Associate, Junior Analyst, AI Strategy and Innovation at American College of Cardiology Foundation

Associate, Junior Analyst, Ai Strategy And Innovation

Working under the guidance of ACC senior managers and executives, the analyst will help assess how artificial intelligence is reshaping clinical decision support, medical education, guideline development, registry analytics, research infrastructure, and cardiovascular business models. The role will support work across ACC's AI strategy, revenue security, innovation, and product development efforts, with particular attention to how ACC can protect its institutional authority as a trusted source of cardiovascular knowledge while also creating new tools, services, partnerships, and businesses that respond to emerging market needs. This is a strategy-and-analysis role rather than a technical engineering position, but the successful candidate should be comfortable learning enough about AI systems, data products, and clinical workflows to communicate clearly with executives, physicians, technologists, and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Research emerging trends in AI, medicine, cardiology, digital health, clinical decision support, and health care data markets.
• Track competitive developments involving medical AI companies, large language models, clinical knowledge platforms, registry-based analytics, and AI-enabled education or certification products.
• Prepare concise written briefs, memos, slide content, and background materials for senior leadership, task forces, committees, and Board-level discussions.
• Support analysis of potential ACC product and business opportunities, including registry-enabled research tools, AI-assisted clinical knowledge products, education offerings, certification pathways, and industry-facing data services.
• Help document use cases, market needs, customer segments, risks, dependencies, and implementation considerations for proposed AI and innovation initiatives.
• Assist with stakeholder interviews, market scans, competitive landscaping, and synthesis of input from physicians, staff, consultants, technology partners, and external experts.
• Translate complex technical or strategic concepts into clear, executive-ready language.
• Maintain organized research files, issue trackers, decision logs, and briefing materials to support ongoing strategy development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as economics, public policy, biology, health policy, data science, business, computer science, philosophy, or a related discipline.
• Excellent writing, synthesis, and analytical skills.
• Strong intellectual curiosity about artificial intelligence, health care, medicine, technology, and business strategy.
• Ability to work with ambiguity, learn quickly, and turn loosely defined questions into structured analysis.
• Comfort reading technical, clinical, market, and policy materials, even when the subject matter is unfamiliar.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and professionalism when working on confidential strategic initiatives.
• Facility with PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and basic research tools; experience with AI tools, data analysis, or health care research is helpful but not required.

At the American College of Cardiology, we bring our hearts to work. We are a 500-person organization dedicated and committed to our mission to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health for all for more than 75 years. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that envisions a world where science, innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care and outcomes.

Every day, we are committed to supporting our more than 60,000 members and their patients around the globe and in doing so, ensure our staff have a positive environment of teamwork, collaboration, professionalism and excellence. To learn more about why ACC has been recognized as a great place to work, please visit our site.

ACC values all members of our College family, including ACC staff. As the foundation of the organization, ACC staff enjoy world-class benefits and a culture of work-life balance. Our benefit offerings include insurance, generous paid time off, tuition assistance and a very competitive retirement contribution after a year of service, and much more! You can visit our careers site for an overview of our full offerings. Please note that these offerings may change at any time.

ACC believes in fair and equitable pay. Multiple factors are taken into consideration when we determine what salary to offer a selected candidate. These factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, as well as internal equity, market, and business considerations. Our salary ranges differ based on the cost of labor in the local market where the job will be performed. The salary ranges for will vary based on the local labor market; ACC's Recruitment Team will be able to provide more information to candidates during initial discussions.

EEOC: ACC is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all candidates and employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and veterans. ACC is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact Katie Sarreal, HR Business Partner at ksarreal@acc.org or (202)375-6351.

Salary Range: 68,000-75,000