Senior Data Analyst

Site: The General Hospital Corporation

 

At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.  We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.

 

 

Job Summary

GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT: The Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI), a research center within the Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital, seeks a Senior Research Data Analyst to add to our dynamic and growing team. The mission of the Center for Aging and Serious Illness is to better understand the needs of those living with serious illness and their caregivers, develop new interventions, improve current treatments, and explore new questions at the intersection of aging and serious illness. The research team is responsible for a growing number of clinical studies, observational studies, investigator-initiated primary care, hospital-based and community-based implementation studies. A successful Senior Research Data Analyst will have experience conducting observational data analyses, working with raw data, and using large longitudinal datasets. They will be skilled in data organization, manipulation, and analysis, multiple regression modeling and diagnostics. The ideal candidate has strong analytic and methodological skills, excellent communication skills, experience working with health care data and medical claims data, and the ability to mentor and lead other members of the team. PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Please note, the functions below are representative of major duties that are typically associated with these positions. Specific responsibilities may vary based upon Center needs. Similarly, not all duties that have been outlined will be assigned to each position. Under the general supervision of the Center for Aging & Serious Illness Director and research faculty, the Senior Research Data Analyst will work collaboratively with our team to perform a variety of activities including assisting with database development, software programming, data management, statistical analysis, and reporting results for a variety of internal and external projects and constituents. This detail-oriented, motivated, and independent individual will work with large national survey, electronic health record (EPIC), and health insurance claims, and administrative datasets. The Senior Research Data Analyst will proficiently use SAS software and/or STATA, SPSS, Python, or R and other technical tools to clean data, build datasets, and run statistical analyses for multiple projects. They will be responsible for translating evaluation questions into analytic plans, constructing analytic datasets by extracting raw data, including medical claims data, from electronic data warehouses and other sources as necessary, producing appropriate data summaries, and conducting valid data comparisons and statistical tests. In collaboration with the Director for the Center for Aging & Serious Illness and Administrative Director for the Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine, the Senior Research Data Analyst provides leadership through motivating, coaching, training, and mentorship of a Data Analyst. SKILLS & COMPETENCIES REQUIRED: · Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team. · Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills · Strong analytic and data management skills, especially with clinical and biostatistical analyses · Practical problem-solving and ability to move forward in a fast-paced environment · Ability to prioritize work, operate under tight deadlines, and meet deadlines. · Excellent organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail. Proficiency with software packages, including Microsoft Office suite. · Resilient, collaborative, flexible, innovative. · Strong programming skills in SAS and willingness to learn other programming languages as necessary. · Advanced knowledge of statistical testing and multivariate modeling required (e.