Senior Research Associate - Epidemiology

Schedule

• Standard Monday-to-Friday work schedule.

Workplace

• The job data lists the role as remote in the United Kingdom.
• The description lists office environmental conditions.
• National and international travel may be expected.

Role overview

Duties

• Design and implement retrospective, prospective, and/or cross-sectional de novo data collection projects.
• Advise on scientific methodology and operational considerations for project design and conduct.
• Lead or coordinate draft protocols, analysis plans, case report forms, survey questions, and reports for senior review.
• Engage with sponsors, physicians, clinical sites, and other relevant contacts.
• Monitor project budget spend and scientific task and deliverable timelines.
• On some engagements, serve as Principal Investigator with final responsibility for budget, deliverables, and timelines.
• Develop abstracts and manuscripts; support proposals, sales-cycle activities, conferences, and presentations.
• Support mentoring, collaboration with clinical operations and data teams, training materials, and process improvement.
• Participate in client calls, answer questions about own work, and contribute to client and project strategy under senior direction.

Education and experience

• PhD in epidemiology or a closely related field, or MSc with 3–5 years of relevant experience, is required.
• Good understanding of epidemiologic methodology is required.
• Consultancy and/or CRO experience is highly desirable.
• De novo data collection field-project experience, particularly non-interventional designs, is preferred.
• Experience designing peri- or post-approval late-phase interventional projects is a plus, but is not required.

Professional skills

• Working knowledge of MS Office is required; knowledge of data-analysis software such as SAS, Stata, or R is a plus.
• Fluent spoken and written Mandarin Chinese is required.
• Effective written English is needed for scientific reports, presentations, emails, and other deliverables.
• The role calls for strong organization, time management, prioritization, decision-making, communication, interpersonal skills, and formal presentation experience.
• The role requires the ability to learn quickly, remain proactive, and adapt to project, budget, process, or client changes.

Consulting and team expectations