Senior Research and Data Analyst

Association of American Medical Colleges•Washington DC, DC

5d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Research & Data Analyst is responsible for the development, collection, maintenance, and operations for a portfolio of assigned standard data collections and reports, including quality metrics, utilization metrics, work effort, and financial metrics. This role supports and coaches junior staff on complex tasks and collaborates with technical leaders for guidance on enhancing data operations and services. The analyst will develop, implement, and evolve programming and documentation for assigned data and reports, including eligibility criteria for participation and access. They will collaborate and consult with internal and external partners on enhancements to data collections and reporting systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
5-7 years of related work experience
3-5 years of experience managing a specialized program
Experience with quantitative, qualitative, and logical reasoning
Self-directed knowledge acquisition and application
Experience with Programming, database design, data security, data standards, data processing, relational databases, data instrument construction, data visualization, and report writing
Experience in collaborative working environments
Experience with Time management, resource management, quality control, and continuous quality improvement

Nice To Haves

A master’s degree or doctoral degree
Coursework in quantitative reasoning and qualitative reasoning
Courses of study might include topics such as computer programming, data analysis, data visualizations, economics, information systems, mathematics, psychometrics, research and evaluation, sociology, statistics, survey construction, survey sampling, and related topics
Experience in data collection, analysis, and reporting in small to large organizations where data are critical to delivering on strategy, mission, and services to members and constituents

Responsibilities

Develop, collect, verify, maintain, and report data about and from members and constituents.
Develop, implement, and update programming and documentation for assigned data and reports, including programming and documentation about what institutions and individuals are eligible to receive the corresponding data collections and data reports.
Produce and maintain programming and databases for collecting data, importing data, managing data, checking data, engaging with members and constituents for data quality questions, linking data, analyzing data, reporting data, and distributing data, using AAMC IT approved tools such as SQL, PL/SQL, PostgreSQL, VBA, Python, HTML, HighCharts, JavaScript, and Verint.
Mentor less senior colleagues to expand their knowledge of this work.
Monitor the soundness, timeliness, impact, efficiency, and security of data collection and data reporting services through data quality checks and discrepancy investigations.
Develop and/or maintain recurring data collections and administer data collections to members and constituents.
Write and maintain office manuals, runbooks, and similar materials that describe the procedures for running data collection and data reporting services; review materials from less senior staff.
Collaborate with IT colleagues to support IT-maintained applications, data collections, and integration with other data and analytical offerings.
Coach and assist junior staff for IT-related activities such as developing requirements and user acceptance testing.
Support and coach junior staff on more complex tasks and for addressing technical and process issues and improvement opportunities.
Engage with data collection participants, report recipients, and other users with content questions, reminders, extensions, quality control checks, or similar operational concerns.
Consult with colleagues and constituents on ways to enhance data collections, standard reports, research reports, external/internal ad hoc reports, and other analytical offerings.
Support junior staff and unit supervisors to synthesize and prioritize input from colleagues and constituents.
Contribute to IT initiatives related to infrastructure changes, data access and security, and system modernizations and updates, providing support for junior staff as well as alerting unit supervisors about risk and benefits.
Represent the unit, the cluster, and the AAMC data community in internal and external discussions around data collection, analytics, and reporting.
Maintain accurate financial and timekeeping records to support ongoing prioritization, enterprise portfolio management, and impact analyses for assigned data assets.
Apply knowledge and experience to solve problems and to identify root causes of onetime or recurring issues and recommend solutions.
Be a good steward of AAMC time and resources; escalate potential issues early enough to ensure that collaboration with other colleagues will result in on-time, high-quality, impactful, efficient, and secure data services.
Help with other data assets and their associated analytical offerings, as needed.
Manage the tracking of internal and external data requests across the AAMC, including reviewing, fulfilling, and triaging data requests.
Serve as a Data Steward, Data Lead, or Technical Contact for assigned data assets.
Serve as a Data Asset Owner for assigned data assets, executing job responsibilities consistent with AAMC policies and procedures.
Complete all required internal and external Data Asset Owner training.
Determine the appropriate level of internal and external access to data assets.
Enforce appropriate data access, publication, and security policies and procedures.
Respond to internal and external ad hoc requests about data and reports, as well as reviewing and processing external data requests.