Primary Market Research Junior Associate

Primary Market Research Junior Associate

Imagine if you had the skills, knowledge, and teammates to both understand the root of the world’s most pressing problems and build the technologies and companies best positioned to solve them.
RA Capital has done exactly that for more than two decades, backing bold ideas in medicines to further human health and now expanding into Planetary Health to improve how efficiently we utilize the world’s precious resources.

RA Capital is among the leading providers of capital and services to the most promising innovators in the world. We invest flexibly—seed to IPO and beyond, anywhere in the world—with $10 B+ under management and a culture that prizes curiosity, rigor, and collaborative debate. We are investors who not only fund companies but get elbow deep in building them. From helping them recruit talent to helping them recruit patients for their studies to helping match them to strategic partners and even going to Washington to win reforms, RA Capital’s large team has people with nearly every relevant expertise one might need to turn an idea into a cure that actually helps people.

If you live for first-principles problem-solving with great colleagues, thrive on complexity, and want to do meaningful work that ripples across industries and ecosystems, you’ll feel at home at RA Capital. Here, questions are welcomed, ideas are tested, and victories are shared. Even our lawyers are creative and engaging. And don’t get us started on our compliance team’s wicked sense of humor;

nothing about what we do is boring.

Are you ready to bring your creativity, discipline and collaborative spirit to help us invent the future? Join us and you’ll collaborate daily with investors, founders, physicians, biologists, engineers, economists, and reform advocates who think in systems and act with urgency.

Join us to invent a happier, healthier, more productive future - and have fun doing it.

We are seeking a Primary Market Research Associate (Junior Associate level) to join our Tech Atlas research team, with a strong focus on designing and executing primary market research (PMR) to generate proprietary insights that inform investment decisions across RA Capital’s healthcare portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of healthcare market research, data analysis, and AI-enabled workflows, and is ideal for individuals early in their careers who are eager to build expertise in evidence-based investing.

Candidates must be excited about incorporating AI into their day-to-day work to enhance research quality, efficiency, and scalability. RA Capital is looking for individuals who are proactive in experimenting with new tools, improving workflows, and contributing to an AI-forward research environment.

• Design and execute primary market research (PMR) studies, including survey and qualitative instrument development, screener logic, questionnaire design, and study flow.
• Own end-to-end research execution, from aligning on research objectives through fielding, vendor coordination, and final data delivery.
• Manage external research vendors, including scoping projects, evaluating proposals, monitoring timelines, and ensuring high-quality sample and data integrity.
• Conduct rigorous data quality control and validation to ensure reliability of primary research outputs.
• Analyze and synthesize research findings into clear, actionable insights that directly support investment decision-making.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Tech Atlas, Equity Research, Quantitative Research, and Ventures teams to translate investment theses into well-defined research questions.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance workflows, including survey design, data analysis, and insight generation; proactively identify opportunities for automation and efficiency gains.
• Develop clear and compelling deliverables, including visualizations and presentations that communicate insights effectively to internal stakeholders.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, biomedical sciences, public health, or related field; advanced degree (MS, MPH, or similar) is a plus.
• Strong scientific…