Research Scientist

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Humana’s Clinical Analytics Team is seeking a Research Scientist 2 (Remote).

Healthcare is rapidly changing, and our members are living longer, often with more chronic conditions and behavior health needs. The Clinical Strategy & Analytics team identifies opportunities and builds solutions to improve clinical outcomes and lower costs for millions of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries through an evidence-based approach using data analytics, clinical expertise, strategic mindset, and rigorous study designs. In this multi-disciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with strategy partners and clinicians to shape Humana’s enterprise clinical strategies and initiatives.

The Research Scientist 2 applies mathematical, statistical, and epidemiologic principles to identify trends, assess variable associations or cause-effect relationships, and size potential opportunities using high volumes of complex data. The Research Scientist 2 work assignments are varied and frequently require interpretation of data/information and independent judgement.

As a Research Scientist 2, you will:

• Collaborate with analytic and data teams to set objectives, approaches, and work plans
• Develop and implement study protocols, including the ability to design observational studies, randomized controlled trials, and cohort studies
• Leverage a wide range of analytics methods ranging from descriptive to prescriptive to transform high volumes of complex data into analytics solutions and actionable insights
• Collaborate with clinicians and clinical informaticists to define various clinical concepts and extract clinical information from medical, pharmacy, and lab claims for analytics and modeling purposes
• Translates analytic results into key takeaways and communicate to business partners
• Understands department, segment, and organizational strategy and operating objectives, including their linkages to related areas
• Make decisions regarding own work methods, occasionally in ambiguous situations with general guidance

• Master's Degree in a quantitative discipline such as Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Economics, Statistics, Clinical Informatics, and/or related fields
• Demonstrated strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated strong interest in healthcare and desire to make a positive impact on population health
• Flexible, dynamic personality who can work independently and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team
• 2+ years of experience in applying mathematics, statistics, epidemiologic principals to transform high volumes of complex data into actionable insights
• Clear and concise oral and written communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex methodologies and analytical results to higher-level business insights and key takeaways
• Experience manipulating and analyzing data using SAS, Python, R, or similar software

• Healthcare or managed care working experience
• Experience working with medical, pharmacy, lab claims
• Demonstrated familiarity with clinical concepts related to a broad range of clinical conditions and disease states – experience with oncology, behavioral health and chronic conditions would be particularly valuable
• Demonstrated familiarity with hypothesis testing, statistical methods, and/or comparative effectiveness study design and modeling techniques
• Experience using Pyspark, Data Bricks, and/or Microsoft Azure

Travel:
While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

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The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$78,400 - $107,800 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or…