Research Associate

Savvysherpa
Minneapolis or Salt Lake City - United States
S: Competitive

As a Research Associate, you will participate in research and data analysis to explore healthcare innovation opportunities. Your work will begin under the direction of an economist that is a senior member of the firm's scientific leadership group. Additionally, you may work as a member of multidisciplinary teams supporting research projects. Your involvement may be from the ideation stage all the way through operational development and execution. Advancement can be expected within approximately two years along one of several career paths.

This position offers:

Opportunities to expand your understanding and knowledge of the healthcare marketplace, ranging from providers such as hospitals and physicians to insurers and pharmacies
Opportunities to collaborate with experts in healthcare data, statistics, machine learning, psychology and economics on current and relevant research
Extensive experience analyzing variety of healthcare data including medical records, prescription data, provider transaction data, as well as other healthcare market data
Potential to apply your analytical skills and tools as well as innovative methods to a variety of economic and measurement questions in the healthcare industry
Opportunities to propose innovative ideas, new venture research and development of market opportunities

RESPONSIBILITIES
Collaborate with team members to perform high quality data analysis, interpret findings, and communicate results in written and verbal form
Review and synthesize existing literature related to research projects
Write analyst reports based on findings
Use sophisticated econometric/statistical methods in the context of the existing literature and open hypotheses
Act as a liaison between the company's scientific leadership and research teams
Help identify and explore new investment opportunities

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES
A passion for research and data
Intellectually curious
Critical thinker
Detail-oriented, with an appreciation for the broad view
Self-directed and self-motivated
Innovative and creative
An understanding of U.S. healthcare and healthcare data or a desire to rapidly learn

QUALIFICATIONS
Must have an interest in the economics of healthcare delivery. Ideally, your curiosity should span from the behavioral economics of the individual all the way to the organizational structure and incentives faced by firms in markets that are not perfectively competitive.
Highly developed research and communication skills. You need to be able to locate, synthesize, and interpret large amounts of information with relatively little direction. You need to be able to communicate your conclusions clearly and elegantly both verbally, and in writing, to an audience with varied training and backgrounds.
Able to effectively work on several projects in parallel.
A Ph.D. in Economics, Applied Economics, or a D.B.A./BusD with a focus in Economics or Industrial Organization.

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