Healthcare Qualitative Researcher

Healthcare Researchers (Associate Directors)
lead THMA's strategic research, market analysis, and deliverable production from conception to completion. The Associate Director provides intellectual leadership and analytical direction across projects that range from a few weeks to several months in duration. These projects may include written deliverables, analytic models, presentations, and events. The Director also serves as a subject matter expert, advising member health systems and industry partners on strategic priorities as well as THMA's executive and sales teammates on product direction and commercial activities.

This position will support our
AI Catalyst
research team under our Member Insights department. AI Catalyst supports senior executives at leading health systems who come without technology background as they navigate the immense potential and enormous uncertainty of artificial intelligence in healthcare. AI Catalyst is a new program, and the Associate Director will play an integral role in shaping its development.

Beyond project leadership, the Associate Director is responsible for research/content leadership and agenda setting, serving as an AI content expert across the membership, and facilitating engaging discussions with our members about research. The Associate Director will manage autonomous project workstreams and will mentor and project manage analyst-level staff. The Associate Director also coordinates closely with other THMA teams covering AI-related topics and helps manage product strategy, operations, sales, and marketing.

Primary Job Duties:

• Lead the execution of multiple deliverables simultaneously with varying levels of complexity
• Develop and apply knowledge related to health care organization, operations, finances, and care delivery based on the strategic priorities of large health systems and healthcare companies
• Apply primary and secondary research skills, including hypothesis generation, root cause analysis, inductive and deductive reasoning
• Ability to formulate and defend original points of view
• Synthesis of complex ideas into actionable insights for our members
• Creation of client deliverables using persuasive writing and graphics/visuals to communicate ideas and information
• Build qualitative and qualitative survey instruments; conduct rigorous analysis
• Relationship management, both internal and external
• Effective presenter and discussion-based facilitator for both small and large audiences

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4+ years
  of relevant experience in a graduate research, business research, or health policy setting
• Strong project management experience: plan, organize, and manage multiple, complex projects simultaneously with limited supervision or direction
• Proven ability at cultivating member relationships and identifying key areas of improvement or new topics in healthcare to optimize overall business success
• Demonstrated quantitative and qualitative skills researching and analyzing healthcare issues; ability to synthesize and summarize large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an issue
• Interest in the business/commercial aspect of healthcare
• Articulate and professional; excellent customer and client service skills

Interpersonal Skills & Attributes:

• Creative & strategic mindset
• Process oriented
• Innovative approach to solutions
• Attention to detail
• Ability to influence others at senior levels
• Collaborative
• Customer-focused
• Ability to work independently and as a team member
• Self-directed and resourceful
• Excellent communication and client facing skills
• Excellent organizational skills

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, and distance vision. Ability to travel long distances including air travel. This role requires being seated 100% of the time. This role requires the use of screens and/or monitors 100% of the time.