Remote Pharma Insights & Survey Designer

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

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.