Senior Statistician/Manager -- Healthcare Job

Date: Apr 2, 2011

Location: Chicago, IL, US

Title: Senior Statistician/Manager -- Healthcare ID: RES00000358 Description Thomson Reuters is the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. Through its more than 50,000 people across 93 countries, Thomson Reuters delivers this must-have insight to the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, and is powered by the world's most trusted news organization. More information about Thomson Reuters and its financial performance can be found on www.ThomsonReuters.com http://www.thomsonreuters.com/ The Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters provides intelligent information to better manage the cost and quality of healthcare and accelerate scientific research and innovation. This individual will provide expertise in the areas of statistics, measurement, project design, epidemiological methods, and healthcare performance. They will be responsible for the production, quality, deployment, and documentation of methodologies and content for Thomson Healthcare clients. This person will be required to make independent and assisted judgment calls regarding the creation metadata and analyses. Strong skills in SAS, relational databases and concepts, and the Microsoft Suite e.g. Excel and Word). In addition, an ability to focus on details as well as having an overall perspective of the use and relationship of the methodologies and data is important. • Manage direct reports in Planning and Marketing Area of Product Content • Collaborate with Product Management on Content Requirements. • Interact with internal knowledge experts and reference data resources. • Create content specifications, which include methods for developing content. • Analyze and understand methodology results. • Participates in design, computation, analysis, implementation, and interpretation of integrated healthcare datasets/databases. • Responsible for maintaining data and content quality standards, thresholds and monitoring. • Serves as consultant regarding content and methods to internal and external users. • Designs or adapts statistical and mathematical methods for routine production and custom programs. • Works as a team member to design and develop new healthcare data products and programs. • Work with internal and external clients • Work with, project management to ensure timelines on deliverables • Implement or guide process improvements as appropriate Qualifications * 1-3 years experience managing a team * 3-5 years experience as a statistician * Master's Degree or equivalent experience * Ability to multi-task:, able to manage two or more disparate projects simultaneously without sacrificing quality or deadlines. * Excellent communication skills: able to discuss technical issues with technical and non-technical audiences and work in a multi-disciplinary environment * Excellent organizational skills * Ability to estimate and meet realistic timelines and communicate with the team accordingly * Ability to problem solve using analytical skills * Self-motivated, detail-oriented and a team player * Experience in documentation of analytical concepts * Flexibility to adapt to projects of differing scope/change priorities * Self directed and motivated: requires minimal management assistance to accomplish day to day activities * Experience with relational databases and concepts * Familiarity with SQL helpful * Ability to program in SAS using macro language Thomson Reuters employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive - we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work. Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the H-1B visa cap has been met for the fiscal year 2010 (October 1, 2009-September 30, 2010.) Job Research Primary Location US-IL-Chicago Other Locations US-MI-Ann Arbor Organization Healthcare & Science Innovation Schedule Full-time Education Level Master's Degree (±18 years) Job Type Standard Shift Day Job Travel Yes, 10% of the time

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