Associate​/Associate Consultant, Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Strategy Consulting, Patient

About the Team:

At IQVIA, our Patient Centered Solutions (PCS) team is dedicated to integrating the patient voice into medical research and development. Our scientific consulting services group conducts qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies to better understand the patient, clinician, or caregiver experience. Projects range in size, type, and across multiple disease areas, and include survey development, modification, and validation to support medical product development;

strategic consulting for regulatory needs; exploratory analyses of existing data; literature review and gap analysis; and non-interventional studies with conceptualization, primary data collection, analysis, interpretation/synthesis, and dissemination phases. You'll enjoy a rewarding career in a collaborative, multicultural environment that values growth and development.

Join IQVIA as an Associate Consultant and play a key role in supporting primary literature reviews, data collection efforts, and analysis/reporting of quantitative or qualitative data. Your expertise will support customers in life science and population health markets with patient reported outcome (PRO) and other clinical outcome assessment (COA) solutions, and will directly influence the success of clinical trials and patient-centered, observational studies.

This is an entry-level role, but you will receive the training, mentorship, and experience needed to advance in a research career track.

• Learn about survey research methods and qualitative and quantitative methods in healthcare research and assist scientific team members in conducting research projects to better understand how disease and treatment affects patients
• Supports and assists research teams with study design, literature reviews, development of study materials, data management and analysis, and quality assurance
• Conducts thorough, detailed review of survey materials to detect and document deviations from source content and copy edits documents for formatting, accuracy, and other typographical errors
• Prepares and edits presentations (PowerPoint slides) and spreadsheets (Excel files)
• Supports basic project management activities, including facilitating meeting arrangements and minute‑taking, maintaining and communicating project timelines, and assisting with document management/filing
• Works well independently while also working in diverse, cross-functional teams

Master’s degree plus relevant experience in a related field including Psychology, Epidemiology, Sociology, Economics, Statistics, Public Health, or other social science-related field

Experience in survey research/measurement, quantitative research methods, and literature search methods preferred. Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); experience with bibliographic software, such as Zotero

Fluency in English and no travel requirements (conference travel possible)

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

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IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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