Associate Director, Evidence Generation

Summary

Join PRECISIONheor's Evidence Generation team as an Associate Director, leading mixed-methods research studies in the pharmacy and biotech industries. You will oversee multiple projects, manage client relationships, and lead the development of research studies grounded in social sciences, health economics, and epidemiology. Responsibilities include managing project budgets and timelines, performing data collection and analysis, and presenting findings to clients and at scientific conferences. The role requires strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills, along with experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods. You will also contribute to business development and line management. This position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Requirements

• 6-8 years of experience, at least one in a consulting environment
• Master’s degree in a subject related to health services research e.g., health economics, public policy, health policy, epidemiology, biostatistics, public health or related discipline
• Demonstrated proficiency in discrete choice experiments and preference elicitation and qualitative research methods (grounded theory, phenomenology, narrative analysis) including proficiency in qualitative data management and analysis platforms (e.g. Dedoose, NVivo)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively individually and as part of a diverse team
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Willingness and desire to learn and share knowledge
• Awareness and understanding of financial performance on projects
• Ability to line-manage and mentor direct reports and to ensure positive staff wellbeing/team dynamic
• Established record of relevant peer-viewed publications and congress presentations

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage activities to facilitate evidence generation of data from multiple types of stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem: patients, caregivers, providers, payers and policy makers
• Activities you oversee and/or perform include literature reviews, conceptual frameworks, develop codebooks, oversee inter-rater reliability, data synthesis and interpretation, and deliverable creation
• Implement appropriate research plans and methodologies while directly or jointly managing project teams conducting the research, planning, technical assistance, and training
• As a project manager, you also handle project budgets, timelines and client communications
• Anticipate and identify considerations relevant to the implementation of various methodological approaches, including potential facilitators of and barriers to successful project and task execution
• Perform analyses independently and are comfortable making recommendations to the client and team members on study direction
• Be comfortable presenting to and interacting with clients across functions
• As an Associate Director on the Evidence Generation team at PRECISIONheor, you will be overseeing multiple projects comprising cross functional staff, serving as the project leader and primary client contact on the project
• Manage the delivery of components of projects by collaborating with other staff members to ensure high quality outputs and client ready deliverables
• As a researcher, you will lead the development of multiple research studies grounded in the social sciences, health economics, health policy, and/or epidemiological research studies
• This will  include identifying and selecting appropriate study design, sources of data, and methodological approaches;  develop analysis plans, performing data collection including in person and web-based interviews and focus groups with a spectrum of individuals in the healthcare ecosystem including patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, policymakers and academic experts
• Perform analyses and ensure high quality outputs resulting in publication in scientific journals and or presentation at scientific conferences
• As a project leader, you will help ensure timely delivery and sound financial performance of projects or project subcomponents; estimate required hours for tasks and project team members, identify challenges early-on and communicate any changes as well as possible solutions to the project lead if necessary
• As a client manager, you will pro-actively manage client expectations and be able to clearly explain study rationale, methods/results, and strategy for the approach to clients as well as project team members and other internal and external stakeholders
• Be viewed by clients as the overall project leader or independent researcher for specific study or component(s)
• Lead client calls and respond to emails, inviting input from senior team members with methodological/subject matter expertise where appropriate
• As an Associate Director, you will be involved in business development, participating in sales calls and contributing to proposal ideation and development for clients
• Have line management responsibilities which include ensuring appropriate staffing and creating development plans for your direct reports

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in a subject related to health services research e.g., medical anthropology or sociology, psychology, health economics, public policy, health policy, epidemiology, biostatistics, or public health
• Previous exposure to and understanding of comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and economic modeling studies

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement savings benefits
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Parental leave
• Paid time off for sick leave and vacation
• Discretionary annual bonus