Associate Research Director - Complex Care New

Private Health Management, Inc.; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/dental/vision benefits

Annual cash incentive program

401k with match

Flexible PTO

PHM for PHM (services for you and your

dependents

Job summary

Private Health Management is seeking an Associate Research Director to lead research efforts on complex care cases, reviewing medical records, evaluating diagnostic options, and prioritizing treatment strategies with input from experts worldwide. The role emphasizes patient-centered decision support and collaboration with clinicians.

You will identify clinical trials, summarize literature, and create patient education materials while contributing to a new standard of excellence in precision

Qualifications

• PhD in science or healthcare field required; experience in complex medical disorders (e.g., autoimmune, immunology, virology, chronic illness, infectious disease or rheumatology)
• Well-developed skills to explore medical literature (e.g., PubMed, Google Scholar)
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities to serve as trusted advisor to clients
• Efficient, resourceful, creative, and capable of rapid decision-making in ambiguous situations
• Ability to work well individually and as part of cross-functional teams to deliver client results

Responsibilities

• Participate in client calls with clinicians to communicate latest research findings and support shared decision-making
• Analyze patient medical records, including data extraction and tracking of lab values and outcomes
• Identify, review, and summarize literature across clinical topics and present patient-friendly results
• Identify and interpret molecular diagnostics and laboratory tests to support patient care decisions
• Research, evaluate, and prioritize treatment options based on guidelines and expert input
• Identify and evaluate potential clinical trials and assist in matching clients to trials
• Create patient education documents and reports detailing history, diagnosis, and options

Education

PhD in science/healthcare

Excellent research abilities

Client readiness

Adaptable doer attitude

Team collaboration

Job description

Associate Research Director - Complex Care

Remote

About Private Health Management

Private Health Management guides patients and families through the chaos and complexity of serious medical care, for cancer and beyond. As an independent advocate and trusted partner during healthcare's most challenging moments, our team of experts works alongside physicians to orchestrate the best treatment, advocacy, and support to deliver measurably better outcomes. Everyone deserves great care. We make sure they get it.

About the role

For more than a decade, Private Health Management (PHM) has helped our clients navigate the fragmented healthcare system to achieve the best care and outcomes when it matters most. As a Associate Research Director at PHM you’ll join a team of compassionate and dedicated professionals focusing solely on the best interest of the patient and establishing a new standard of excellence in precision medicine. In the role, you’ll lead the research efforts on complex care cases. You’ll review client medical records and clinical history, identify and evaluate diagnostic and treatment options including clinical trials and innovative, evidence-based therapies around the world, and develop and prioritize treatment strategies based on data in the medical literature and input from world leading experts.

How You’ll Spend Your Days

• Client-Facing Engagement: Participate in client calls alongside clinicians to communicate the latest research findings, support shared decision-making, and ensure understanding of available options.
• Clinical History Analysis: Analyze patient medical records, including data extraction and tracking of lab values, symptoms, medication histories, or clinical outcomes.
• Medical Literature Review: Identify, review, and analyze literature across a wide range of clinical and research topics. Summarize articles and compare findings of clinical studies and present that information in a patient-friendly manner.
• Molecular Diagnostics Interpretation: Identify, analyze, and interpret molecular diagnostics and laboratory tests, ensuring accurate and insightful assessments. Provide insights to support patient care decisions.
• Treatment Options Research: Research, evaluate, and prioritize treatment options for individual cases. This includes review, analysis, and interpretation of the accepted standard of care, the most recent professional guidelines, and the most current investigational approaches, as well as identifying and connecting with key opinion leaders and other experts in the field of interest, to help guide decision making.
• Clinical Trials Identification: Identify and evaluate potential clinical trials. This includes spreadsheet creation, database searching, identification of supporting evidence, and calling trial sites to help find appropriate clinical trials for our clients.
• Content Creation: Create patient education documents (written reports, presentations, spreadsheets, graphs, charts, etc.) that provide pertinent information related to clinical history, diagnosis, and treatment options.

What you bring to the table

• Academic & Professional Experience: A PhD in a science or healthcare field is required + early career professional experience in a complex medical disorder(s) such as autoimmune, immunology, virology, chronic illness, infectious disease or rheumatology.
• Excellent Research Abilities: Knowledge of best practices and well-developed research capabilities exploring the medical literature (e.g., PubMed, Google Scholar)
• Client Readiness: Exceptional interpersonal skills, service orientation, written and verbal communication abilities to serve as a trusted advisor to clients
• Adaptable Doer Attitude: Efficient, resourceful, creative, and able to make rapid decisions in the face of ambiguity & deadlines.
• Great Team Member: Equally comfortable delivering as an individual or collaborating across peers, co-workers, and external experts to deliver the best results for clients

Compensation

The target base salary for this position is $110,000 - $125,000.

This base salary is only a part of a total compensation package that also includes:

• health/dental/vision benefits
• annual cash incentive program
• 401k with match
• flexible PTO
• PHM for PHM (our services for you and your dependents)
• other benefits

Individual pay may vary from the target range as a number of factors including market forces, experience, location, disparities in market data and other relevant business considerations may all factor into final compensation.

Location

This is a remote role requiring that you live in and physically perform all work in the United States.