Managing Director, Healthcare Innovations

Join AIR as aManaging Directorwith 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 multiyear 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 ourU.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

• Lead large complex federal health implementation and monitoring projects ensuring highquality execution timeliness fiscal stewardship and operational stability.
• Oversee multidisciplinary workflows (e.g. implementation planning analysis stakeholder engagement data collection monitoring reporting)
• Engage directly with federal clients particularly Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain productive communication clarify requirements and address emerging needs or risks.

Strategic Direction & Federal Business Growth

• 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 for federal opportunities.
  • Supporting bid/nobid 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 and federal clients.
  • Monitoring ongoing projects to understand client expectations anticipate needs and identify opportunities and challenges across the portfolio.
  • Assessing staff capacity and helping align resources to support both project delivery and new business pursuits.

Team Leadership Staff Development & Collaboration

• Supervise and mentor task leads analysts researchers TA specialists and operational staff to build strong highperforming project teams.
• Foster crossfunctional collaboration across analytics communications data management TA and operations teams to ensure integrated highquality project delivery.
• Provide coaching and support to rising project leaders in effective project management quality assurance client communication and staff supervision.
• Contribute to a collaborative environment that values and respects a wide range of perspectives abilities backgrounds and experiences.

Thought Leadership & External Engagement

• Represent AIR in federal stakeholder meetings technical discussions and conferences.
• Collaborate with AIRs communications teams to translate implementation and monitoring insights into publications briefs and presentations.
• Contribute to AIRs visibility and reputation in federal health program implementation monitoring and TA.

Qualifications:

Education Knowledge and Experience

• Ph.D. or masters degree in health economics public health public policy or a related social science discipline.
• 1015 years of leadership or management experience in health policy or federal health program work.
• Successful experience serving as a Managing Director on complex contracts involving implementation monitoring TA evaluation or model testing.
• Experience working with or for CMS or similar federal health agencies.
• Demonstrated success leading federal proposal development and contributing to winning bids.

Skills:

• Working knowledge of CMS program structures policy priorities and expectations related to implementation monitoring and reporting.
• Familiarity with monitoring frameworks rapidcycle learning and implementation science approaches used in federal health projects.
• Strong communication skills for federal audiences and the ability to manage complex multistakeholder relationships.
• Experience overseeing large budgets managing risks developing staffing plans and implementing operational systems consistent with federal contracting standards.
• Proven ability to lead largescale research or implementation projects write reports and present findings.
• Demonstrated ability to lead missiondriven teams including staff subcontractors and consultants.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to structure complex initiatives and maintain a longterm view of project and portfolio needs.
• Collaborative leadership style and commitment to mentorship and staff development.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with experience leading multidisciplinary teams.

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 call 202.403.5000.

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