# Research Scientist 2 (Remote)

**Company**: Humana
**Location**: Remote Nationwide
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $78,400 - $107,800 per year
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Humana's Clinical Innovation and Trend Analytic Team is seeking a Research Scientist 2 (Remote). The team identifies opportunities and builds solutions to improve clinical outcomes and lower costs for millions of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. This is done through an evidence-based approach using data analytics, clinical expertise, strategic mindset, and rigorous study designs.

As a Research Scientist 2, you will:

- Conduct exploratory analysis on populations, trends, and clinical conditions to inform potential opportunities for trend savings and clinical outcomes improvement for members.

- 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.

- Leverage a wide range of analytics methods from descriptive analysis to epidemiological methods.

- Design outcomes studies and perform program evaluation using randomized controlled trials, propensity matching, difference-in-difference models, or other experimental/quasi-experimental methods.

- Conduct literature reviews and intervention research to assess engagement rates and treatment effect sizes of interventions that are in the early stages of design and implementation.

- Write code in SQL, SAS, and Python to assemble data, create analytic variables/features, design visuals and charts, and statistical models for research/science use-cases.

- Translate analytic results into key takeaways with actionable insights and communicate to business partners.

- Understand department, segment, and organizational strategy and operating objectives, including their linkages to related areas.

- Make decisions regarding research methods, occasionally in ambiguous situations with general guidance.

**Required Qualifications**

- Master's Degree in a quantitative discipline such as Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Economics, Statistics, Clinical Informatics, Engineering, and/or related fields.

- 2+ years of experience that includes:

- Skills to create datasets and analytical variables from large and complex data environments by writing code in SQL, SAS, and Python.

- Applying research methods to transform high volumes of complex data into actionable insights.

- Experience with experimental and quasi-experimental methods such as randomized controlled trials, propensity matching, or difference-in-difference models.

- Experience working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, to deliver quality analytical work, and communicate results and insights clearly to business partners.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Healthcare or managed care working experience.

- Experience working with medical, pharmacy, and lab claims.

- Demonstrated familiarity with clinical concepts related to a broad range of clinical conditions and disease states.

- Demonstrated familiarity with hypothesis testing, statistical methods, and/or comparative effectiveness study design and modeling techniques.

- Experience using Pyspark, DataBricks, Microsoft Azure, PowerBI.

- Strong interest in healthcare and desire to make a positive impact on health outcomes.

**Work Arrangements** To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information. Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

**Scheduled Weekly Hours** 40

**Pay Range** $78,400 - $107,800 per year

**Benefits** Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

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## Skills

### Required
- SQL
- SAS
- Python
- Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- Economics
- Statistics
- Clinical Informatics
- Engineering

### Nice to have
- Pyspark
- DataBricks
- Microsoft Azure
- PowerBI
- Healthcare
- Medical Claims
- Lab Claims

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