Senior Research Scientist

Do you consider yourself a self-starter with a real passion for projects involving innovative methods in evidence synthesis? Do you love collaborating, moving the ball forward and rolling up your sleeves? We are growing and seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join our team.

This is a fully remote position, but qualified job seekers must reside in the United States (East Coast strongly preferred).

Our culture is similar to that of a start-up, but in a well-funded established global portfolio organization. We pride ourselves on being leaders with vision in our field! Below are some examples of recent work we have published as part of our efforts to support our clients:

• Cope S, Chan K, Campbell H, et al. A Comparison of Alternative Network Meta-Analysis Methods in the Presence of Nonproportional Hazards: A Case Study in First-Line Advanced or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Value in Health. 2023; Article in Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2022.11.017
• Black C, Keeping S, Mojebi A, et al. Correlation Between Early Time-to-Event Outcomes and Overall Survival in Patients with Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Receiving Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontier in Oncology. 2022;12:868490. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.868490
• Ayers D, Cope S, Towle K, Mojebi A, Marshall T, Dhanda D. Structured expert elicitation to inform long-term survival extrapolations using alternative parametric distributions: a case study of CAR T therapy for relapsed/ refractory multiple myeloma. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2022;22(1):272. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01745-z

We are looking for someone who:

• Demonstrates understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, medical affairs, and requirements for health technology assessment
• Has sufficient understanding of relevant methods to be able to oversee systematic literature reviews (e.g., clinical, economic, and/or health-related quality of life) and/or quantitative evidence synthesis studies
• Can identify considerations relevant to the synthesis of available evidence and communicate these within deliverables (e.g., feasibility assessments and technical reports)

What you can expect day to day:

• Developing client-ready deliverables including protocols, statistical analysis plans, technical reports, and slides
• Contributing to short-term resourcing discussions
• Managing the delivery of components of projects by collaborating with other staff members to ensure high quality outputs
• Helping ensure timely delivery and financial performance of projects or project subcomponents; estimating required hours and identifying challenges early on and communicating any changes as well as viable solutions to project leads if necessary
• Reviewing update slides/minutes and actions for overall study and viewed by clients as independent researcher for specific study or component(s)
• Leading client calls and responding to emails, inviting input from senior team members with methodological/subject matter expertise where appropriate
• Creating development plans and acting as a mentor for direct reports
• Contributing to development of proposals and presentations under guidance of more senior team members with methodological/subject matter expertise
• Participating in meetings related to new business, including concept ideation

Requisite experience and qualifications:

• 4 to 6 years’ experience in health economics and outcomes research
• Master’s degree in a subject related to health services research e.g., health economics, public policy, health policy, epidemiology, biostatistics, or public health, or science (biology/biochemistry etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Who We Are:

For today’s innovators of tomorrow’s cures, Precision AQ has the results-driven scientists, strategists and solutions our clients need to go from promises to proof, and evidence to access. We provide our clients with unified health economics and outcomes research, global pricing, access strategy and analytics, payer and physician pull-through, and data management. We have locations across the US, as well as in Vancouver, BC and London, England.