The Institute for Child Health Policy (ICHP) at the University of Florida is seeking a Data Scientist IV to join its leadership team. This role focuses on supporting research and program evaluation for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), assessing the quality of care for beneficiaries. The ideal candidate will have expertise in administrative healthcare data, Medicaid policy, and advanced analytical methods. Responsibilities include leading research projects, developing data-driven insights, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of health policy researchers and economists, and authoring technical reports. Strong communication skills and a proven track record in data science are essential. This position offers a hybrid work schedule, providing flexibility while engaging in meaningful, impactful healthcare research.

More About This Role

Research Development: Leverage expertise in healthcare administrative and clinical data to support the design and execution of research studies evaluating healthcare quality, access, and outcomes for the Medicaid population. Apply advanced analytical methods and predictive analytics to address key research questions. Collaborate with research teams to identify critical healthcare challenges, develop study frameworks, and analyze findings. Contribute to the dissemination of research through technical reports and policy journals.

Data Analytics: Utilize data science methodologies and statistical software such as SAS, Python, and R to analyze and interpret healthcare data. Employ database and analytical platforms (e.g., MS SQL) to develop queries, manipulate administrative and clinical data, and design scripts that integrate data from multiple sources into centralized data collection systems. Ensure data is transformed and prepared for analytical use. Work closely with statisticians and programmers to identify and resolve data issues while maintaining alignment with research protocols. Stay informed on industry trends, emerging data sources, tools, and methodologies to enhance Medicaid data analysis and quality-of-care metrics. Recommend improvements in data collection, processing, and reporting to optimize accuracy and timeliness. Assist in developing monitoring systems for continuous evaluation of care delivery and service accessibility for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Strategic Leadership and Policy Integration: Interpret and apply state and federal regulations relevant to assigned projects, identifying policy implications based on research findings and integrating recommendations into descriptive and technical reports. Effectively communicate statistical and data related concepts to non-statistical audiences, including managers and researchers from other disciplines. Lead or co-lead small project teams, providing strategic, tactical, and operational leadership. Drive strategic initiatives, lead enterprise change management efforts, and foster collaborations with external stakeholders within the Medicaid agency. Offer expert guidance on policy, procedural, and operational issues related to the project. Additionally, present research at conferences, lead technical reports, develop project timelines, and make staffing decisions as needed. Serve as the primary stakeholder contact, project expert, or lead analyst on projects, ensuring timely completion of deliverables and providing regular progress updates to the Director.

Team Development, Training, and Hiring: Participate in hiring, training, and supervision of other data managers and analysts.

Other Duties: Support drafting budgets, data use agreements, and other project-related duties as assigned.

We Offer Exceptional Benefits

Low-cost State Health Plans: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Life and Disability Insurance
Florida Retirement System Retirement Plans
Paid Time Off (11 paid holidays, in addition to paid family, sick and vacation leave)
Personal and Professional Development Opportunities (UF Training & Organizational Development, LinkedIn Learning)
Tuition Assistance (UF Employee Education Program)
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer

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Expected Salary:

$110,000-125,000; commensurate with education and experience

Required Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s Degree in data science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar field and seven years of experience; Master’s Degree in data science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar field and five years of experience; Doctoral Degree in data science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar field and three years of experience.

Preferred:

5+ years client relation activities, ingesting and synthesizing customer requirements and effectively communicating complex healthcare analytic outcomes to client satisfaction.
Experience in mining large payer databases with diverse health care benefit structures for Federal and State public plans.
Strong supervisory experience leading project teams and/or mentorship ability guiding new analysts.
Ability to communicate technical outcomes with a high degree of detail and precision to technical audiences, while at the same time being able to communicate those outcomes to non-technical audiences in an approachable and understandable manner.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Exceptional problem-solving abilities, strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to multi-task while meeting deadlines.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

To be considered, please submit an application with the following documents attached:

Cover letter
Resume

This is a time limited position.

The University of Florida is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

Health Assessment Required:

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