Research Assoc I - Evidera, Patient Preference

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future.

Location/Division Specific Information

Evidera's Patient-Centered Research (PCR) group combines a unique portfolio of scientific fields, including health sciences, psychometrics, epidemiology, psychology, and other. Our work has helped identify and clarify unmet clinical needs, assess burden of illness and evaluate patient outcomes, preference and/or adherence, while supporting promotional and labeling claims on a global scale

Position Overview:

The Research Associate I will play an active role in supporting all aspects of patient preference research projects. As part of the patient preference team, you will participate to progress and operationalize good practice in the elicitation and incorporation of preferences into health-care decision making.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):

• Performing background and literature reviews

• Assisting development of preference elicitation instruments

• Interviewing patients and physicians

• Analysing qualitative data using appropriate software

• User acceptance testing of data collection instruments (e.g. patient preference surveys)

• Supporting development of client deliverables such as slide decks and reports

• Communication with and management of vendors and research partners such as clinical sites and patient advocacy groups

• Attending client meetings and workshops

Education, Professional Skills & Experience:

• Master's Degree in a quantitative discipline and at least one year of relevant job experience;

• Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative discipline and at least 2-3 years of relevant job experience

• Experience with primary data collection from patients (qualitative or quantitative)

• Understanding of preference elicitation techniques, such as discrete choice experiments (DCE), best-worst scaling (BWS), or MCDA swing weighting

Personal Skills & Competencies:

• Proficient with MS Office software (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

• Ideally experience with a statistical programming language such as STATA, SAS, MATLAB or R (preferred but not required)

• Ideally experience with ATLAS.ti (preferred but not required)

• 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

• Attention to detail

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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