Senior Research Economist

RTI Health Solutions
Manchester - United Kingdom
S: Competitive

We are currently seeking a Senior Research Economist with Manchester, UK, as the preferred location. The position is part of the Health Preference Assessment (HPA) group, which has a reputation for conducting high-quality preference research in a collegial working environment. The HPA group specializes in developing surveys to elicit and quantify preferences of patients, physicians, and other health-care stakeholders for features and outcomes of medical and pharmaceutical interventions using rigorous stated-preference methods. The studies apply discrete-choice experiments, threshold technique, best-worst scaling, contingent behavior and contingent-valuation methods. HPA staff members are internationally recognized thought leaders in this research area and their work is published in high-level clinical and health-economic journals.

Responsibilities:

Lead and manage projects and project tasks as part of a project team
Design and develop surveys
Develop statistical analysis plans
Analyze discrete-choice and other stated-preference data
Prepare technical reports and manuscripts
Write proposals and communicate with study sponsors during all phases of a project including presentations to study sponsors and at industry and academic conferences

Qualifications:

A PhD in a quantitative social-science field such as economics, transportation, patient-reported outcomes, operations research, or statistics with at least 5 years professional experience or a Master's degree in one of these fields with at least at least 10 years professional experience.
A strong academic and/or professional record
Exceptional oral and written communication skills
Experience in supervising survey-research projects
Quantitative research experience
Proficiency in discrete-choice analysis and/or other stated-preference methods
Familiarity with statistical software packages including Stata, SAS, Limdep, Matlab, and/or Sawtooth software

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