Job description

Blu Omega is a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) IT services firm. We provide Technology solutions for enterprise and government customers. Our team has a past performance in a diverse range of programs including those for Data Management, Cloud and Infrastructure, Software Development and Enterprise Applications.

Currently, we are looking for a Senior Health Economist to become part of a team that advises, implements, and manages solutions for a Federal health care client.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Works on projects across the organization to inform program portfolio priority setting, resource allocation, and policy development through health economic modeling and analysis
• Operates at all levels within the organization to perform quick turn research to advise senior leaders to support decision-making designs and conducts health economic evaluations of potential and on-going interventions to inform program evaluation strategies and potential return on investment at the project, program, and organizational levels
• Independently builds economic and population-based models, including budget impact and cost-effectiveness models, in addition to unique models that speak to the economic and/or clinical value proposition of ARPA-H programs
• Monitors external best practices and processes for the development and utilization of economic and population health models, and incorporate these into how s/he works to improve the relevance and impact of these models for ARPA-H’s internal and external stakeholders
• Evaluates and enhances existing resource allocation frameworks; educates and trains staff on priority setting and resource allocation frameworks
• Develops guidelines for the collection of health economic data to support return on investment analysis; coordinates with relevant ARPA-H programs to support health economic data collection and decision-making; and aggregates and analyzes large datasets and primary data using data science skills including programming with statistical software packages

Required skills:

• Strong technical expertise in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), with particular focus on economic and population-based modeling
• Master's degree Health Economics, Health Services, Health Policy or related discipline supplemented with 15+ years of recent related experience in a health care or academic research
• Clearable U.S. citizen
• Knowledge of health economics theory and demonstrated competence in the application of health economics methods;
• Knowledge of study design, data collection and analysis;
• Demonstrated ability to perform advanced data manipulation, analysis and information presentation;
• Demonstrated knowledge of medical/research methods, terminology and applications;
• Knowledge of data analysis and evaluation processes in a health care or health research and development environment;
• Advanced skill in quantitative analysis including descriptive statistics, multivariate regression, regression discontinuity analysis with time series data;
• Advanced skills in decision tree, Markov, discrete event simulation modelling with deterministic and probabilistic models;
• Ability to prioritize, plan, organize, and manage projects;
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team;
• Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with various internal and external stakeholders;
• Proven track record of academic publications or equivalent private sector products, which have been used to influence leadership decision-making;
• Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing;
• Individual should be able to present and discuss projects and findings to a diverse audience, and distill down the complexity of their work and finding for a non-technically trained audience.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $170,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bethesda, MD 20892: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Research: 10 years (Required)
• Public health: 10 years (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bethesda, MD 20892

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