Director Real World Evidence

Precision AQ

4h•Remote

About The Position

Our Real World Evidence team is hiring a Director to lead teams of research professionals conducting client studies in the pharmacy and biotech space; operating as a thought leader, problem solver and consultative expert. You are an experienced health economics and outcomes research consultant who has experience leveraging a broad range of datasets and data types to answer key research questions for pharmacy and biotech clients; including studies involving primary data collection, including patient/provider surveys, discrete choice experiments, and other methods of gathering and synthesizing stakeholder insights. You oversee observational and retrospective data analyses and can clearly explain the rationale, methods/results, and strategy for studies to project teams, clients, and external stakeholders. You understand strengths and limitations of alternative approaches and propose applications/solutions of new or existing methods tailored to a specific research question. As a Director reporting into a Vice President at PRECISIONAQ, you will be overseeing multiple projects comprised of cross functional staff; serving as the project manager and primary client contact on the project. As a project manager, you will be responsible for ensuring overall quality; develop recommendations based on expected impact; communicate risks and opportunities to ensure staff alignment; and assume the role of final decision maker able to overturn decisions and take accountability for outcomes. You will be accountable for timely delivery and financial performance across projects. You will review and sign off on deliverables as client ready including protocols, statistical analysis plans, technical reports, and slides as well as identify necessary deviations from templates to ensure content aligns with objectives. As a client manager, you will provide final sign-off on update slides/minutes and actions for overall study; own relationships with clients and be viewed as subject matter expert. You will act as advisor on client calls and in responses to emails as well as proactively manage client expectations and work with team members to implement strategies to problem solve on a client or project-basis. In addition to research project responsibilities, Directors will be involved in business development, participating in sales calls, leading study conceptualization, and drafting proposals for clients. Directors will also have line management responsibilities which include ensuring appropriate staffing and creating development plans for their direct reports.

Requirements

8-10 years of experience, at least four in a consulting environment
Master’s degree in a subject related to health services research e.g., health economics, public policy, health policy, epidemiology, biostatistics, or public health
Ability to work effectively individually and as part of a diverse team
Awareness and understanding of financial performance on projects
Ability to line-manage and mentor direct reports and ensure positive staff wellbeing/team dynamic

Nice To Haves

PhD in a subject related to health services research e.g., health economics, public policy, health policy, epidemiology, biostatistics, or public health
Willingness and desire to learn and share knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Office
Pays attention to detail and performs quality checks of own work and that of others
Exceptional organizational and time management skills
Highly developed reasoning and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

Lead teams of research professionals conducting client studies in the pharmacy and biotech space
Operate as a thought leader, problem solver and consultative expert
Oversee observational and retrospective data analyses
Clearly explain the rationale, methods/results, and strategy for studies to project teams, clients, and external stakeholders
Oversee multiple projects comprised of cross functional staff
Serve as the project manager and primary client contact on the project
Ensure overall quality of projects
Develop recommendations based on expected impact
Communicate risks and opportunities to ensure staff alignment
Assume the role of final decision maker able to overturn decisions and take accountability for outcomes
Be accountable for timely delivery and financial performance across projects
Review and sign off on deliverables as client ready including protocols, statistical analysis plans, technical reports, and slides
Identify necessary deviations from templates to ensure content aligns with objectives
Provide final sign-off on update slides/minutes and actions for overall study
Own relationships with clients and be viewed as subject matter expert
Act as advisor on client calls and in responses to emails
Proactively manage client expectations and work with team members to implement strategies to problem solve on a client or project-basis
Be involved in business development, participating in sales calls, leading study conceptualization, and drafting proposals for clients
Have line management responsibilities which include ensuring appropriate staffing and creating development plans for their direct reports