Head of Research

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Job description

Our client is a leader in real world data and research solutions for healthcare and life sciences. They have innovative data & technology solutions. The company is part of a global group and they work with primary and secondary care data from the UK, USA and increasingly focus on EU. Research is conducted primarily using retrospective datasets and some prospective PRO data capture.

The Head of Research sits inside the Delivery Team. The role has a remit including setting standards and best practice on data usage, owns and manages data applications whilst also owning data quality as part of leading an independent data function. The main objective of the Head of Research is the delivery and deployment of research projects, healthcare-related software and other products and services for the improvement of healthcare and access to medicines. The post holder will be part of the Senior Management Team.

Responsibilities

• The Head of Research will design and implement studies on healthcare data (eg HES, CPRD, NCRAS oncology datasets etc.) including study methodology, statistical methods, data science techniques
• Attend client meetings to scope research projects, translating client needs for delivery
• Develop relationships with clients.
• Own client requirements, documenting and working with the delivery team to ensure adherence to the project scope, research principles, compliance and regulatory obligations
• The Head of Research will own and maintain relationships with data custodians
• Compose executive summaries, manuscripts, abstracts, and other communication materials to a quality that is publishable in peer-reviewed journals, or presentable in international conferences
• The Head of Research will evaluate existing risks and prediction of potential problems in research projects
• Develop new research methodologies, data sources, research outputs for the current and targeted clients
• Scout new opportunities on the horizon alongside the commercial department.
• Validation of Analyst team outputs as well as post project reviews.
• Manage all stages of data access applications

Requirements

• Healthcare Analysis
• Knowledge of healthcare datasets, particularly in the UK (eg HES, CPRD, NCRAS, Oncology datasets etc.)
• Designing and delivery of research projects or creating technology and software in healthcare
• Statistical methodology and study design (eg inferential statistics, regression and modelling, demographics, prevalence and incidence etc.)
• Exposure data access applications including protocol writing, IRAS and ISAC applications
• Knowledge statistical techniques, especially in Microsoft Excel and other software such as R or Python
• Ideally Degree qualified (Epidemiology/Medical Statistics/Public Health or other degree involving numerical analysis and/or health research)

Desirable

• Working with clients in the pharmaceutical or medical device industry
• Health economics, health technology assessment
• Agile methodology and Business Transformation skills (Six Sigma, Lean processes)
• Machine Learning Techniques

Real Staffing, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy| Registered office | London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales