Senior Research Associate

About Chartis

Chartis comprises 1,000 professionals who value working for a purpose-driven organization, people who have committed their careers to helping providers, payers, technology innovators, retail companies, and investors create and embrace solutions that reshape healthcare for the better. We work with over 900 clients annually to help make US healthcare more affordable, accessible, safe, and human.

Through our family of brands—Chartis, Jarrard, Greeley, and HealthScape Advisors—we have created a culture that prioritizes respect for our clients, commitment to each other, and unwavering integrity. From physicians, nurses, healthcare executives, and community health leaders to strategists, digital advisors, transactions experts, and healthcare futurists, we bring a diverse set of perspectives to assess healthcare challenges from every angle.

Believing in what we do helps us attract and retain the best and brightest because the work we do every day makes a meaningful impact. This theme of believing in a better way forward is woven into our brand, Believe in better.

Chartis has offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Nashville. Remote work is allowed. #LI-Remote

Role Overview

The Chartis Research Team identifies and creates industry intelligence across the enterprise to develop and inform insights that amplify Chartis’ market impact. The Research Team is a centralized resource deployable on client engagements, pursuits, thought leadership and offering development, and industry intelligence management and curation, providing expert research and market intelligence skills. The team contributes to the improvement of public health, the advancement of healthcare delivery, the reduction in health inequities, and the betterment of rural health.

The Senior Research Associate will work directly with other Research Team members as well as The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The Senior Research Associate will also work with our consulting colleagues and clients on a range of healthcare projects. This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative and curious thinker who is passionate about healthcare to help develop the research capabilities of our rapidly growing firm.

Responsibilities

• Support client billable projects, including the Chartis Center for Rural Health’s statewide network in Ohio. Supporting this project will include aggregation and analysis of rural hospital performance metrics, and data review sessions (remote and onsite) with hospital leadership teams.
• Contribute to regular team activities and operations including Chartis Daily News and Good Reads (curating the latest industry news), Top Reads (weekly thought leadership on key events in healthcare), weekly and monthly newsletters, and new requests email triage.
• Support prioritized business development efforts by conducting secondary research on a market, healthcare entity(ies), or topic area.
• Develop and maintain industry trends materials through collaboration with consulting colleagues.
• Serve as a liaison between the team and firm to ensure knowledge transfer, wayfinding, and best practices of resources.
• Coach and mentor research analyst staff as appropriate.
• Support the analytic and research needs of Chartis’ internal firm teams and practice areas, including contributing to practice development initiatives, whitepaper development, training, and knowledge management initiatives.

Qualifications and Desired Skills

• Undergraduate degree (BA, BS) required
• Healthcare industry experience required
• 2-3 years’ research experience, ideally at a professional services firm. Advanced internet searching skills.
• Excellent critical thinking skills – ability to gather research, data and information and synthesize into a cohesive document, typically a PowerPoint presentation.
• Inclination to take initiative, be creative when looking for hard-to-find information or data and ask questions at the appropriate time.
• Strong work and time management skills; able to work effectively under tight timelines or adapt to shifting priorities.
• Ability to work independently when appropriate, while also comfortable working collaboratively in a team setting.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work and share findings across teams and with consulting colleagues
• Experience in healthcare is not required but is preferred; an interest in and curiosity about healthcare is a must.
• Knowledge of any of the following is not required by preferred: hospital and health system economics and performance metrics, not-for-profit financial statements, the U.S. healthcare payment system, and healthcare policy.
• Proficient in Microsoft office, with strong skills in PowerPoint and Tableau preferred 

Salary range: $80,000-100,000, plus may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skills, experience, training, licensure and certifications, practice area, and other business and organizational needs. In addition, Chartis offers several benefits including medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, disability insurance, life insurance, 401(k) match, paid time off, wellness stipend, and additional voluntary benefits.

At Chartis, we pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce. We value and celebrate the uniqueness of individuals and the different perspectives the provide. We offer equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, or protected veteran status.