Pharmaceutical Insights Expert - Fully Remote

Mercor; New York (NY); Remote; USD 165,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Healthcare Survey Research & Pharma Insights Expert for a remote contract role. Design and review physician and patient survey instruments for pharmaceutical and healthcare research.

Translate research objectives into clear questionnaires, evaluate logic, and collaborate with therapeutic-area specialists to ensure clinical accuracy and relevant framing. Deliver actionable recommendations asynchronously.

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 specialty 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 & healthcare research

Qualtrics

Questionnaire design

Asynchronous work

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

Role 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.