Research Associate (Remote)

M3USA•Fort Washington, PA

5h•Remote

About The Position

M3 USA is a leader in healthcare innovation, providing digital solutions across various sectors including healthcare, life sciences, and pharmaceuticals. Established in 2000, the company has grown significantly by leveraging the internet to foster a healthier world and more efficient healthcare systems. M3 USA operates trusted digital platforms that connect physician communities globally, supporting medical education, job placement, and market research. The company offers a dynamic and innovative work environment where employees contribute to global health advancements and shape the future of healthcare. This Research Associate position is with Michael Allen Company, a Healthcare management consulting firm based in Darien, CT. Michael Allen Company specializes in helping clients achieve growth by enhancing market and customer insight, with a forty-year history of success. The firm offers unique analytic capabilities, experienced Consultants, and customized approaches to each engagement. Their areas of expertise include pipeline product planning, growth management, marketing and sales effectiveness, resource allocation, and growth strategy development for global healthcare firms, including traditional pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, and medical product manufacturers. Consultants at Michael Allen Company utilize extensive industry data to develop innovative commercial strategies that optimize resource efficiency and the effectiveness of efforts for products and services that improve, extend, or save lives.

Requirements

Master’s degree in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, economics, mathematics, engineering, operations research, health informatics or related quantitative field from an elite institution, including Ivy League institutions, with a strong academic record.
Demonstrated analytical skills—understands the advantages and limits of different analytical approaches and studies and their findings including regression, significance testing, clustering algorithms and modeling techniques.
Strong analytic and quantitative reasoning and enjoy problem solving.
Exposure to healthcare, econometric or statistical large scale data set management and analytics in classroom or internship setting.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively - both verbally and in writing.
Ability to work well on teams demonstrating leadership qualities.
Ability to handle multiple commitments and frequent deadlines.
Capable of collaborating with client teams members from varied functional areas including market research, business analytics, marketing and market science.
Proficiency in MS Office products.
Experience developing Excel-based spreadsheets with macros and visual basic.

Nice To Haves

Relevant work experience as a teaching or research assistant while pursuing an advanced degree or during summer internships.
Familiarity with healthcare industry stakeholders, issues and events.
Genuine passion for applying innovative analytics to solve real-world business problems.
Experience with statistical packages is highly desired, e.g., SPSS, SAS, R, or STATA.
Exposure to Big Data and Business Intelligence tools e.g., SQL, Vertica, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Tableau; with fundamental understanding of data management principles and programming experience.

Responsibilities

With clear guidance identify and acquire project data.
Build datasets from secondary sources and/or primary research for project-specific modeling including cleaning, restructuring and validating data.
Primary research projects include instrument design, survey QC and testing, as well as analysis and reporting.
Conduct prescribed analysis accurately.
Identify potentially meaningful findings and significant insights from analysis.
Fill data holes as needed to support conclusions.
Prepare simple charts, graphs and supporting report materials for assigned project areas, write key findings.
Summarize findings clearly and contribute to internal discussions.
Identify ways to work more efficiently.
Abide by firm operating procedures and client policy requirements including pharmacovigilance.
Work both independently and as part of a project team to deliver high quality, error-free work in an efficient manner.
Report to Consultants, Managing Consultants and/or Executives during the course of an engagement.
Work simultaneously on multiple client engagements, demonstrating solid project management skills.