Senior Analyst (Data Analytics)
Are you interested in working on some of the most pressing questions facing the healthcare system? Medicus Economics works with clients in the biopharmaceutical industry to solve problems with getting therapies to patients who need them. Our work can be found in scientific conferences, peer-reviewed publications, and submissions to health technology regulatory agencies around the globe.
WHY WORK WITH US?
To attract the best talent, Medicus Economics needs to stand out from the crowd. Where our competitors are big and compartmentalized, we intentionally designed Medicus Economics to be small and nimble. This means that you will have responsibilities on a wide variety of projects—instead of plugging different numbers into the same formula day after day. We prioritize positive and productive working relationships, flexible work arrangements, and work-life balance (no, really, we do!). Because our client offerings are so varied, Medicus Economics team members at all levels continuously seek novel approaches, methods, and ideas. Medicus Economics provides an ideal setting to develop your skills and advance your consulting career while working on important projects that generate evidence for medical treatments.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Medicus Economics is seeking highly skilled and motivated full-time Senior Analysts to work on data analytics projects in Boston, MA or Philadelphia, PA.
Prerequisites include:
- Advanced proficiency with SAS, including BASE, MACRO and Proc SQL
- Substantive, hands-on experience managing and analyzing large health insurance claims databases using SAS
- Experience synthesizing and communicating research findings in documents and slide decks
- The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively (with teams typically 2-5 people in size)
- The ability to work on multiple complex assignments simultaneously
- Sustained attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ideal candidates will have:
- A master’s degree in a quantitative discipline
- Relevant, paid employment in a healthcare consulting or research environment
- Experience working with other types of health data (g., data from clinical trials, electronic medical records, or registries)
- Proficiency with Stata, R and/or Python
- Knowledge of and experience with applied statistics/econometrics
Duties will involve contributing to all phases of project development, execution, and delivery, including:
- Implementing technically sound statistical programming and methodology for complex real-world evidence projects
- Writing code to manipulate, filter and restructure large databases, construct analytical variables and perform statistical analyses and modeling
- Reviewing code to ensure quality, accuracy and efficiency
- Developing and maintaining libraries of reusable code
- Supporting other staff members in the production of client deliverables for data analysis projects, including study protocols, statistical analysis plans and project reports
- Collecting, summarizing, and evaluating information from clinical, policy and healthcare industry sources to help provide background and context for projects
- Drafting, editing, and proofing proposals, memos, reports, slide decks, visualizations, and other client deliverables
- Documenting and auditing analytic processes and deliverables
- Assisting senior staff with cultivating and developing client relationships
Medicus is committed to building and maintaining diverse teams and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.
Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Medicus Economics.