Research Manager

About Us: At Emendata, we help bridge the gap between data and the real world. We partner with organizations that have a social mission and help them tackle their problems using analytics. Our role in these partnerships goes end to end—we handle everything from wrangling the data to analyzing the problem to turning the results into something actionable. We know that this analytics pipeline does not live in a vacuum. Getting to meaningful numbers requires more than just the right methods; it calls for understanding the people, policies, data, and systems involved. 

With this approach, our small but fast-growing team is having a big impact taking on challenges in healthcare program integrity – safeguarding programs like Medicare and Medicaid by preventing fraud, waste, and abuse. We are growing our team with people who enjoy figuring out hard problems, want their work to matter, and set a high bar for themselves and their teammates.

About the Role: For this role, we are looking for someone who has a strong track record of research excellence. This position would take a leading role in our research by managing an analytics team and its projects. We are looking for you to:

• Provide technical oversight to lead analytics projects related to healthcare policy and program integrity
• Manage team of data analysts and research analysts to deliver high-quality research products, such as analyses, reports, technical documentation, etc.
• Translate project goals and client requirements into research strategies, activities, and deliverables
• Oversee day-to-day project operations, including project timelines, communication, processes, etc.
• Communicate with clients and project partners and present analyses, findings, and recommendations to technical and non-technical external audiences
• Help build client relationships by developing an understanding of their needs and providing support
• Grow subject matter expertise and contribute to the company’s development of institutional knowledge
• Support company-wide efforts to advance our resources, tools, processes, etc.

Required Qualifications: We are looking for you to have the following qualifications: 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in a field such as economics, mathematics, statistics, or public policy (or equivalent experience)
• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in analytics/research, with 3+ years directly managing teams that perform statistical analyses
• Analysis: Exceptional problem-solving skills and understanding of statistical/social science research methods