Duke-Margolis Career Opportunities
Do you want to be part of health policy in action? Do you want to work on the leading health policy issues confronting cities, states, the nation, and the globe? Do you want to work for a historic, world renowned university that values its faculty, educators and students? How about a competitive salary with robust benefits? The Duke-Margolis team is a dynamic, high impact national leader in leveraging policy to ensure high quality, affordable care for all.
In our work, Duke-Margolis addresses critical health policy challenges and delivers practical, innovative, and evidence-based solutions to improve health and the value of health care. The interdisciplinary nature of Duke-Margolis brings together policy experts, researchers, health care professionals, and students from across Duke’s schools of medicine, nursing, law, public policy, business, and engineering, and fosters extensive relationships with and engagement of key stakeholders. These relationships span foundations, private sector organizations, state and federal governments, and global entities. The Institute fosters excellence, leadership, and scholarship at every level.
A complete list of open positions can be found below. Is today the day you take your first step toward joining the Duke-Margolis team? We are waiting for you…
Duke-Margolis is recruiting for the following positions:
Title: Research Director
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
This position leads the strategic design, management, and direction of the health policy program area within Duke-Margolis focused on the development and regulation of medical products. The Research Director is responsible for oversight and direction of a portfolio of projects within this area that are managed either personally or by staff supervised by the individual in this role. The Research Director is a subject matter expert across a range of dynamic FDA regulatory policy areas including early-stage clinical development, clinical trial modernization, medical product review processes, innovative manufacturing, and data analysis and surveillance. The role entails regular interaction with an array of external project sponsors and collaborators including government agencies, academic centers, advocacy organizations, medical product developers and manufacturers, health care organizations, and technology and AI companies. The individual collaborates with Duke-Margolis executive leadership and manages implementation of research and policy objectives to contribute to successful execution of the Institute’s strategic goals. The Research Director has significant responsibility for cultivation of funding opportunities and management of program area personnel.
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
This position leads the strategic design, management, and direction of the health policy program area within Duke-Margolis focused on the development and regulation of medical products. The Research Director is responsible for oversight and direction of a portfolio of projects within this area that are managed either personally or by staff supervised by the individual in this role. The Research Director is a subject matter expert across a range of dynamic FDA regulatory policy areas including early-stage clinical development, clinical trial modernization, medical product review processes, innovative manufacturing, and data analysis and surveillance. The role entails regular interaction with an array of external project sponsors and collaborators including government agencies, academic centers, advocacy organizations, medical product developers and manufacturers, health care organizations, and technology and AI companies. The individual collaborates with Duke-Margolis executive leadership and manages implementation of research and policy objectives to contribute to successful execution of the Institute’s strategic goals. The Research Director has significant responsibility for cultivation of funding opportunities and management of program area personnel.
Title: Senior Policy Analyst
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Senior Policy Analyst to join the Institute’s Health Care Transformation research team.
The individual in this position will manage and perform a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke University. The anticipated hire will support research and policy work related to Medicare Advantage, Original Medicare, payment and delivery reform, implementation science, technology-enabled care, and rapid learning.
Primary responsibilities of this position include conducting health policy-focused research and analysis (including literature reviews), extensive writing for a range of deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications), and managing completion of project team activities and deliverables. Project activities may include management and/or coordination of Institute events and public or private stakeholder convenings that require considerable skill in external communication.
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Senior Policy Analyst to join the Institute’s Health Care Transformation research team.
The individual in this position will manage and perform a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke University. The anticipated hire will support research and policy work related to Medicare Advantage, Original Medicare, payment and delivery reform, implementation science, technology-enabled care, and rapid learning.
Primary responsibilities of this position include conducting health policy-focused research and analysis (including literature reviews), extensive writing for a range of deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications), and managing completion of project team activities and deliverables. Project activities may include management and/or coordination of Institute events and public or private stakeholder convenings that require considerable skill in external communication.
Title: Assistant Policy Research Director
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
Duke-Margolis has openings for two Assistant Policy Research Directors to join the Institute’s Health Care Transformation research team, with a primary focus on health care delivery and payment reform at the federal and state levels. These positions are responsible for developing major components of research and policy analysis for Duke-Margolis through management of portfolios of health policy projects within specialized areas of expertise in health care transformation topics ranging from primary care to specialty care to risk-based care models across payers.
An Assistant Policy Research Director provides substantial subject matter leadership in managing the execution of complex research and policy projects within a portfolio area, including engagement with high-level government and private-sector entities. This position level actively drives portfolio development and regularly interacts with project funders, collaborators, stakeholders, Duke University faculty, and senior Duke-Margolis leadership to develop the strategic plan for the portfolio, manage successful execution of research and policy projects, and advance efforts to identify and secure research funding.
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
Duke-Margolis has openings for two Assistant Policy Research Directors to join the Institute’s Health Care Transformation research team, with a primary focus on health care delivery and payment reform at the federal and state levels. These positions are responsible for developing major components of research and policy analysis for Duke-Margolis through management of portfolios of health policy projects within specialized areas of expertise in health care transformation topics ranging from primary care to specialty care to risk-based care models across payers.
An Assistant Policy Research Director provides substantial subject matter leadership in managing the execution of complex research and policy projects within a portfolio area, including engagement with high-level government and private-sector entities. This position level actively drives portfolio development and regularly interacts with project funders, collaborators, stakeholders, Duke University faculty, and senior Duke-Margolis leadership to develop the strategic plan for the portfolio, manage successful execution of research and policy projects, and advance efforts to identify and secure research funding.
Title: Senior Policy Analyst
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Senior Policy Analyst to join the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research team, with a primary focus on real-world data and evidence.
The individual in this position will manage and perform a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke University. Primary responsibilities include conducting health policy-focused research and analysis (including literature reviews), extensive writing for a range of deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications), and managing completion of project team activities and deliverables. Project activities may include management and/or coordination of Institute events and public or private stakeholder convenings that require considerable skill in external communication.
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Senior Policy Analyst to join the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research team, with a primary focus on real-world data and evidence.
The individual in this position will manage and perform a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke University. Primary responsibilities include conducting health policy-focused research and analysis (including literature reviews), extensive writing for a range of deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications), and managing completion of project team activities and deliverables. Project activities may include management and/or coordination of Institute events and public or private stakeholder convenings that require considerable skill in external communication.
Title: Policy Research Associate
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
This position manages the day-to-day execution of and provides significant subject matter expertise for complex Duke-Margolis research and policy projects within the Institute’s Health Care Transformation portfolio. The individual in this role will primarily engage in research and policy work relevant to Medicare accountable care, spanning work in both Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
In this content and project management-focused role, the Policy Research Associate produces high-quality work products independently, demonstrates technical leadership and collaboration with other team members, and delegates project activities while consistently meeting internal and contractual deadlines. Primary responsibilities include management of complex research and policy activities to achieve project objectives; researching and analyzing complex health policy-focused topics, including conducting background research; drafting written products including summary documents, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications, and policy briefs; effectively engaging policymakers and other external stakeholders; and managing Institute events and convenings.
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
This position manages the day-to-day execution of and provides significant subject matter expertise for complex Duke-Margolis research and policy projects within the Institute’s Health Care Transformation portfolio. The individual in this role will primarily engage in research and policy work relevant to Medicare accountable care, spanning work in both Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
In this content and project management-focused role, the Policy Research Associate produces high-quality work products independently, demonstrates technical leadership and collaboration with other team members, and delegates project activities while consistently meeting internal and contractual deadlines. Primary responsibilities include management of complex research and policy activities to achieve project objectives; researching and analyzing complex health policy-focused topics, including conducting background research; drafting written products including summary documents, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications, and policy briefs; effectively engaging policymakers and other external stakeholders; and managing Institute events and convenings.
Title: Policy Analyst
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Policy Analyst to support a newly funded, philanthropic initiative dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of birthing parents and young children in North Carolina. This position is embedded within the Institute's maternal and early childhood health policy portfolio and contributes to a prospective, research-driven initiative focused on improving health outcomes among North Carolina's perinatal-to-three population.
This position performs a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke University. Primary responsibilities include conducting health policy-focused background research; drafting summary documents; performing literature reviews; extensive writing for a range of written deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications); and supporting planning and preparation for Institute events, public/private convening, and other project activities through both content development and project/logistics coordination.
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Policy Analyst to support a newly funded, philanthropic initiative dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of birthing parents and young children in North Carolina. This position is embedded within the Institute's maternal and early childhood health policy portfolio and contributes to a prospective, research-driven initiative focused on improving health outcomes among North Carolina's perinatal-to-three population.
This position performs a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke University. Primary responsibilities include conducting health policy-focused background research; drafting summary documents; performing literature reviews; extensive writing for a range of written deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications); and supporting planning and preparation for Institute events, public/private convening, and other project activities through both content development and project/logistics coordination.
Title: Faculty Position in Global Health Innovation and Policy (Associate Professor or Professor Level)
Location: Durham, NC
The Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, and Duke Global Health Innovation Center at Duke University in Durham, NC are jointly conducting a national search for a senior faculty position (Associate Professor or Professor level) with significant expertise and experience in global health innovation, health policy, and/or health financing, to support the research and policy efforts of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center and Duke more broadly. We are seeking a candidate with an entrepreneurial spirit and a practical understanding of innovation as something new—or newly adapted within a local context—that produces meaningful impact. Innovation may take the form of a product, service, program, enterprise, or applied solution, and successful innovation should be effective, scalable, sustainable, and equitable. Specific topics, populations, and contexts are flexible, though we are especially interested in applicants with experience leading research, policy analysis, and/or operational research on the development, introduction, and scale-up of health innovations in low-resource contexts globally, as well as broad experience in policy engagement.
Location: Durham, NC
The Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, and Duke Global Health Innovation Center at Duke University in Durham, NC are jointly conducting a national search for a senior faculty position (Associate Professor or Professor level) with significant expertise and experience in global health innovation, health policy, and/or health financing, to support the research and policy efforts of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center and Duke more broadly. We are seeking a candidate with an entrepreneurial spirit and a practical understanding of innovation as something new—or newly adapted within a local context—that produces meaningful impact. Innovation may take the form of a product, service, program, enterprise, or applied solution, and successful innovation should be effective, scalable, sustainable, and equitable. Specific topics, populations, and contexts are flexible, though we are especially interested in applicants with experience leading research, policy analysis, and/or operational research on the development, introduction, and scale-up of health innovations in low-resource contexts globally, as well as broad experience in policy engagement.
Title: Assistant Policy Research Director
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
Duke-Margolis has an opening for an Assistant Policy Research Director to join the Institute’s Health Care Transformation research team, with a primary focus on health care delivery and payment reform at the federal and state levels. This position is responsible for developing major components of research and policy analysis for Duke-Margolis through management of a portfolio of health policy projects within a specialized area of expertise in healthcare transformation topics ranging from primary care to specialty care to risk-based care models across payers. The Assistant Policy Research Director provides substantial subject matter leadership in managing the execution of complex research and policy projects within the portfolio, including engagement with high-level government and private-sector entities.
In addition to traditional health policy research portfolios, this role may support strategy, implementation, partnership development, and operational leadership for applied policy initiatives and multi-stakeholder collaboratives that advance health value and health system transformation.
This position actively drives portfolio development and regularly interacts with project funders, collaborators, stakeholders, Duke University faculty, and senior Duke-Margolis leadership to develop the strategic plan for the portfolio, manage successful execution of research and policy projects, and advance efforts to identify and secure research funding.
Focus Area: Health Care Transformation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
Duke-Margolis has an opening for an Assistant Policy Research Director to join the Institute’s Health Care Transformation research team, with a primary focus on health care delivery and payment reform at the federal and state levels. This position is responsible for developing major components of research and policy analysis for Duke-Margolis through management of a portfolio of health policy projects within a specialized area of expertise in healthcare transformation topics ranging from primary care to specialty care to risk-based care models across payers. The Assistant Policy Research Director provides substantial subject matter leadership in managing the execution of complex research and policy projects within the portfolio, including engagement with high-level government and private-sector entities.
In addition to traditional health policy research portfolios, this role may support strategy, implementation, partnership development, and operational leadership for applied policy initiatives and multi-stakeholder collaboratives that advance health value and health system transformation.
This position actively drives portfolio development and regularly interacts with project funders, collaborators, stakeholders, Duke University faculty, and senior Duke-Margolis leadership to develop the strategic plan for the portfolio, manage successful execution of research and policy projects, and advance efforts to identify and secure research funding.
Title: Policy Research Associate
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Policy Research Associate to join the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research team, with a primary focus on real-world data and evidence.
This position manages the day-to-day execution of and provides significant subject matter expertise for complex Duke-Margolis research and policy projects within the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation portfolio. In this content and project management-focused role, the Policy Research Associate produces high-quality work products independently, demonstrates technical leadership and collaboration with other team members, and delegates project activities while consistently meeting internal and contractual deadlines. Primary responsibilities include management of complex research and policy activities to achieve project objectives; researching and analyzing complex health policy-focused topics, including conducting background research; drafting written products including summary documents, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications, and policy briefs; effectively engaging policymakers and other external stakeholders; and managing Institute events and convenings.
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Policy Research Associate to join the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research team, with a primary focus on real-world data and evidence.
This position manages the day-to-day execution of and provides significant subject matter expertise for complex Duke-Margolis research and policy projects within the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation portfolio. In this content and project management-focused role, the Policy Research Associate produces high-quality work products independently, demonstrates technical leadership and collaboration with other team members, and delegates project activities while consistently meeting internal and contractual deadlines. Primary responsibilities include management of complex research and policy activities to achieve project objectives; researching and analyzing complex health policy-focused topics, including conducting background research; drafting written products including summary documents, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications, and policy briefs; effectively engaging policymakers and other external stakeholders; and managing Institute events and convenings.
Title: Senior Policy Analyst
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Senior Policy Analyst to join the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research team. This role will have a primary focus on work addressing the coverage, pricing, and payment policy for medical products, including drugs, cell and gene therapies, and medical devices. The individual in this position will contribute to projects aimed at improving strategies for ensuring access to innovative medical products while balancing affordability and sustainability. Areas of focus may include evaluating coverage policies, designing payment models, exploring value-based payment approaches, and analyzing various policies that impact the adoption and use of medical products.
This position manages and performs a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of qualitative and/or quantitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke-Margolis. Primary responsibilities include conducting health policy-focused research and analysis (including literature reviews), extensive writing for a range of deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications), and managing completion of project team activities and deliverables. Project activities may include management and/or coordination of Institute events and public or private stakeholder convenings that require considerable skill in external communication.
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Durham, NC, or Washington, DC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring a Senior Policy Analyst to join the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research team. This role will have a primary focus on work addressing the coverage, pricing, and payment policy for medical products, including drugs, cell and gene therapies, and medical devices. The individual in this position will contribute to projects aimed at improving strategies for ensuring access to innovative medical products while balancing affordability and sustainability. Areas of focus may include evaluating coverage policies, designing payment models, exploring value-based payment approaches, and analyzing various policies that impact the adoption and use of medical products.
This position manages and performs a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of qualitative and/or quantitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke-Margolis. Primary responsibilities include conducting health policy-focused research and analysis (including literature reviews), extensive writing for a range of deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications), and managing completion of project team activities and deliverables. Project activities may include management and/or coordination of Institute events and public or private stakeholder convenings that require considerable skill in external communication.
Title: Policy Analyst
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring multiple Policy Analysts (both Tier I and Tier II) to join the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research team. Individuals in these positions will primarily support projects focused on the development, approval, and overall regulation of medical products, including engagement with the US Food and Drug Administration. They may also contribute to work centered around a range of topics in evidence generation, innovative clinical trial design, drug development policy, real-world data and evidence, rare diseases, and/or the use and adoption of emerging technologies such as cell and gene therapies.
Focus Area: Biomedical Innovation
Location: Hybrid (Washington, DC, or Durham, NC)
Duke-Margolis is hiring multiple Policy Analysts (both Tier I and Tier II) to join the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research team. Individuals in these positions will primarily support projects focused on the development, approval, and overall regulation of medical products, including engagement with the US Food and Drug Administration. They may also contribute to work centered around a range of topics in evidence generation, innovative clinical trial design, drug development policy, real-world data and evidence, rare diseases, and/or the use and adoption of emerging technologies such as cell and gene therapies.