Research Programmer/Analyst

Anticipated End Date:

2025-11-21

Position Title:

Research Programmer/Analyst

Job Description:

Research Programmer/Analyst

Location: Wilmington, DE (preferred).  This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

PLEASE NOTE: This position is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship.

A proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, Carelon Research, formerly HealthCore, Inc., works with life sciences companies, payers and providers, and government and academic organizations to provide real-world evidence in support of a wide variety of healthcare decisions.

Carelon Research provides the health care system, biopharmaceutical industry, academia, and the Federal Government with naturalistic "real-world" research on the value and safety of various interventions in diverse patient populations. Carelon Research’s projects range from traditional claims-based retrospective analyses to large-scale, prospective studies in the areas of health outcomes, pharmacoeconomics, comparative effectiveness, epidemiologic and drug safety research.

The Research Programmer/Analyst (Business Information Developer Senior) is responsible for developing and executing complex data mining analyses, which involves the design and execution of programs to extract data.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Develops and executes data mining analyses.
• Prepare, verify, and manage research data sets from administrative health insurance claims databases as per provided specifications.
• Uses program languages to extract data.
• Develops new and standard reports utilizing data warehouse information.
• Perform ad-hoc queries and provide customized reports based on longitudinal patient databases according to internal and external requests.
• Work with research staff in order to develop the business logic needed to answer specific research questions.
• Conduct programming and data quality checks.
• Participate in complete project lifecycle:  requirements gathering, programming, testing/troubleshooting, quality assurance, and creation of final deliverables.
• Programs and writes queries and reports.
• Establishes and maintains strong knowledge of data warehouse database design, data definitions, system capabilities, related programming languages, and data integrity issues.
• Develops and supports data warehouse-related applications for business areas requiring design and implementation of database tables.
• Conducts training on the use of applications developed.

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires a BS/BA degree and a minimum of 2 years related analytical experience; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, & Experiences:

• Demonstrated proficiency in EITHER Teradata, MS SQL, R, OR SAS. 
• SQL skills should include Transact-SQL language and experience using MS SQL Server.
• SAS skills should include Proc SQL and Base SAS data step programming.
• Strong data management skills – will be handling large volumes of health plan administrative claims data.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Highly developed reasoning and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated, with ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to plan, organize, and work on multiple tasks simultaneously and in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with administrative health insurance claims data is a plus.

Job Level:

Non-Management Exempt

Workshift:

1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family:

RDA > Business/Health Info

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