Job Description
Join AIR as a Managing Director – Healthcare Systems with our Healthcare Innovations team. Our team works collaboratively to unravel the intertwined challenges of health care quality, costs, and access. Our team of experts – nurses, physicians, psychologists, economists, sociologists, data scientists, and public health experts – advance evidence and save lives by leading rigorous research and evaluation; results-driven technical assistance and training; and leading-edge data science and technology tools.
The Managing Director will lead complex implementation, monitoring, and technical assistance (TA) initiatives for federal health agencies. This position will manage multi‑year projects involving operational oversight, implementation planning, monitoring frameworks, stakeholder engagement, data collection, TA delivery, and performance reporting.
This role is ideally suited for candidates who have successfully led major federal health projects and can serve as strong director on implementation and monitoring contracts.
This position has the flexibility to work remotely within the United States (U.S.) or from one of our U.S. office locations. This does not include U.S. territories.
About AIR:
Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to address some of the most pressing challenges in the United States and globally. We generate evidence and apply data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all.
Responsibilities:
Project Leadership Oversight
Serve as the principal architect for designing data systems to support AIR’s health research projects, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and reproducibility.
Lead cross-functional teams in the development of innovative data solutions, using tools such as Databricks; R (the R statistical programming language); Python; Stata; SAS (Statistical Analysis System); and Git within Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) environments, including the Integrated Data Repository (IDR), Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW), and Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC).
Provide strategic oversight of data management and analytics pipelines, including governance, automation, and quality assurance.
Design and implement advanced statistical programming methodologies for complex longitudinal, hierarchical, and multi-source datasets.
Act as a senior advisor to project directors, statisticians, and clients on data strategy, analytic design, and technical feasibility.
Spearhead the development of enterprise-wide programming standards, reusable assets, and documentation practices.
Mentor and coach senior programmers and analysts, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
Lead technical contributions to proposals, including conceptualizing analytic frameworks, developing budgets, and writing compelling technical narratives.
Represent AIR in high-level client engagements, conferences, and professional forums, showcasing AIR’s capabilities and thought leadership.
Monitor emerging technologies and trends in data science and health analytics, recommending strategic investments and innovations.
Strategic Direction Federal Business Growth
Working with AIR’s program area leadership and functional leadership to create business development strategy for established areas and specific new areas of growth identify new opportunities, including:
Coordinating pursuit plans and pipelines for federal opportunities.
Supporting bid/no‑bid decisions and ensuring alignment with AIR capabilities and priorities.
Leading or contributing to proposal pursuits: conceptualizing bid strategies, developing research and monitoring approaches, drafting proposal content, and conducting technical reviews.
Cultivating and maintaining relationships with potential partners, funders, a ... (truncated, view full listing at source)