Analyst I (AI Health Economics) Full Time

Company Description:

AureusIQ is a boutique B2B healthcare and AI advisory firm specializing in economic evaluation and strategic analysis for critical decision-making. We collaborate with pharmaceutical leaders, biotech investors, and healthcare innovators to address challenges in drug pricing, market access, and the role of AI in healthcare systems. Our clients include institutional investors, biopharma market access teams, and AI-driven healthcare companies. With a focus on transparency, reliability, and ethics, AureusIQ implements a trust-first approach in all AI-driven initiatives, ensuring responsible solutions that generate value across the healthcare ecosystem.

Role Description:

This is a part-time contract Analyst I to support early-stage work at the intersection of health economics and artificial intelligence, including the ongoing development and application of Token ROI™, a framework for evaluating the operational economics of AI-enabled healthcare workflows.

This role is well suited for intellectually curious candidates who are comfortable working in emerging and interdisciplinary areas where methodologies are still evolving. The work will involve a combination of healthcare workflow analysis, operational research, AI systems evaluation, and micro-costing methodology.

The ideal candidate is thoughtful, resourceful, and capable of independently researching unfamiliar problems, asking well-structured questions, and collaboratively refining analytical approaches.

This is a remote, flexible contractor role with variable workload based on project needs and business activity.

What You’ll Do:

• Conduct targeted literature reviews related to healthcare workflow economics, AI implementation, and micro-costing methodology
• Support decomposition of AI-enabled healthcare workflows into measurable operational components
• Build and analyze operational and micro-costing models for AI-enabled workflows
• Characterize workflow cost drivers, oversight burden, and rework dynamics
• Assist with scenario analyses evaluating conditions under which AI-enabled workflows create operational value
• Support development of white papers, conference materials, pilot frameworks, and strategic analyses
• Translate analytical findings into clear, decision-oriented insights

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:

• Health Economics
• Industrial Engineering/ Operations Research
• Health Services Research
• Biomedical Informatics / Clinical Informatics

Candidates with 0–3 years of experience are encouraged to apply, including graduate students, research assistants, and candidates with internship experience.

Preferred Qualifications

·       Practical experience interacting with LLMs through APIs, workflow automation tools, or AI-enabled analytical workflows

·        Familiarity with token utilization concepts, prompt iteration, and model interaction patterns

·        Exposure to workflow automation or AI-assisted healthcare workflows

·        Basic experience with Python or R

·        Proficiency with Excel 

Additional Details

·        Remote contractor role (United States only)

·        Flexible hours (approximately 10-20 hours/week) based on project needs with potential opportunity for expanded responsibilities as projects evolve

·        Employer sponsorship (e.g., H-1B) is not available for this role

·        Preference for candidates based in North Carolina or Eastern Time Zone

How to Apply

Please submit:

·        Resume/CV and/or Cover Letter

·        Short response (2–3 paragraphs): “How would you approach estimating the cost impact of introducing AI into a manual healthcare workflow?”

📩 Send applications to: careers@aureusiq.com

📌 Subject line: Analyst I Application – [Your Name]