Senior Research Scientist – Custom Solutions and Services
Company | Flatiron Health |
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Location | Durham, NC, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Health Policy (or closely related field) with 7-8 years of relevant experience or a PhD with 4-5 years of relevant experience
- Deep understanding of observational data and a track record of success applying epidemiologic approaches to problems in the public health and/or pharmaceutical industry
- Consulting experience within the healthcare domain and skills at building and navigating client relationships
- Excellent communication skills, with experience drafting and developing complex, technical documentation and delivering presentations to scientific audiences
- Comfortable programming in R to conduct exploratory analysis and basic data cleaning to inform study design (or another programming language and are committed to developing your skill in R)
- Strong organizational, time-management, prioritization and decision-making skills necessary to evaluate, plan and implement multiple high-visibility projects in a timely fashion
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, constantly changing, diverse, and matrix environment
- Demonstrate agility and devise a path forward without having every detail
- Ability to quickly learn and apply new information, skills, and procedures
- Passionate about the mission to improve healthcare through technology
- Ability to deliver messages in a clear and concise way and articulate complex information to clients in an easy-to-digest format
Responsibilities
- Act as a principal investigator on client-facing RWE solutions engagements, accountable for the study design, analytics specification, conduct, and reporting of real-world oncology studies
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to devise proposals for RWE data, analytics, and consulting solutions for customer use cases across the oncology product lifecycle
- Engage with clients to drive demand and buy-in for study concepts by demonstrating a deep understanding of the strategic scientific context behind a customer’s asset, real-world data, and epidemiologic approaches
- Provide scientific oversight to study team co-investigators and programmers to produce high quality client-facing protocols and statistical analysis plans, ensure accurate implementation of analyses in accordance with study plans, and report valid and reliable results
- Have accountability over project scope, including identifying scope expansion and the need for amendments or additional project budget to complete additional research objectives requested by clients
- Drive repeat business with external stakeholders by fostering a collaborative, productive research environment and through successful delivery of scientifically rigorous study materials
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in oncology
- Experience with EHR-derived real-world data and/or claims data