Part-Time Clinical Outcomes Research Associate

Confidential; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Confidential in South San Francisco is seeking a Clinical Graduate Research Associate to evaluate the clinical impact of healthcare software and data. This part-time, hybrid role is designed for a graduate student to apply rigorous methods to real-world questions and produce evidence for product strategy and customer discussions.

Key responsibilities include partnering with clinical and product teams to specify outcomes, designing analyses using real-world data, applying epidemiologic and

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing an MPH, MS, DrPH, PhD or comparable advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research, health informatics, outcomes research, or a related field.
• Strong foundation in research methodology, epidemiology, biostatistics, or causal inference.
• Experience designing and conducting quantitative analyses using healthcare, clinical, claims, EHR, or other complex real-world datasets.
• Proficiency with at least one statistical or analytical programming environment, such as R, Python, SAS, or Stata.
• Ability to develop a structured research plan from an open-ended clinical or business question.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical findings clearly.
• Intellectual curiosity and comfort working across clinical, analytical, product, and business perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clinical, product, analytical, and business leaders to identify high-value clinical outcomes questions.
• Translate open-ended questions into testable hypotheses, measurable endpoints, comparison populations, and practical study designs.
• Design and conduct observational, quasi-experimental, and other analyses using claims, EHR, clinical, utilization, operational, or similar real-world data.
• Apply epidemiologic, biostatistical, and causal-inference methods to assess outcomes while accounting for confounding, selection effects, and other sources of bias.
• Conduct sensitivity analyses and validation work to evaluate the robustness of findings.
• Document methodologies, assumptions, limitations, and results so findings can withstand clinical, analytical, and customer scrutiny.
• Translate complex results into clear charts, research summaries, presentations, and recommendations for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Partner with product, marketing, sales, and clinical teams to ensure external claims remain accurate and appropriately reflect the evidence.
• Help build a repeatable framework for measuring clinical impact across products and healthcare use cases.
• Identify opportunities for deeper studies, customer research, conference submissions, white papers, and peer-reviewed publications.

Skills

Research methods

Epidemiology

Biostatistics

Causal inference

Communication

Education

MPH/MS/DrPH/PhD

Tools

R

Python

SAS

Stata

Job description

Confidential in South San Francisco is seeking a Clinical Graduate Research Associate to evaluate the clinical impact of healthcare software and data. This part-time, hybrid role is designed for a graduate student to apply rigorous methods to real-world questions and produce evidence for product strategy and customer discussions.

Key responsibilities include partnering with clinical and product teams to specify outcomes, designing analyses using real-world data, applying epidemiologic and