Executive Director, Health Evaluation & Data Collection Business - Mathematica : Job Details

Pay: Competitive

Employment type: Full-Time

Req#: 5497

About Mathematica

As a national leader in evidence-based decision-making, Mathematica builds on its extensive knowledge of programs and policies to design and implement solutions built on high quality data, supported by deep understanding of programs and policies, and customized for clients needs. Driven by its mission, Mathematica finds ways to improve the quality, efficiency, affordability, equity, and financing of health care, and to promote sound decision-making in care delivery and financing, quality measures, and health systems change. Mathematica also works to address longstanding issues in health care, such as access to care, health care quality, controlling health care costs, and designing efficient and effective delivery systems to meet diverse needs.

About the opportunity

Mathematica's Health Unit seeks an Executive Director for our Evaluation & Data Collection (EDC) Practice, an important market within the Health Unit providing both deep evaluation expertise and survey data collection capabilities to longstanding federal clients that include the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) as well as other federal agencies. Mathematicas EDC work is known for its pairing of deep methodological skill, rigor, and data knowledge with subject matter expertise, regularly using cutting-edge methods in the work. The Executive Director for EDC will promote efficient, digitally focused solutions while maintaining our excellent reputation in top-notch evaluation and data collection. The Executive Director for EDC reports to the Senior Vice President for the Health Policy Assessment division.

Mathematicas current EDC practice comprises more than 120 professionals. These staff represent a wide variety of disciplines, methods expertise, and policy knowledge, including economics, statistics, health services research, epidemiology, sociology, survey methods and research, and clinical backgrounds, among others. Among our staff, cutting-edge methods expertise and clear exposition of findings and their policy implications is particularly valued.

The Executive Director for EDC should have substantial policy experience, a strong research and evaluation background, business strategy experience, and significant project delivery experience with federal clients such as CMS and SSA. The executive should have a track record and demonstrated ability to build business and lead groups of professionals in a dynamic environment and to meet changing client needs. Mathematica is seeking someone who can evolve and expand an existing and well-respected practice. The ideal candidate will provide strategic direction and operational oversight to help Mathematica win and execute complex, high profile evaluations, data collection, and analytics. In addition, the Executive Director must possess a comfort level operating with other executives in the healthcare environment to externally represent Mathematica.

Mathematica is seeking a proven leader who can:

• Continue to advance Mathematicas strong position in health-related evaluation, research, data collection, and analytics for federal agencies
• Manage a 125+ person practice, determining business development priorities, staffing needs, and investment areas; provide oversight for the quality of the work of the practice and is ultimately accountable for EDC client experience
• Manage practice and division level budgets, project revenue, and set targets for growth
• Expand Mathematicas ability to provide analytics services and solutions as EDC clients evolve their technology capabilities
• Bring a solution-minded skillset to operations of a large, diverse practice
• Integrate the emerging trends and policy approaches in healthcare
• Provide or coordinate thought leadership around issues critical to EDC clients

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