Pharmaceutical Insights Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $140/hr

mercor; France; Remote; EUR 142,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. A Healthcare Survey Research & Pharma Insights Expert is sought for a remote contract to design and refine physician and patient survey instruments in pharma research.

Role requires 3+ years in healthcare research, hands-on survey development with physicians/patients, and proficiency in survey platforms (Qualtrics, Forsta, Alchemer, SurveyMonkey). Remote work with fast-paced collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, life-sciences, or medically focused research.
• Hands-on experience developing or fielding surveys involving physicians, patients, HCPs, or other healthcare stakeholders.
• Strong command of questionnaire design and survey methodology.
• Understanding of physician research considerations such as speciality screening and clinical terminology.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Qualtrics, Decipher/Forsta, Alchemer, SurveyMonkey.

Responsibilities

• Design, review, and refine physician and patient survey instruments for pharmaceutical and healthcare research.
• Translate research objectives into clear, methodologically sound questionnaires.
• Evaluate screeners, eligibility criteria, question wording, response scales, survey flow, branching/skip logic, and overall instrument structure.
• Collaborate with therapeutic-area specialists to ensure questions are clinically accurate and appropriately framed.
• Provide clear written explanations and actionable recommendations for survey improvements.
• Work independently and asynchronously to ensure high-quality survey outputs.

Skills

Survey design

Questionnaire development

Healthcare research

Qualtrics

Decipher/Forsta

Alchemer

SurveyMonkey

Tools

Qualtrics

Decipher/Forsta

Alchemer

SurveyMonkey

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Healthcare Survey Research & Pharma Insights Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $140/hour Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Design, review, and refine physician and patient survey instruments for pharmaceutical and healthcare research.
• Translate research objectives into clear, methodologically sound questionnaires.
• Evaluate screeners, eligibility criteria, question wording, response scales, survey flow, branching/skip logic, and overall instrument structure.
• Collaborate with therapeutic-area specialists to ensure questions are clinically accurate and appropriately framed.
• Provide clear written explanations and actionable recommendations for survey improvements.
• Work independently and asynchronously to ensure high-quality survey outputs.

Qualifications Must-Have

• 3+ years of professional experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, life-sciences, or medically focused research .
• Hands–on experience developing or fielding surveys involving physicians, patients, HCPs, or other healthcare stakeholders .
• Strong command of questionnaire design and survey methodology.
• Understanding of physician research considerations such as speciality screening and clinical terminology.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Qualtrics , Decipher/Forsta , Alchemer , SurveyMonkey .

Therapeutic‑Area Experience

• Expertise in Oncology — particularly prostate cancer .
• Expertise in Gastroenterology — particularly ulcerative colitis / inflammatory bowel disease .
• Expertise in Neurology — particularly migraine and headache disorders .
• Expertise in Pulmonology / Respiratory Medicine — particularly COPD .

Particularly Strong Profiles

• Ability to cover both sides of the review process with expertise in healthcare survey methodology and therapeutic‑area knowledge.