Senior Psychometrician—Lead Outcomes & Regulatory Analytics

RTI International; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RTI Health Solutions seeks a Senior Psychometrician to join the Patient-Centered Outcomes Assessment (PCOA) team. The role involves strategic leadership on psychometric methods, study design, regulatory strategy, and communication with clients across healthcare research projects.

The candidate will design and conduct traditional and modern psychometric analyses, interpret evidence for regulatory interactions, and contribute to proposals and growth initiatives within the PCOA practice.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in quantitative psychology, statistics, biostatistics, or related field with at least 10 years of directly related experience, or a PhD and a minimum of 5 years of directly related experience.
• Extensive experience independently preparing psychometric analysis plans and reports of clinical outcome assessments for regulatory review.
• Proficiency in SAS and/or R programming (expertise in both strongly preferred), with experience using latent variable and psychometric modeling software packages.
• Experience in psychometric evaluation of outcome measures including classical methods, factor analysis, and Rasch/IRT.
• Experience implementing hierarchical linear modeling, repeated measures models, mixture models.
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently and as team leader.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Experience supporting regulatory submissions and interactions with health authorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic scientific leadership on psychometric and outcomes research programs, including design, endpoints, regulatory strategy, interpretation of evidence, and client decision-making.
• Design, oversee, and conduct classical and modern psychometric analyses to support development, evaluation, and regulatory acceptance of clinical outcome assessments.
• Analyze, interpret, and clearly communicate psychometric results to clients within deadlines.
• Produce high-quality psychometric analysis plans, technical reports, and manuscripts.
• Lead and contribute to proposals, thought leadership initiatives, methodological innovation, and business development for the PCOA practice.
• Communicate effectively with clients and team members via email, phone, and in person.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Leadership

Independent work

Regulatory interactions

Excellent communication

Education

Master’s degree in quantitative psychology or related field

PhD in related field

Tools

SAS

R programming

Latent variable modeling

Rasch Measurement / IRT

Job description

RTI Health Solutions seeks a Senior Psychometrician to join the Patient-Centered Outcomes Assessment (PCOA) team. The role involves strategic leadership on psychometric methods, study design, regulatory strategy, and communication with clients across healthcare research projects.

The candidate will design and conduct traditional and modern psychometric analyses, interpret evidence for regulatory interactions, and contribute to proposals and growth initiatives within the PCOA practice.