location_onUnited States,
watch_later Posted: Jul 18, 2024
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Job Description
Job Description
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE II EVIDERA – PATIENT PREFERENCES
- We are looking to fill this role in N.A. as an office-based or 100% remote employee
Come join one of the largest in-house teams dedicated to preference elicitation and related decision analysis. Our work enables our clients to understand which endpoints are meaningful to patients and other stakeholders, how they trade-off across these endpoints, and the implications for both internal and external decisions. We specialize in the application of stated preference techniques, such as discrete choice experiment, best / worst scaling, swing weighting, and other forms of MCDA.
You would be joining a fast growing, successful team, operating at the cutting edge of the science of incorporating stakeholder preferences into health care decision making. We have created an innovative, collaborative culture, aimed at developing and sharing good practice in preference research, both internally and externally.
Position Overview
Independently completes basic project management tasks (financial management, timelines, client correspondence); requires senior supervision for more advanced and complex project management tasks (protocol and report development, statistical analysis). Assists with authorship of client deliverables. Plays an active role in all aspects of projects, including performing background reviews; designing elicitation instruments; analyzing preference data; constructing decision models; and reporting and dissemination.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities (other Duties May Be Assigned)
- Support with the writing of slide decks and reports for clients
- Attendance of some client meetings
- Perform research on various health technologies, including digging through trial data to get an understanding of the performance of treatments
- Assist with preparing patient preference studies and/or MCDAs.
- Extract and summarizes preference and performance data from scientific articles
- Quantitative data collection, including conducting or assisting experimental design, conducting, or assisting the development of statistical analysis plans; conducting or assisting statistical analysis.
- Independently prepares proposal drafts, protocol drafts, and reports/summaries. Can summarize quantitative and qualitative analysis results for project deliverables.
- Conducts literature reviews and oversees tabling of data from articles.
- Responsible for data collection, especially qualitative data including conducting cognitive interviews and co-moderating or moderating focus groups.
- Oversees data management, including data entry and review.
- Conducts data analysis, including preparing qualitative code book, performing and overseeing coding, and reviewing quantitative data tables.
- Maintains familiarity with current scientific literature. May co-author presentations for scientific conferences and manuscripts for scientific journals.
Project Management
- Oversees and conducts site recruitment, site management, site training, and data management.
- Efficiently delegates and communicates within/outside of project team, and communicates regularly with senior project team members (i.e. principal investigator) about project tasks. Responsible for overseeing the project budget, routinely checking PDR and milestone reports, approving, and tracking subcontractor and possibly client invoices, and maintaining the project checkbook.
- Able to track timelines and keep project team informed to complete work within the expected timeframe.
- Communicates regularly with senior project team members (i.e. principal investigator) about project budget and timelines
- Oversees and conducts IRB submission procedures, electronic and paper filing, SOP requirements, business office practices, etc.
- Travel 10-30 % of the time.
Financial Business Development
- Able to communicate effectively with clients.
- No specific proposal writing goal for this level, though individuals may choose to work on selected proposals if interested
Job Qualification
Education, Professional Skills Experience
- MA/MS/More than two years of experience (or equivalent thereof in outcomes research/clinical trial execution/human subject’s research)
- BA/BS/More than three years of experience (or equivalent thereof in outcomes research/ clinical trial execution/human subject’s research)
- Experience with STATA, SAS, MATLAB or R
- Basic understanding of preference elicitation techniques, such as discrete choice experiments (DCE), best-worst scaling (BWS), or swing weighting
- Practical experience in decision modelling
- Proficient with MS Excel
- MS Word and PowerPoint for entry
Personal Skills Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Collaborative team member, capable of efficient multi-tasking
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Drive and ambition to succeed in a consultancy
- Confident, comfortable in taking initiative and an ability to work without close supervision
- The ability and desire to learn quickly, be it methodological or industry developments
Working Environment
- PPD values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:
- Able to communicate, receive and understand information ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
- Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
- Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
- Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
- May require travel.
Who we are?
Evidera is a business within Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) a leading global contract research organization (CRO), and is a preeminent provider of evidence-based solutions. We provide integrated scientific expertise and global operational capabilities to help clients generate the evidence needed to optimize the market access and commercial potential of products.
What we offer?
We know that if you are provided with the right support and resources needed you will thrive! Therefore, Evidera offers a great mix of compensation and benefits options to show you how valuable you are to the organization.
Some Of Our Perks Include
- Highly competitive salary and bonus structure
- Generous benefits package , including healthcare, dental, vision and paid time off to spent with your friends and family
- Flexible working environment by offering fully remote work for most of our positions, to support work-life balance
- Clear opportunities for growth and career progression. We offer multiple Learning Development programs, coaching and mentoring trainings, career planning and discussions to help you grow as a professional.
- Access to Employee Well-being programs and services. We value your emotional health and offer a variety of programs to support your mental healthcare.
- Collaborative working environment with focus on Diversity and Inclusion . At Evidera, we respect one another and recognize that our diversity makes our business stronger. We strive to be an inclusive organization where colleagues can be their authentic selves and grow their careers.
- Global exposure : Opportunity to work on multiple projects with some of the industry’s leading researchers around the globe.
- Smooth onboarding process with your own dedicated onboarding specialist and a working buddy to help you navigate through your first few weeks thus ensuring great start to your new role.
Our 4i Values
Our 4i Values are critical components in accomplishing our mission. These values guide us and, ultimately, define us.
Integrity – Innovation – Intensity – Involvement
If you resonate with them and wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, submit your application – we’d love to hear from you!*
only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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