Overview
IQVIA provides scientific services spanning clinical trials, real world evidence, and consulting in all areas of the product lifecycle. IQVIA has two teams focused exclusively on amplifying the patient's voice and enhancing their experiences across their health journey: the Patient-Centered Solutions and Connected Technologies (PACT) team, and the Instrument Licensing Solutions and Patient and Site Strategy (ILS & PASS) team. These teams work closely together to generate patient experience data (PED) through clinical outcome assessments (COAs;
including digitalhealth technologies), qualitative research, and patient preference research.
Role & Responsibilities
* The Statistical Programmer will be expected to empirically develop scoring rules and program scoring algorithms for existing COA measures.
* For instruments being added to the IQVIA ILS library, generate standard scoring documentation, and program simulation datasets, Data Quality Evaluation (DQE), and scoring of domains on these datasets.
* Implement new statistical features in the random generation of data to simulate real-world instrument data with certain psychometric properties.
* Implement new, more advanced statistical capabilities in user tools (Insights Hub, PROCore).
* Work cross-functionally with non-statisticians/psychometricians in the PACT and ILS & PASS teams.
* Provide programming support for the development of new COA measures & endpoints.
* Program classical and modern psychometric analyses and analyses of meaningful thresholds.
* Program high frequency and continuous digital health technology (DHT) data.
* Collaborate with data scientists to support algorithm validation and verification of digital measure performance across diverse datasets and devices.
About You
1. Knowledge, skills and abilities: Candidates must have (a) statistical and psychometric research skills;
and (b) strong computerskills, including Base SAS with macro (R skills, API experience). Connecting to databases with SAS/R, and programming with validation/QC in a regulated environment would be an advantage.
2. Demonstrated ability: excellent written and oral communication skills including grammatical/technical writing;
critical attention to detail;
strong initiative, organizing skills, and commitment to quality.
3. Ability to: work within a team environment and establish effective working relationships;
confidently communicatewith and effectively present information to internal and external teams;
work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects.
4. Extensive familiarity and demonstrable experience with AI tools and their application to the topics above.
Education and experience
* Advanced degree in statistics or psychometrics, experience in statistical programming, and an interest in patient-centered research (including COA and/or DHT) and clinical research (pharmaceutical, or healthcare industry).
* Consulting experience with pharmaceutical companies is desirable.
Physical requirements
Candidates can expect to use telephone and face-to-face communication extensively, requiring accurate perception of speech. Extensive use of a keyboard is also expected, requiring repetitive motion of fingers. Candidates will also need to sit for extended periods of time and travel as required.
This role is not eligible for UK visa sponsorship
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at the IQVIA careers site.
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
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