Consulting Research Analyst Or Consulting Research Associate II

About the role

Cambia is seeking a Consulting Research Associate II or Consulting Research Analyst for a hybrid role (3 days/week in office). Candidates must reside within commutable distance of one of our Portland, Medford, Fargo, Burlington, Vancouver, Renton, Boise, Lewiston, or Salt Lake City offices. This role offers a career with purpose, contributing to a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.

Responsibilities

• Build actionable insights and solutions using analytical and statistical methods.
• Evaluate programs and outcomes to assess performance against stated objectives.
• Create visual representations and summary reports of findings.
• Develop meaningful dashboards and presentations to inform and influence business activities and strategies.
• Apply knowledge of state and federal regulatory policies and procedures to program analysis and recommended actions.
• Extract, sort, cleanse, aggregate, and process data from multiple sources, developing queries and reports based on business requirements.
• Work independently and as part of a team to support various internal customer groups on identifying business challenges and evaluating solutions to achieve objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop business cases, identify business problems, and understand desired business outcomes.
• Complete analysis and apply judgment to derive recommendations for complex challenges and initiatives.
• Ensure the appropriate identification of root causes through effective use of data analysis tools and techniques.
• Prepare and present standard and ad-hoc analysis to business partners that help guide decisions and support results.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in social science, public health, economics, statistics, actuarial science or equivalent related field with a minimum of 3 years of related work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience for Consulting Research Associate II.
• Master's degree preferred for Consulting Research Associate II.
• BA/BS in social science, public health, economics, statistics, actuarial science or equivalent related field with a minimum of 5 years of related work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience for Consulting Research Analyst.
• Master's degree or PhD preferred for Consulting Research Analyst.

Skills and Attributes

• Perform complex analyses on programs and initiatives and create visual representations and summary reports of findings.
• Develop meaningful dashboards and presentations that use information to inform and influence business activities and strategies.
• Apply knowledge of state and federal regulatory policies and procedures to program analysis and recommended actions.
• Extract, sort, cleanse, aggregate and process data from multiple sources, developing queries and reports based on business requirements.
• Work both independently and as part of a larger team supporting various internal customer groups on identifying business challenges and evaluating solutions to achieve objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop business cases, identify business problems and understand desired business outcomes.
• Complete analysis and apply judgment to derive recommendations for complex challenges and initiatives.
• Ensure the appropriate identification of root causes through effective use of data analysis tools and techniques.
• Prepare and present standard and ad-hoc analysis to business partners that help guide decisions and support results.

Additional Skills and Attributes

• Experience with AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and decision-making in professional settings highly desired.
• For Consulting Research Analyst: Perform responsibilities above with an increased degree of independence and self-direction. Provide higher level consultation on findings and recommendations. Work and interact across the organization with a variety of business units.

What You Will Do At Cambia

• Experience with analytical / statistical programming tools for data extraction and summarization, statistics, visualization and analysis (Alteryx, SAS, SQL, R, Tableau, etc.).
• Ability to develop and modify queries to extract large amounts of data for standard and ad-hoc data requests.
• Experience or coursework in advanced analytics such as analytic discovery, descriptive statistics, forecasting, experimental design, statistical inference, or predictive models.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex quantitative and qualitative data, independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to synthesize analytic insights with business questions, literature, judgment, and policy knowledge to develop options, action plans, and solutions for internal business partners.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills to effectively interface and communicate with customers.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate or coordinate activities or projects, including the ability to identify business requirements, resolve issues, and build consensus among groups of diverse stakeholders.

Work Environment

Work primarily performed in corporate and home office environment. Travel may be required, locally or out of state. May be required to work outside of normal hours.

Compensation

• Consulting Research Associate II: Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $76,500.00 – $103,500.00, the full salary range is $72,000.00 – $117,000.00 and the bonus target is 10%. North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $81,679.05-$110,506.95, the full salary range is $72,523-$119,663.
• Consulting Research Analyst: Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $92,700.00 – $125,400.00, depending on skills, the current full salary range for this role is $87,000.00 – $142,000.00 and the bonus target is 15%. North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $90,906.65-$122,991.35, the full salary range is $80,716-$133,182.

About Cambia

At Cambia, we are dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. We are an Equal Opportunity employer dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.