Associate Research Economist; Remotely

About the Hiring Group

RTI Health Solutions (RTI-HS), a wholly owned subsidiary of RTI International, is an independent and internationally recognized research organization. We provide healthcare consulting and research expertise to optimize decision-making for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device products across the development and marketing life cycle. Clients rely on our expertise, quality standards, and integrity to guide their product development and regulatory and market access strategies.

Our service groupings include Value, Access, and HEOR;
Patient-Centered and Outcomes Research;
Epidemiology and Biostatistics;
Medical Communications;
Global Business Operations; and Strategic Consulting and Growth. RTI-HS has office locations in the US, UK, Spain, France, and Sweden.

We are currently seeking an Associate Research Economist to join the Health Preference Assessment (HPA) program. HPA has a reputation for conducting high‑quality preference research in a collegial working environment. The HPA Group specializes in developing surveys to elicit and quantify preferences of patients, physicians, and other health‑care stakeholders for features and outcomes of medical and pharmaceutical interventions using rigorous stated‑preference methods.

HPA studies apply discrete‑choice experiments, threshold technique, best‑worst scaling, contingent behavior, and contingent‑valuation methods. HPA staff members are internationally recognized thought leaders in this research area, and their work is published in high‑level clinical and health‑economic journals.

In this role, you will assist senior researchers and project managers in all aspects of study design and implementation as part of a research team. Specific responsibilities will include assisting with:

• Designing, pretesting, and fielding stated‑preference surveys
• Constructing data sets for model estimation
• Analyzing data using advanced limited‑dependent‑variable econometric methods
• Writing reports and manuscripts
• Preparing presentations

You will be encouraged to contribute research ideas and solutions to conceptual and analytical problems. Significant contributions will earn co‑authorship on conference presentations and publications in scientific journals.

Please include a cover letter highlighting your analytical capabilities as they relate to the Associate Research Economist role.

• Bachelor’s degree in economics or a related field
• Demonstrated aptitude and experience in empirical research and econometrics
• Proficiency in statistical software packages such as SAS, Stata, Gauss and/or R
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability to write clearly and concisely
• Demonstrated aptitude for independent thinking and team collaboration

As a global employer of choice, RTI is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace and the communities and markets where we serve our mission. We value diversity of thought, culture, background and perspective and welcome applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, creed, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws or RTI policy.

We are 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, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further information is available here.

RTI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach and one that integrates expertise across the social and laboratory sciences, engineering, and international development. We believe in the promise of science, and we are inspired every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses…