimum of 2 years experience managing task or workstreams
- Served in a project leadership role
Education Level
- Ph.D. in Economics, Health Services Research, Quantitative Psychology, or a related field
- Master’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000—$150,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Total Rewards Program
About the Company
- Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization.
- AIR conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to address pressing challenges in the United States and globally.
- AIR generates evidence and applies data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all.
Equal Opportunity
- American Institutes for Research is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law, including but not limited to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, civil union status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, genetic information, or military or veteran status.
- AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
- All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks.
- AIR maintains a drug-free work environment.