Research Project Director, Dartmouth Health at Home

Position Details

Position Title: Research Project Director, Dartmouth Health at Home

Hiring Range Minimum: $85,200

Hiring Range Maximum: $96,800

Employment Category: Regular Full Time

Location of Position: 1 Medical Center Drive, WTRB5, Lebanon, NH 03756

Remote Work Eligibility: Hybrid

Position Purpose: Leads the strategic execution and operations of the research portfolio that underpins three service arms of Dartmouth Health @ Home (Primary Care at Home, Palliative Care at Home, General Home Care). The role ensures rigorous study design, rapid-cycle evaluation, and seamless integration of faculty expertise with operational teams. It also cultivates and manages relationships with internal and external partners, including researchers, the operations team, NH/VT Medicaid agencies, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, rural health transformation leaders, and donors, to generate evidence to inform sustainable payment and financing models for home-based care.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in health administration, health services research, public health, or a related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8 or more years of professional experience in project management, health-policy research, and grant administration with at least 5 years leading complex, multi-component health-services research projects.
• Proven ability to understand and direct data analyses and to implement rapid-cycle evaluations.
• Strong knowledge of research ethics, IRB processes, and data-safety monitoring.
• Sound academic and policy writing and communication skills.
• Demonstrated success supervising multidisciplinary research teams, mentoring junior investigators, and producing high-quality academic manuscripts, policy briefs, and presentations.
• Experience establishing relationships with federal (CMS) and state (NH/VT Medicaid) policymakers, rural-health transformation leaders, and major philanthropic donors.
• Proven track record of integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations into research design, team building, and dissemination.