Healthcare Workforce Research Analyst

AAPC•Salt Lake City, UT

23d•Remote

About The Position

At AAPC, we’re reimagining how we track, analyze, attract and grow talent within the non-clinical Business of Healthcare workforce. This is your chance to be part of a transformational, first-of-its-kind program that you can help guide from the very beginning. In this role, you’ll dive deep into data and analytics to surface actionable insights that matter, translate complex findings into clear stories, and empower our leaders to make bold, informed choices. Your work will directly influence strategies that shape the future of the global healthcare workforce, giving you the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and make a lasting impact. This is a research-heavy role focused on labor market analysis, role classification, skills frameworks, and workforce trends, not software architecture or engineering.

Requirements

4–7 years in workforce analytics, labor economics, healthcare research, healthcare operations, healthcare HR/TA, or applied labor-market analysis
Experience working with job titles, skills data, workforce datasets, or job posting trends
Familiarity with external labor datasets (ONET, BLS, Lightcast, proprietary data, etc.)
Strong conceptual thinking and framework development skills
Deep interest in healthcare roles, labor markets, skills-based hiring, and workforce development
Able to analyze messy job-title or skills data and create clean, scalable frameworks
Curious, analytical, and comfortable structuring ambiguous information
Strong communicator who enjoys translating findings for non-technical audiences
Able to be the first member of a growing workforce insights function

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare workforce research, RCM, allied health roles, coding/billing, staffing, or provider organizations
Exposure to job classification, competency models, job families, or skills taxonomies
Knowledge of AAPC’s professional ecosystem (coding, documentation, billing, auditing)
Ability to build analytical summaries or dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)

Responsibilities

Map the Business of Healthcare workforce by developing a role and skills taxonomy
Gather and analyze trends in job postings, skills demand, hiring activity, compensation, and workforce pathways
Structure, clean, and classify AAPC’s existing member, role, and workforce data
Conduct interviews with employers, educators, and healthcare workforce leaders
Evaluate and integrate external labor datasets (BLS, ONET, job postings, surveys, etc.)
Use data to unlock insights and tell stories. Turn complex findings into clear, actionable insights that help guide key business decisions.
Produce research briefs, role profiles, workforce snapshots, and insights reports
Build early workforce dashboards using tools like Power BI or Tableau
Work closely with peers and leaders within AAPC to understand business needs and collaborate on designing impactful and actionable solutions. Lay the groundwork for scalable workforce insights, benchmarks, and data products
Partner with internal teams and external research partners to define the future of AAPC’s workforce intelligence capability