Senior Research Consultant

Senior Research Consultant, RWE, Health Outcomes

Oracle Life Sciences is seeking a qualified health outcomes researcher with a PhD to join our Health Outcomes Research team in the Real World Evidence Group. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the design, analysis, and publication of health outcome studies (e.g., patient survey studies, large database studies electronic health records, claims, etc.) and provide research consultation to both internal and external clients.

Our research helps life science companies develop products that improve people’s lives and well-being. Our blend of consulting, data analytics, and real-world research and evidence enables clients to understand patients, physicians, and payers, bring products to market quickly, navigate the regulatory pathway, and negotiate payer reimbursement and coverage.

Key Outcomes

• Be the Principal Investigator, lead the design and execution of health outcomes studies including writing research proposals, designing questionnaires, overseeing statistical analysis plan (SAP) development, overseeing data analysis, providing analytical interpretation, writing reports, and writing abstracts, posters, and manuscripts.
• Successfully lead engagements to ensure client satisfaction and ensure deliverables are sent on time and are of rigorous scientific quality.
• Support business development activities to identify opportunities, set appropriate pricing, and submit proposals.
• Mentor junior research staff.
• Attend and present at professional conferences.
• Be available for travel to support of all of the above responsibilities (~10%).

Capabilities

To succeed, you will need:

• At least 6 years total combined related work experience and completed higher education.
• At least 1 year work experience in life sciences consulting with proven ability to execute real-world research studies.
• At least 5 years additional work experience directly related to the duties of the job and/or completed higher education; preferred PharmD with health outcomes research, PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, epidemiology, health outcomes, or psychology (specifically, social psychology, behavioral science, experimental psychology).
• Experience in survey design and quantitative methods such as patient-reported outcome measurement development (e.g., Classic Test Theory and IRT knowledge) and/or patient preference studies (trade-off methods and DCE).
• Knowledge of and experience working with statistics including regression techniques (OLS, logistic regression, generalized linear models), mixed models (e.g., survival and longitudinal analysis), non-parametric approaches, and data reduction techniques (e.g., factor analysis, SEM).
• A strong publication history with multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts.
• Advanced ability to analyze data using SAS, SPSS, Stata, Mplus, and/or R.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to multitask several projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word.

Highly desirable to have:

• Experience using EHR and/or healthcare claims data.
• Familiarity with Python or other programming language.

Responsibilities

As an experienced professional, you will apply scientific, clinical, and healthcare knowledge to provide solutions that meet customer needs. As a member of the team, you will demonstrate expertise to deliver research studies, analysis, presentations, and reports on moderately complex customer engagements. This role involves introducing innovative research collection and analysis methodologies on external customer engagements with full autonomy, using specialized skills to interpret data/instructions, and applying relevant research techniques and methodologies with wide discretion. You will recommend and implement improvements in research techniques, possess solid knowledge in creating project and client-related research materials, and may lead solution design and implementation aspects of engagements, ensuring high-quality solutions are presented to the customer.

Qualifications & Benefits

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
• Short term disability and long term disability.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child).
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal.
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.

About Us

Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. With AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

Key skills/competency

• Research design
• Health outcomes
• Real-world evidence (RWE)
• Statistical analysis
• Patient-reported outcomes (PRO)
• Epidemiology
• Database studies
• Publication strategy
• Client consulting
• Mentorship