Senior Data Scientist - Medicaid Policy Impact Initiative

Title: Senior Data Scientist - Medicaid Policy Impact Initiative

Location: Midtown

Org Unit: Health Policy and Economics

Work Days:

Weekly Hours: 35.00

Exemption Status: Exempt

Salary Range: $127,500.00 - $143,000.00

*As required under NYC Human Rights Law Int 1208-2018 - Salary range for this role when Hired for NYC Offices
Position Summary

The Medicaid Policy Impact Initiative at Cornell is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with deep experience working with health care claims data to help drive high-impact, policy-relevant research that improves the Medicaid program and strengthens the health care safety net in the United States.

This is a high-ownership, hands-on role with the opportunity to shape how large-scale Medicaid data are translated into actionable evidence for policymakers. The Senior Data Scientist will build analytic datasets from raw claims, develop and validate rigorous measures, and generate insights that directly inform state and federal decision-making. In particular, the person in this role will contribute to a public-facing Medicaid Atlas tool that will track variation in Medicaid utilization and spending to support evidence-based policymaking, promote accountability, and catalyze research to improve efficiency in Medicaid.


Job Responsibilities

• Develop algorithms to construct utilization, spending, and quality measures from raw claims data (e.g., the T-MSIS Analytic Files)
• Conduct descriptive and causal analyses to inform Medicaid policy
• Design and maintain scalable workflows for processing national Medicaid claims data
• Improve data quality, documentation, and reproducibility
• Validate measures against external benchmarks (CMS, KFF, state reports)
• Independently manage analytic projects from concept to output
• Contribute to academic papers, policy briefs, and public-facing products

Education

• Master's or PhD in health economics, public policy, biostatistics, data science, or a related quantitative field preferred.

Experience

3+ years of experience working with health care claims data (Medicaid strongly preferred).
Strong programming skills (Stata, R, Python, or SAS).
Experience independently executing analytic projects.
Experience developing and maintaining scalable infrastructure for research with big data

This role requires several years of direct experience working with large-scale claims data (e.g., Medicaid or Medicare). Candidates without hands-on claims data experience are unlikely to be a good fit.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage large, complex datasets.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and lead projects.
• Commitment to reproducibility and high-quality research.

Licenses and Certifications

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

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To apply, visit https://jobs.weill.cornell.edu/NY/job/New-York-Senior-Data-Scientist-Medicaid-Policy-Impact-Initiative-NY-10022/1391946600/







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