Scientific Advisor, Scientific Services, PCE

IQVIA™ is the leading human data science company focused on helping healthcare clients find unparalleled insights and better solutions for patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness the power of healthcare data, domain expertise, transformative technology, and advanced analytics to drive healthcare forward.

IQVIA provides scientific services spanning clinical trials, real world evidence, and consulting in all areas of the product lifecycle. The remit of the Patient-Centered Endpoints (PCE) solution team is to amplify the patient's story through innovative technology and world-class scientific services to improve fully understand disease and treatment experiences from the patients’ perspective. Our PCE solutions support clinical development and real-world evidence (RWE) requirements and span the development and commercial lifecycle, starting with early strategy development through results interpretation and dissemination.

The PCE Sciences team recruits motivated people with an interest and experience in at least one of our core scientific services: COA/PRO research, PPI Research, Qualitative analysis of patient-generated data, Statistical analysis of patient-generated data, Psychometrics, and Medical and Technical Writing.

As a Scientific Advisor, you should have relevant experience in applying our core scientific services in an RWE setting. Your primary role will be to support the project lead on client facing or internal projects which will allow the opportunity to participate in all phases of PCE Sciences projects, from design to final presentation. 

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

• Design, conduct and analysis of qualitative and/or quantitative RWE research studies, such as:
  • Implementation of COA/PRO in real-world settings/observational studies of comparative effectiveness, safety and cost
  • Qualitative interviews among a clinical practice population
  • PPI research, including stated and revealed preference studies
  • Observational studies for COA/PRO psychometric validation
• Communicating study findings to pharmaceutical and biotech clients
• Disseminating study findings in publications
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams

Other responsibilities include:

• Developing proposals/research plans to deliver insightful, value-added research in response to client needs
• Leveraging both primary and secondary data in the development of novel research objectives
• Applying and/or interpreting Classical or Modern Test Theory psychometric methods.
• Providing scientific advice to ensure that the patient’s story is appropriately captured and caveated in research activities
• Sharing subject matter expertise with others to help develop individuals and capabilities delivering world-class solutions for clients
• The scientific process of COA/PRO development
• The drug development lifecycle, including phases of development and regulations

Required Skills & Education

• Qualified candidates should ideally have at least 2 years of RWE experience or broader patient-centered research experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. public health, epidemiology, psychology, sociology, health economics); an advanced degree is highly preferred
• Training in COA/PRO, PPI and/or RWE methods
• Understanding of healthcare regulatory processes
• Excellent oral and written communication and confident presentation skills
• Fluent in the English language (written and spoken)
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients in a global and matrixed environment

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Making a positive impact on human health takes insight, curiosity, and intellectual courage. It takes brave minds, pushing the boundaries to transform healthcare. Regardless of your role, you will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and ultimately improve outcomes for patients.

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