Senior Research Scientist (RWE) - Custom Solutions and Services

Flatiron Health; North East; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in cancer care is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to drive impactful research through real-world data analysis. The role blends scientific oversight with client engagement, requiring a deep understanding of epidemiology and a passion for improving patient outcomes. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in healthcare consulting, data analysis, and effective communication, contributing to advancing oncology projects in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Epidemiology or related field with relevant experience.
• Experience in consulting within the healthcare domain.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead client-facing real-world evidence studies as principal investigator.
• Collaborate to drive demand for study concepts in oncology.
• Ensure scientific oversight and deliver high-quality study results.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Client relationship management

Education

Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or related field

PhD in relevant field

Tools

R programming

Statistical analysis

Job description

Reimagine the infrastructure of cancer care within a community that values integrity, inspires growth, and is uniquely positioned to create a more modern, connected oncology ecosystem.

We’re looking for a Senior Research Scientist to help us accomplish our mission to improve lives by learning from the experience of every cancer patient. Are you ready to be the next changemaker in cancer care?

What You'll Do

In this role, you will work as a member of the Research Sciences (RS) department, primarily supporting the Custom Solutions and Services (CSS) team within the Client Solutions organization. This team provides customized real-world data and real-world evidence solutions to address the most important research questions across clinical development, market access, and commercial use cases for our life sciences partners.

As part of CSS, you will:

• Act as a principal investigator on client-facing RWE solutions engagements, accountable for the study design, analytics specification, conduct, and reporting of real-world oncology studies
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to devise proposals for RWE data, analytics, and consulting solutions for customer use cases across the oncology product lifecycle
• Engage with clients to drive demand and buy-in for study concepts by demonstrating a deep understanding of the strategic scientific context behind a customers asset, real-world data, and epidemiologic approaches
• Provide scientific oversight to study team co-investigators and programmers to produce high quality client-facing protocols and statistical analysis plans, ensure accurate implementation of analyses in accordance with study plans, and report valid and reliable results
• Have accountability over project scope, including identifying scope expansion and the need for amendments or additional project budget to complete additional research objectives requested by clients
• Drive repeat business with external stakeholders by fostering a collaborative, productive research environment and though successful delivery of scientifically rigorous study materials

Who You Are

You're a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver who values the opportunity to think beyond the way things are. In addition, you’re an analytical thinker and excellent communicator with experience or interest in designing studies and analyzing real-world data (e.g., healthcare claims or electronic health records). You are excited by the prospect of rolling up your sleeves to tackle meaningful problems each and every day.

• You hold a Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Health Policy (or closely related field) with 7-8 years of relevant experience or a PhD with 4-5 years of relevant experience.
• You have a deep understanding of observational data and have a track record of success applying epidemiologic approaches to problems in the public health and/or pharmaceutical industry
• You have consulting experience within the healthcare domain and are skilled at building and navigating client relationships
• You are an excellent communicator, with experience drafting and developing complex, technical documentation and delivering presentations to scientific audiences
• You are comfortable programming in R to conduct exploratory analysis and basic data cleaning to inform study design (or another programming language and are committed to developing your skill in R)
• You have strong organizational, time-management, prioritization and decision-making skills necessary to evaluate, plan and implement multiple high-visibility projects in a timely fashion
• You have the ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, constantly changing, diverse, and matrix environment
• You can demonstrate agility and devise a path forward without having every detail
• You are able to quickly learn and apply new information, skills, and procedures
• You are passionate about our mission to improve healthcare through technology
• You can deliver messages in a clear and concise way and can articulate complex information to clients in a easy-to-digest format

Extra credit

• You have experience in oncology
• You have experience with EHR-derived real-world data and/or claims data

Where you’ll work

In this hybrid role, you’ll have a defined work location that includes work from home and 3 office days set by you and your team. For more information on our approach to hybrid work, please visit the how we work website.