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Research Data Specialist jobs are open across healthcare, academia, government, and technology, from entry-level analyst roles to senior and lead positions, with specializations in clinical data management, survey research, and biostatistics. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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We Are:
We are Accenture Research, a team specialized in delivering impact through thought leadership and client insights. Our AI team sits at the frontier of applied AI, combining rigorous quantitative methods to deliver differentiated insights for Accenture’s clients.
Our work spans industries, geographies, and problem types and we build the tools and methodologies that power it. We partner with world-class institutions including MIT Sloan and Wharton, and we invest in long-horizon research alongside immediate client impact.
You Are:
You are a highly motivated, data-driven AI scientist who combines technical expertise with a passion for business strategy and research. Your economic and strategic perspective enables you to address critical client questions and clearly articulate the business impact of your analyses.
The Work:
In this role, you’ll be reporting into the Research AI Principal Director and will contribute across a portfolio of engagements. The work is highly varied with a focus on Agentic AI, synthetic personas, and thought leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
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translate complex business problems into analytical questions with clearly defined outputs.
-
support insight developments for client workshops defining actionable strategic recommendations.
-
design, build, and deliver AI methodologies.
-
develop and iterate synthetic persona generation pipelines.
-
contribute to thought leadership research papers (white papers, industry reports) to shape the conversation on relevant business topics.
Travel may be required for role - 0-80% depending on client and business needs.
Here’s What You Need:
- Minimum of 3 years of hands-on Python development experience building analytical, machine learning, or AI solutions using libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, LangChain, or similar frameworks.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience developing and deploying machine learning models, including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, simulation models, forecasting, clustering, classification, or ensemble methods.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience delivering Generative AI solutions, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), LLM evaluation, orchestration frameworks, and agent-based workflows.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Economics (or a related field) or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Operations Research, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 1+ year of experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, or AI/ML services.
- 1+ year of experience designing or implementing synthetic data and synthetic persona generation techniques, including tools such as SDV, Gaussian Copula Synthesizer, or similar frameworks.
- Experience building multi-agent systems, autonomous workflows, or agentic AI solutions for research, analytics, or business applications.
- Experience working with vector databases, knowledge retrieval systems, embeddings, and RAG architectures.
- Prior experience contributing to published research, thought leadership, academic studies, industry reports, or collaborations with universities, think tanks, or research institutions.
- Industry expertise in one or more sectors, with a demonstrated ability to develop actionable business insights from data.
- Experience presenting findings and recommendations to executive leadership and client stakeholders.
Professional Skills
- Strong business acumen: ability to contextualize analytical findings within a business context.
- Excellent communication skills — written, verbal, and visual — for presenting to executive and non-technical audiences.
- Strategic problem-solving mindset: comfortable moving from ambiguous business context to a structured analytical approach.
- Enthusiasm for cross-functional, multicultural teamwork with a bias toward building durable, reusable infrastructure.
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/18/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:
U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture
Role Location Annual Salary Range California $70,350 to $196,000 Colorado $63,800 to $169,300 Connecticut $63,800 to $169,300 District of Columbia $68,000 to $180,300 Illinois $59,100 to $169,300 Maine $54,400 to $144,300 Maryland $63,800 to $169,300 Massachusetts $63,800 to $180,300 Minnesota $63,800 to $169,300 New York $66,300 to $196,000 New Jersey $68,000 to $196,000 Ohio $59,100 to $156,800 Virginia $59,100 to $180,300 Washington $80,200 to $180,300New York City, NY
Morristown, NJ
Requesting an Accommodation
Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.
If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009 or send us an email or speak with your recruiter.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.
Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
Other Employment Statements
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Further, at Accenture a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment.
The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.
California requires additional notifications for applicants and employees. If you are a California resident, live in or plan to work from Los Angeles County upon being hired for this position, please for additional important information.
Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.
We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.
We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.
At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.
Join Accenture to work at the heart of change. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
We Are:
We are Accenture Research, a team specialized in delivering impact through thought leadership and client insights. Our AI team sits at the frontier of applied AI, combining rigorous quantitative methods to deliver differentiated insights for Accenture’s clients.
Our work spans industries, geographies, and problem types and we build the tools and methodologies that power it. We partner with world-class institutions including MIT Sloan and Wharton, and we invest in long-horizon research alongside immediate client impact.
You Are:
You are a highly motivated, data-driven AI scientist who combines technical expertise with a passion for business strategy and research. Your economic and strategic perspective enables you to address critical client questions and clearly articulate the business impact of your analyses.
The Work:
In this role, you’ll be reporting into the Research AI Principal Director and will contribute across a portfolio of engagements. The work is highly varied with a focus on Agentic AI, synthetic personas, and thought leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
-
translate complex business problems into analytical questions with clearly defined outputs.
-
support insight developments for client workshops defining actionable strategic recommendations.
-
design, build, and deliver AI methodologies.
-
develop and iterate synthetic persona generation pipelines.
-
contribute to thought leadership research papers (white papers, industry reports) to shape the conversation on relevant business topics.
Travel may be required for role - 0-80% depending on client and business needs.
Here’s What You Need:
- Minimum of 3 years of hands-on Python development experience building analytical, machine learning, or AI solutions using libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, LangChain, or similar frameworks.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience developing and deploying machine learning models, including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, simulation models, forecasting, clustering, classification, or ensemble methods.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience delivering Generative AI solutions, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), LLM evaluation, orchestration frameworks, and agent-based workflows.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Economics (or a related field) or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Operations Research, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 1+ year of experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, or AI/ML services.
- 1+ year of experience designing or implementing synthetic data and synthetic persona generation techniques, including tools such as SDV, Gaussian Copula Synthesizer, or similar frameworks.
- Experience building multi-agent systems, autonomous workflows, or agentic AI solutions for research, analytics, or business applications.
- Experience working with vector databases, knowledge retrieval systems, embeddings, and RAG architectures.
- Prior experience contributing to published research, thought leadership, academic studies, industry reports, or collaborations with universities, think tanks, or research institutions.
- Industry expertise in one or more sectors, with a demonstrated ability to develop actionable business insights from data.
- Experience presenting findings and recommendations to executive leadership and client stakeholders.
Professional Skills
- Strong business acumen: ability to contextualize analytical findings within a business context.
- Excellent communication skills — written, verbal, and visual — for presenting to executive and non-technical audiences.
- Strategic problem-solving mindset: comfortable moving from ambiguous business context to a structured analytical approach.
- Enthusiasm for cross-functional, multicultural teamwork with a bias toward building durable, reusable infrastructure.
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 12/18/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:
U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture
Role Location Annual Salary Range California $70,350 to $196,000 Colorado $63,800 to $169,300 Connecticut $63,800 to $169,300 District of Columbia $68,000 to $180,300 Illinois $59,100 to $169,300 Maine $54,400 to $144,300 Maryland $63,800 to $169,300 Massachusetts $63,800 to $180,300 Minnesota $63,800 to $169,300 New York $66,300 to $196,000 New Jersey $68,000 to $196,000 Ohio $59,100 to $156,800 Virginia $59,100 to $180,300 Washington $80,200 to $180,300New York City, NY
Morristown, NJ
Requesting an Accommodation
Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.
If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009 or send us an email or speak with your recruiter.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.
Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
Other Employment Statements
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Further, at Accenture a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment.
The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.
California requires additional notifications for applicants and employees. If you are a California resident, live in or plan to work from Los Angeles County upon being hired for this position, please for additional important information.
Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.
We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.
We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.
At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.
Join Accenture to work at the heart of change. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Education
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in research data specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in statistics, public health, social science, or a related field
- Proficiency in statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, R, or Stata
- Experience with data cleaning, validation, and quality assurance procedures
- Familiarity with database management tools and structured query language
- Knowledge of research protocols, IRB processes, or regulatory data standards
- Strong documentation skills including data dictionaries and codebook maintenance
Tips for Your Research Data Specialist Job Search
Tailor your resume to data tools
List the specific software you've used, such as SPSS, SAS, R, or REDCap, in a dedicated skills section. Many applicant tracking systems screen for exact tool names before a human ever reads your resume.
Quantify your data management work
Describe the datasets you've maintained in terms of volume, complexity, or frequency of updates. Saying you managed a longitudinal dataset with multiple collection waves tells hiring managers far more than a vague description of your duties.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists research data specialist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by domain vocabulary
Search using terms like 'data quality,' 'data dictionary,' or 'IRB compliance' alongside your title. Postings that use this vocabulary signal a team that actually understands the role, not one that copied a generic job description.
Prepare a data workflow walkthrough
Interviewers frequently ask you to walk through how you've cleaned, validated, or documented a dataset end to end. Rehearse a specific example that covers the full cycle, including how you handled missing values or inconsistencies.
Negotiate by citing domain-specific scope
When discussing compensation, anchor your ask to the complexity of the data environment you've worked in, such as multi-site studies, protected health information, or regulatory submissions, rather than years of experience alone.
Research Data Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most research data specialists?
The most active employers for research data specialists right now are Intetics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Apple, and the most openings are in California, Michigan, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Healthcare systems, academic medical centers, and government research agencies consistently represent the largest share of postings.
How many research data specialist jobs are remote?
About 79% of research data specialist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with remote availability concentrated in roles focused on survey data processing, secondary data analysis, and administrative data management rather than positions requiring on-site specimen or instrument handling.
How do you become a research data specialist?
Start with a bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, epidemiology, or social science. Build hands-on proficiency in at least one major statistical software package through coursework or independent projects. Gain practical experience through a research assistant position, internship, or volunteer role on an active study. Develop familiarity with data documentation standards and research ethics requirements, as most employers expect working knowledge of IRB protocols and data governance practices before hiring.
Can you get hired as a research data specialist with little experience?
Yes, entry-level research data specialist roles exist, particularly in academic and government settings that hire recent graduates. Candidates with limited formal experience should highlight coursework involving real datasets, any capstone or thesis project requiring data collection and cleaning, and familiarity with tools like REDCap or SPSS. Demonstrating that you understand the difference between raw data and analysis-ready data, and that you can document your steps, matters more than years on a resume at this level.
What does the research data specialist interview process look like?
Most hiring processes include an initial screening call with HR or a recruiter, followed by a technical interview where you walk through your data management experience in detail. Expect questions about how you've handled missing data, enforced variable coding standards, or caught errors during quality checks. Some employers include a short practical exercise, such as reviewing a messy dataset and describing how you would clean it. A final round typically involves meeting the broader research team.
Where can I find and apply to research data specialist jobs?
You can find and apply to research data specialist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your tools, domain experience, and preferred setting, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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