Americaninstitutesforresearch

Managing Director, Healthcare Innovations

US-Remote · Director

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About the role

Join AIR as a Managing Director with our Healthcare Innovations team.
Our team works collaboratively to unravel the intertwined challenges of health care quality, costs, and access.
Opportunities can be expected to include complex implementation, monitoring, technical assistance (TA), and/or evaluation initiatives for federal health agencies.

Leading proposal pursuits: conceptualizing bid strategies, developing research, implementation, and monitoring approaches, drafting proposal content, and conducting technical reviews.
Cultivating and maintaining relationships with potential partners, funders, and federal clients.
Assessing staff capacity and helping align resources to support both project delivery and new business pursuits.
Engage directly with federal clients - particularly Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - to maintain productive communication, clarify requirements, and address emerging needs or risks.
Supervise and mentor task leads, analysts, economists, programmers, researchers, TA specialists, and operational staff to build strong, high‑performing project teams.
Collaborate with AIR's communications teams to translate implementation and monitoring insights into publications, briefs, and presentations.

Proven track record of leading business development efforts that result in contract awards.
Education, Knowledge, and Experience
Ph.D. or masters degree in health economics, public health, public policy, or a related social science discipline.
10 or more years of leadership or management experience in health policy or federal health program work.
Successful experience serving as a Project Director on large, complex contracts involving implementation, monitoring, TA, evaluation, or model testing.
Experience working with or for CMS (preferred) or similar federal health agencies.

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Working knowledge of CMS program structures, policy priorities, and expectations related to implementing or testing new models.
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In additional, the Managing Director will serve in project leadership roles for large, complex projects within the Healthcare Innovations portfolio.
This role is ideally suited for candidates who have successfully led large and complex business development efforts and projects for major CMS health projects.
Lead large, complex federal health implementation, monitoring, or evaluation projects, ensuring high‑quality execution, timeliness, fiscal stewardship, and operational stability.
Contribute to AIR's visibility and reputation in federal health work.

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.

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