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We reach more than millions of people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations including Healthcare of Tomorrow and Healthiest Communities.

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest. Learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

U.S. News empowers everyone to thrive. As part of a growing health services research team, you will generate actionable insights for U.S. News clients from a trove of healthcare data: the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Virtual Data Research Center (VRDC). These clients subscribe to U.S. News’ proprietary Hospital Data Insights (HDI) platform, which is currently constructed around the Best Hospitals rankings and ratings. You will enrich and expand the HDI value proposition with new data and analytical outputs that may guide hospital and healthcare quality improvement initiatives, market share strategies, and more.

You will work closely with the team of data scientists and analysts who produce the Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, leveraging their code and analytical strategies to better serve clients. You will also work closely with the market-facing product management team in an agile operating model.

The results of your work will receive the attention of a broad group of healthcare stakeholders, including leaders of health systems, and contribute to improving hospital quality and performance. You will have opportunities to engage with healthcare executives, researchers and clinicians. Your work will drive change in healthcare.

On a day-to-day basis, you will principally write and review code that operates on large datasets in the CMS VRDC. You will perform exploratory data analyses, generate reports to inform analytic strategy, and then execute on analytic plans. You will develop and refine measures and outputs that are useful to healthcare executives and decision makers.

Are you up to the challenge?

Write clean, well-documented code to manage complex data pipelines
Utilize statistical programs and packages in SAS, Stata, Python, and R to analyze large datasets and develop compelling data visualizations
Implement statistical models and algorithms to derive insights from healthcare data
Conduct rigorous code reviews to ensure code quality, scalability, and adherence to best practices
Perform data validation to ensure accuracy and reliability of analytical results
Interpret and translate data analyses into clear insights for stakeholders
Develop new and user-friendly visualizations of the analytics with product team
Work with product and development teams in an Agile development environment.

You should definitely have:

Three years to five years of similar or related experience.
Master’s degree or multiple years of professional experience in epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research, health economics or similar quantitative field
A high degree of comfort with cleaning and managing of data sets containing millions of records
A grasp of modeling and statistical principles relevant to quality measurement
Ability to cultivate collaborative relationships with peers, senior leaders, and both internal and external clients
Ability to communicate methods concepts to people with non-technical backgrounds, internally and externally
An understanding of how healthcare providers and payers can utilize insights from your work
Fluency in SAS
Experience with database programming, in a language such as SQL or Postgres
Experience working in an Agile framework (e.g. Scrum)
Attention to detail, strong communication, organizational and time management skills

It would be nice if you had:

Experience using the CMS VRDC
Experience collecting and validating primary data
Knowledge of multilevel models
Subject matter knowledge in one or more areas of clinical care
Experience using version control, particularly GitLab
Experience using Databricks
Fluency in Stata

What it’s like to work with us:

Talent is our best asset!

We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News’ dedication to our consumers.
Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity
Focus on fostering personal and professional growth
Focus on fostering teamwork and personal and professional growth
Collaborative work environment : fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers

Other Job Info:

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
Applicants must submit a Cover Letter and either a Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume to be considered.
U.S. News & World Report strongly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated (including boosters).
Preference for New York or Washington, DC based applicants to work a hybrid schedule in those office locations. Remote applicants will be considered.
The anticipated base salary for this position is $75,000 - $90,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, interview performance, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

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