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Senior Research Scientist – Custom Solutions and Services

Senior Research Scientist – Custom Solutions and Services

CompanyFlatiron Health
LocationDurham, NC, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesMaster’s, PhD
Experience LevelSenior

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