Statistician

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 to serve as a technical lead on statistical projects analyzing healthcare programs. This position is responsible for translating high-level direction from management or clients into studies/analyses that leverage statistically robust methods. We are looking for you to:

• Operationalize research questions from management and clients into robust analytic frameworks, research activities, and deliverables with minimal direction
• Apply a broad set of statistical methods to analyze and interpret data, including survey data, health records, and other administrative data
• Prepare research for dissemination to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences; produce materials (e.g., reports, presentations) that summarize the data and methodology, interpret analytic findings, and provide conclusions and recommendations
• Support project teams internally by providing input on study design and application of statistical methods
• Support development of data analysts through technical mentoring, code review, trainings, and other assistance
• Continue growing subject matter expertise by staying up-to-date on the latest statistical techniques and applications; contribute to the development of the company’s institutional knowledge
• Engage with stakeholders to understand client needs/priorities, business processes, program policy, data, etc. 

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

• Education: M.S. or Ph.D. in statistics or related field
• Experience: 2+ years applied research experience with statistical sampling and applying statistical models