Senior Patient Centres Outcomes Research Scientist

Job Title: Contractor Senior/Principal Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Scientist

Contract Length: 9 months

Location: Welwyn Garden City (ideally 2 days a week in the office)

**About the Role:**We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior/Principal Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Scientist to join our team for a 9-month contract. You will contribute to developing and implementing patient-centered measurement strategies, working closely with a diverse team of PCOR scientists and cross-functional stakeholders.

**Summary of Tasks:**As a Senior/Principal Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Scientist, your day-to-day responsibilities will include some or all of the following:

• Development and/or strategic execution/implementation of patient-centered fit-for purpose measurement strategies throughout the drug development lifecycle. Including working in collaboration with study teams, global development teams and lifecycle teams
• Collaborating with data science and operations experts on study start-up, monitoring and close out as it pertains to clinical outcome assessments. This includes implementation of electronic clinical outcome assessments (COAs), linguistic validation, user acceptance testing and file format specification review.
• Assess the need to develop, evaluate, and/or successfully deploy new measurement tools to best capture the patient experience
• Provide subject matter expertise in one or more areas of clinical trial delivery such as measurement/digital strategy, linguistic validation, eCOA, site and patient engagement related to COAs

Skills Required:

• Education: Minimum of an MSc in Public Health, Psychology, or a related area (PhD preferred).
• Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in developing and implementing patient-centered measurement strategies, and in the planning, execution and dissemination of patient-centered evidence. This experience can be gained in a pharmaceutical company or consultancy.

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