Quantitative Research Manager

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Quantitative Research Manager to join our Research and Market Insights team. Your job will be to publish cutting edge analysis and thought leadership pieces using athenahealth’s proprietary data assets. These topics can include patient engagement, provider burnout, disease surveillance, and most importantly, detailed analyses of client practice operations, clinical behavior, and best practices in care delivery. 

But enough about us; let’s talk about you. 

You are an intellectually restless, motivated, team-oriented data analyst with strong programming skills and a passion for health care. You are curious and have a strong familiarity with healthcare data and experience analyzing vast quantities of data. You possess the ability and willingness to get out and talk to stakeholders, come up with creative research ideas, and run with research initiatives from beginning to end. You understand the desired outcomes for success and prioritize work accordingly.

About the Team:

Our Research and Market Insights group is tasked with telling compelling data stories at the highest level, developing points of view on complex and nuanced industry issues through original research, while translating those perspectives into collateral that can be used across the entirety of athenahealth’s commercial and product organizations. We are passionate about research and using our knowledge to make healthcare more accessible, high-quality, and sustainable.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Use SQL, Python, R, and Excel to analyze and visualize healthcare data.
• Develop, create, and deploy new de-identified research datasets for analysis.
• Partner with our Marketing organization to turn findings into mature content for external consumption (i.e. presentations, data visualizations, reports, white papers, etc.).
• Identify new research topics by talking to stakeholders and staying current on the latest trends in academic journals, popular press, policy changes, etc.
• Develop a “trusted advisor” reputation across athenahealth. Become an expert on athenahealth’s business processes and data assets.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to inform our broader research strategy.

Expected Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in relevant quantitative field (i.e. Data Science, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Public Health, or another quantitative field).
• 3+ years of professional experience in data analytics, data science, machine learning, or applied data science.
• Proven track record conducting exploratory data analyses with large, messy datasets.
• Strong ability to write for technical and nontechnical audiences. Understanding of outpatient health care delivery, IT, research, and policy preferred.
• Strong skills in SQL, R, and/or Python and experience in cloud-based environments (AWS & Snowflake preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to create presentations that influence non-technical business audiences.
• Experience with claims and/or EHR databases strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

Expected Compensation

The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates.  Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.