Managing Director, Health
Managing Director, Health
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$ 210000 - 255000
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Job Description
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:
Established in 1946 with headquarters in Arlington Virginia AIR is a nonpartisan not-for-profit institution that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to solve some of the most urgent challenges in the U.S. and around the world. We advance evidence in the areas of education health the workforce human services and international development to create a better more equitable world.
Responsibilities:
The responsibilities for the position include:
- Working as a thought leader and content expert across health policy topics including:
- contributing to the vision for AIRs future work knowing trends and market opportunities and working with other division leaders to create and execute a plan to grow new work with federal state and foundation clients.
- leading and supporting project directors in conceptualizing research and evaluation studies and ensuring high quality implementation of research projects for federal state and foundation clients and funders.
- Working with AIRs 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 across a set of federal state and foundation funders.
- assisting program area leadership teams in making bid/no-bid decisions.
- leading and supporting pursuits of new opportunities conceptualizing bid strategy and research plans contributing to proposal writing and conducting critical technical reviews of major proposals.
- nurturing relationships with potential partners and existing funders and building new funder relationships.
- monitoring existing work with clients and funders to ensure that the right capabilities are brought to bear on new pursuits and to have a sense of strengths and potential challenges.
- monitoring staff capacity to work on projects and new pursuits with those clients and funders.
- Leading research studies and mentoring staff to successfully lead and contribute to health unit studies as an advisor Principal Investigator and/or Project Director including:
- integrating effective project management and quality methods to manage complex projects including effective management of budget quality client and project staff.
- mentoring staff to integrate effective project management and quality methods.
- communicating regularly with clients and internal team members to gather feedback sustain project momentum and respond to needs.
- conducting quality reviews of project deliverables and supporting project teams to communicate research plans and findings clearly.
- Conducting a variety of activities with staff and AIRs Communications Department to foster external visibility and contribute to AIRs preeminence in health policy research including presentations at major conferences publications visits with clients etc.
- Fosters an environment that values a wide range of perspectives experiences backgrounds and individual strengths.
- Effectively coaches and manages others to promote their development; sets developmental goals and measurements for staff.
- Oversee staff assignments and workload distribution to balance capacity ensure effective project execution and build organizational capabilities aligned with program and business needs.
Qualifications:
Education Knowledge and Experience:
- PhD or MA in a substantive area such as health economics public health public policy or a related social science discipline with expertise in evaluation health care reimbursement Medicare Medicaid or another key health division program.
- Successful experience serving as the Project Director of large-scale studies for CMS.
- A successful track record of securing funding via federal state or foundation contracts or grants.
- 15 years of leadership/management experience in the field of health policy.
- Demonstrated experience conducting applied research evaluating policies and programs and/or conducting evaluations or impact studies including randomized control trials quasi-experimental studies and field-based research projects.
Skills:
- Proven ability to manage large-scale research projects lead teams write reports and publish and present findings.
- Demonstrated success leading large scale initiatives with evidence of outcomes ideally in high need areas.
- Demonstrated track record in conceptualizing and writing proposals that have resulted in funding to build a body of work.
- Demonstrated ability to develop rapport with and lead mission-driven teams with both internal (staff) members and external (subcontractor and consultant) members.
- Collaborative leadership organizational and interpersonal skills at a senior level.
Disclosures:
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position. Depending on project work qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements.
American Institutes for Research is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of age race color religion sex gender gender identity/expression sexual orientation national origin protected veteran status or disability.
AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks.
AIR maintains a drug-free work environment.
ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability please send an email to Taliba Boone at or call 202.403.5000
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Anticipated Annual Salary Range
$210000 - $255000 USD
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
