June 11, 2007
Outcomes Research Analyst (Job Reference OSD82): AstraZeneca
Location: Luton, England, UK
As one of the world’s leading healthcare companies, innovation and discovery are part of everything we do. We turn good ideas into medicines, which can make a real difference to the quality of peoples’ lives. But it’ s not just other people who will benefit from your creativity and inspiration. From excellent development opportunities to flexible benefits, we’ll reward your ideas, and support your aspirations. Welcome to a career with AstraZeneca.
Due to the success and growth of the team this is a newly created role to develop and communicate value messages to maximise the business opportunities of AstraZeneca Brands to our NHS customers.
You will
Develop and deliver outcomes research (80%)
With support from the Senior Outcomes Research Analyst/Outcomes Research Manager:
- Assist in systematic reviews of the literature (e.g. run literature searches, review inclusion/exclusion of papers, co-review and extract data for analysis, etc.)
- Provide support materials for use in submissions to market access organisations and by sales teams with cost-sensitive NHS customers
- Provide input to clinical trial design and analysis of results
- Utilise data from a range of sources (e.g. clinical audit, clinical trials, health economic analyses, etc.) to generate value messages
Develop and support the use of value messages by sales teams (10%)
- Provide training in use of value messages, and develop support materials for NHS sales team
- Support NHS sales teams in their dealings with key customer accounts, presenting information to customers when required
Clearly communicate value messages to customers in a format which influences decision-making (10%)
- Maintain knowledge of NHS organisation and decision making, to identify opportunities for our Brands
- Understand what constitutes value to our NHS customers and develop value messages in formats which are understandable, and which aid decision-making
- Assist with preparation of the clinical effectiveness sections of submissions to national market access organisations (NICE, SMC, etc.)
Ideally you will have a first degree in life sciences and be willing to embark on a postgraduate qualification in Evidence-Based Health Care or Health Technology Assessment
We offer competitive salary and benefits. We aim to be an innovative leader in all we do and the development of our competitive and flexible reward programme is no exception. As well as offering you choice and flexibility, we also believe in recognising your contribution, with a shares and cash bonus plan, which blends overall company performance, with team and individual success.
To apply please search under job reference OSD 82 at http://careers.astrazeneca.co.uk/
June 11, 2007: Research Analyst
May 30, 2007
Senior Analyst, pharmaceutical and biotechnology strategy consulting
Location: Boston, Massachusetts.
The Company: We are a very progressive Boston-area pharmaceutical and biotechnology strategy consulting company experiencing strong growth. As a company that lives our values, we provide an ideal environment for our team members to work on unusually interesting projects, develop their potential, and be involved in one of the most dynamic companies in our industry.
Position Overview: We are looking for an experienced strategy analyst. Analysts are integral members of project teams assembled to address issues of strategic business importance to our pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients.
Senior Analysts are expected to:
- Generate market data via a variety of research methods
- Perform statistical analyses of data leading to inferences and recommendations to be shared with the team
- Model market dynamics
- Work individually and with colleagues to prepare deliverables
- Support team leadership as necessary to insure project success
- Be a flexible, creative, and motivated self-starter
Requirements:
- Minimum two years of analyst experience with a pharma/biotech company, health insurance company, or consulting firm
- B.A/B.S. with a degree in the life sciences, statistics, or social sciences
- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
- Strong Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, and Word skills
- Access experience a plus
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Self-motivated and hold high personal standards for performance
- Strong interpersonal skills
Compensation: The position offers excellent compensation, annual bonus based upon performance, an informal work environment, health insurance, retirement benefits, and a very progressive corporate culture providing substantial professional and personal growth opportunities.
For more information contact:
Mihran Aroian
512-471-5912
Mihran.aroian@mccombs.utexas.edu
May 30, 2007: Research Analyst
May 20, 2007
2 Positions - Junior & Senior Outcomes Research Analyst (UK Based)
Location: UK
Background: My client is a global Pharmaceutical company which is dedicated to the discovery and development of new medicinal products in numerous therapeutic areas, as part of their continued development they now wish to appoint an experienced Health Economist. This is an outstanding opportunity for advancement within one of the world leading Pharmaceutical companies.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver outcomes research
With support from the Senior Outcomes Research Analyst/Outcomes Research Manager:
- Assist in systematic reviews of the literature (e.g. run literature searches, review inclusion/exclusion of papers, co-review and extract data for analysis, etc.)
- Provide support materials for use in submissions to market access organisations and by sales teams with cost-sensitive NHS customers
- Provide input to clinical trial design and analysis of results
- Utilise data from a range of sources (e.g. clinical audit, clinical trials, health economic analyses, etc.) to generate value messages
Experience / Qualifications
Essential:
- First degree in life sciences (2:1 or higher) (or equivalent) and willing to embark on a postgraduate qualification in Evidence-Based Health Care or Health Technology Assessment
Desirable:
- Postgraduate qualification in Evidence-Based Health Care or Health Technology Assessment
Additional Information
A full job description is available upon application.
I recruit specifically within the HE / OR function throughout Europe, if you would like to speak to me regarding one of my current vacancies, or simply be made aware of opportunities as they arise then please call me today on +44 (0)1293 77 66 44 for a confidential discussion.
Alternatively e-mail me on paul@barringtonjames.com
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Paul Duffy
Senior Consultant ~ Pharmacoeconomics
+ 44 (0)1293 77 66 44
http://www.barringtonjames.com/
May 20, 2007: Research Analyst
May 19, 2007
Economic / Statistical Analyst: University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine invites economic/statistical analysts with training and experience in statistics and/or health economics to apply for an immediate position in the Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM).
DGIM is a multidisciplinary group of health services researchers with training in economics, statistics, medicine, psychology, and sociology supporting the research and educational missions of the University of Pennsylvania. The position requires the ability to function as a member of a multidisciplinary research team.
Analyst duties include managing administrative and survey data, statistical programming in SAS or STATA, learning and applying new statistical techniques for existing projects or proposals, performing econometrics and biostatistical analyses, and supporting the writing of manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals. Position contingent upon funding.
Qualification: Candidates must have at least a master’s degree in economics or statistics or a related field. One to three years of work-related experience with STATA and/or SAS required. Candidates should have some knowledge of health economics concepts and health service delivery.
To apply for this position, please submit a CV and cover letter online at the University of Pennsylvania’s Human Resources website or https://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/ and search reference number 070321813.
A leader in medicine for more than 230 years, The University of Pennsylvania opened its School of Medicine, the nation’s first, in 1765. Since its founding days, Penn has expanded medical frontiers by creating some of the nation’s earliest programs in areas ranging from Dermatology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology and Radiology. With the only Delaware Valley program to perform transplantation of five major organs, we are committed to scientific discovery and patient care.
Penn offers an excellent benefits package details available at http://www.hr.upenn.edu/
The University of Pennsylvania is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
May 19, 2007: Research Analyst
Business Analyst - Global Health Strategies: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Summary: The Business Analyst works independently and in collaboration with members of the Global Health Strategies (GHS) team to support the development and implementation of program goals and to assist in the management of the grants and contracts portfolio. The Business Analyst will provide contract management and financial analytical support in addition to coordinating and managing a range of financially-oriented projects in support of the team. Work efforts will include analysis of proposal budgets, financial reports and supporting the preparation and analysis of business plans, financial statements, models, and tools to support team goals, and working closely with and advising staff on a wide range of financial and operational issues.
Responsibilities:
- Work in collaboration with GHS Program Coordinator(s) and Operations Manager to manage the team’s ongoing grantmaking and grant monitoring activities.
- Prepare financial models to support specific team projects. These models will track financial progress, forecast team payout, and support decision making for various program options.
- Create internal financial planning tools.
- Improve team forecasting tools, and partner with program teams to accurately forecast grant and contract spending
- Support the GHS Director and Operations Manager, and liaise with the Financial Planning and Analysis department, to develop and execute annual budgets and financial plans. Participate in the various financial processes of the department as needed.
- Support the creation of the team annual budget and tracking of variances.
- Organize budget data in a clear and intuitive manner.
- Analyze spending patterns to determine rationale in setting budget allocations.
- Work with GHS staff to support the development, updating, and monitoring of new and existing business plans for submission to foundation executives.
- Creation of financial models and analysis to support business planning.
- Identify financial or operating risks associated with the business plan.
- Development of thorough and clear presentation materials.
- Support Program Officers in developing scopes of work for contracts. Work with Global Health contracts staff to initiate new contracts. Manage contract pipeline, including tracking expenditures, deliverables and reporting, and maintaining contract records. Coordinate approval of consultant invoices for payment.
- Work with GHS Program Coordinator(s) to manage proposal pipeline, including annual grants budget allocations and providing information to GHS team, Global Health program leadership and Financial Analysis staff.
- Assist Program Officers with gathering financial inputs to strategy development and documentation.
- Assist program officers in the evaluation and analysis of financial submissions related to grant making activity.
- With Operations Manager, review proposals for financial and business content.
- Analyze proposal budgets and annual grantee financial reports to facilitate fiscal stewardship and control of Foundation resources.
- Develop benchmarks and tools for analyzing and monitoring grantee budgets and financial reports.
- Prepare reports summarizing project spending and variance analysis.
Qualifications:
- A degree in Finance, Economics or related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience in financial and strategic planning functions. MBA and global health experience preferred.
- Experience working in a consultative role with both public and private sector organizations is ideal.
- Strong technical and financial knowledge, including experience creating complex financial models and efficiently communicating data and results to inform sound strategic and tactical decisions.
- Experience developing, evaluating, managing, and monitoring business plans, budgets and financial reports.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to plan, manage, and complete multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to extract and analyze appropriate data to convey financial results through the use of supporting tables, graphs, and other visual representations.
- Ability to work collaboratively, independently and diplomatically.
- Strong attention to details and accuracy.
- Commitment to the Foundation’s core values, mission, and programs.
- Excellent software skills with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and Access. Ability to quickly learn new software modules.
- Minimal travel may be required.
Reports to: Operations Manager, Global Health Strategies
To apply for this position, please visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/workingwithus/Jobs and submit your resume online.
Due to the volume of inquiries and applications we receive on a regular basis, the online application is the best and only way to ensure that your submissions are reviewed in a timely manner.
We are an equal opportunity employer dedicated and focused on diversity.
The statements in this description represent typical elements, criteria and general work performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills for this job.
May 19, 2007: Research Analyst
May 15, 2007
Healthcare Analyst: Roche
Location: Hertfordshire (Welwyn), England, UK
Job ID: 00003700
Competitive Salary plus excellent benefits
Who we are: At Roche, we believe passionately in what we do, and that our products make a difference in people’s lives. We are a successful business that can offer exciting career opportunities to you, both locally and internationally, in a supportive and rewarding culture. We know that our people are responsible for our success and we value our employees, aiming to create a work environment where feeling valued, respected and empowered is a daily experience.
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. As a supplier of innovative products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, the Group contributes on a broad range of fronts to improving people’s health and quality of life. Roche is a world leader in diagnostics, the leading supplier of medicines for cancer and transplantation and a market leader in virology. The Position:
An exciting junior head-office based opportunity has arisen to join one of the leading UK industry teams as a healthcare analyst. Within this role, you will be exposed to projects in health economics, health outcomes and market access. You will focus on developing and communicating value messages to internal and external customers. Following this initial development period, you will then have the opportunity to continue your career in either Health Economics or the communication of strategic value messages within the Roche UK team.
Who you are: To be successful within this role you will need a first degree in economics, statistics or life sciences and relevant postgraduate qualification in health economics or statistics (or equivalent qualifications). You will need to be enthusiastic and show a can do attitude. An understanding of how to communicate health economic value messages in a clear and understandable manner across all levels of the organisation would be an advantage. A good understanding of the role health economics plays in the modern NHS, the UK reimbursement environment, drug development and the pharmaceutical industry would be a benefit, but is not a requirement.
If you are proud of contributing and feel you have the commitment to teamwork and innovation that we are seeking, then Roche is the organisation for you. In return we offer a competitive salary plus the excellent benefits you would expect from a blue-chip organisation, including a genuine interest in your development and progression.
To be considered for this position, please apply using the link below:
Or call our dedicated recruitment team on 01707 366495
May 15, 2007: Research Analyst
May 09, 2007
Consumer Health Analyst – Clinical Informatics: Humana Inc.
Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health benefits companies, with approximately 11 million medical members located primarily in 15 states and Puerto Rico. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals.
Over its 43-year history, Humana has consistently seized opportunities to meet changing customer needs.
Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.
Role: Consumer Health Analyst – Clinical Informatics
Consumer Health Informatics: Want to be part of something exciting? We’re looking for curious and innovative people to join our team of scientists, information and visualization experts to create new innovations in consumer health. Our work fuses knowledge from scientific, clinical, behavioral and economic disciplines to build different models and applications. These models help us to characterize, understand and predict a person’s overall health, their healthcare needs and their health behavior, which become central to our innovations to engage people in overall health creation and healthcare management. We are looking for dynamic, passionate individuals who want to be part of a fun and productive team.
The Assignment: The Analyst will manage and lead workgroups of cross-functional areas to outline the business goals of our consumer health tools and programs, define specific behavior metrics, taxonomies and classifications, and the specific data sources needed to create them. The Analyst will facilitate the design and execution of necessary studies to create insights into consumer health behavior and, once discovered, to help transfer those insights and metrics into new consumer health innovations. The Analyst serves as a key interface between a variety of different areas, to communicate important findings to business owners and across the company.
The primary responsibilities include:
- Manage workgroups to outline specific business goals, define specific behavior metrics, create data taxonomies and classifications, and data sources required
- Lead the design and execution of analyses across diverse data sets and contexts
- Make key contributions to a multi-disciplinary research team whose role is to design models to characterize, understand and predict consumer behavior in health care
- Visualize, communicate and present insights in a way that is compelling to business areas
- Integrate and translate research findings into new modeling, visualization and data acquisition opportunities
- Represent Consumer Health Informatics team in Innovation Center and Corporate initiatives
- Ensure full and clear documentation and communication of all processes, methods, and results
Key Competencies
- Understanding of Health Care: Must have a thorough understanding of the industry and the levers that drive consumers, health plans, providers and other players in the healthcare ecosystem.
- Intellectual Curiosity & Innovation: Must be intensely curious, not settling for accepted or superficial answers, always asking why and digging deeper. This curiosity includes the synthesis of new ideas and techniques borrowed from other fields or and/or the re-appropriation of standard techniques in novel ways.
- System Perspective: Understands how solutions affect and are affected by multiple processes and perspectives; acts in ways that incorporates that understanding. Participates actively and collaboratively to design new solutions to further Humana’s interests and success.
- Teamwork: The Analyst will be part of a diverse team working to create new expertise in understanding consumer health care behavior. It is essential the Analyst contribute his/her own ideas as well as inspire and aid other team members to contribute.
- Communication: Maintains mutual respect and ensures mutual understanding. Listens actively and inquires about, identifies and understands the needs and perspectives of others. Understands the audience and tailors delivery accordingly; shares information appropriately. Effectively presents information and/or recommendations verbally, graphically and/or in writing.
- Problem solving: Actively identifies and evaluates problems and identifies appropriate experts and information resources to resolve them. Differentiates between symptoms and root cause and can effectively handle resolution or hand-off of both components.
Role Essentials
- Advanced analytical degree with an emphasis in clinical informatics
- 3-5 years in health care experience (preferably with health plans, disease management companies)
- 3-5 years project or program management
- Excellent analytical skills, with experience using SAS, Access, Excel
- Experience with large health care data sets (including medical and pharmacy claims, health coach interactions, program participation, census data, member surveys, and exercise/nutrition questionnaires, etc.)
- Passion for building strong relationships with people across the company to identify consumer behaviors that will strengthen Humana’s products and positioning as a consumer health company
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to present solutions with both technical and non-technical arguments, business interpretation of models and results
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines
Role Desirables
- Knowledge of existing consumer databases and data sources
- Exposure to statistics, research design, and quantitative methods used in fields outside of health care
Reporting Relationships
- Reports to the Manager, Consumer Insights Analysis
Applying for Position: Anyone interested should apply on our website http://www.humana.com/careers and search for the position by title.
May 09, 2007: Research Analyst
May 08, 2007
Consumer Health Analyst - Financial and Health Planning Informatics: Humana Inc.
Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health benefits companies, with approximately 11 million medical members located primarily in 15 states and Puerto Rico. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals.
Over its 43-year history, Humana has consistently seized opportunities to meet changing customer needs.
Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.
Role: Consumer Health Analyst - Financial and Health Planning Informatics
Consumer Health Informatics: Want to be part of something exciting? We’re looking for curious and innovative people to join our team of scientists, information and visualization experts to create new innovations in consumer health. Our work fuses knowledge from scientific, clinical, behavioral and economic disciplines to build different models and applications. These models help us to characterize, understand and predict a person’s overall health, their healthcare needs and their health behavior, which become central to our innovations to engage people in overall health creation and healthcare management. We are looking for dynamic, passionate individuals who want to be part of a fun and productive team.
The Assignment: The Analyst will manage and lead workgroups of cross-functional areas to outline the business goals of our consumer health tools and programs, define specific behavior metrics, taxonomies and classifications, and the specific data sources needed to create them. The Analyst will facilitate the design and execution of necessary studies to create insights into consumer health behavior and, once discovered, to help transfer those insights and metrics into new consumer health innovations. The Analyst serves as a key interface between a variety of different areas, to communicate important findings to business owners and across the company.
The primary responsibilities include:
- Manage workgroups to outline specific business goals, define specific behavior metrics, create data taxonomies and classifications, and data sources required
- Lead the design and execution of analyses across diverse data sets and contexts
- Make key contributions to a multi-disciplinary research team whose role is to design models to characterize, understand and predict consumer behavior in health care
- Visualize, communicate and present insights in a way that is compelling to business areas
- Integrate and translate research findings into new modeling, visualization and data acquisition opportunities
- Represent Consumer Health Informatics team in Innovation Center and Corporate initiatives
- Ensure full and clear documentation and communication of all processes, methods, and results
Key Competencies * Understanding of Health Care: Must have a thorough understanding of the industry and the levers that drive consumers, health plans, providers and other players in the healthcare ecosystem. * Intellectual Curiosity & Innovation: Must be intensely curious, not settling for accepted or superficial answers, always asking why and digging deeper. This curiosity includes the synthesis of new ideas and techniques borrowed from other fields or and/or the re-appropriation of standard techniques in novel ways. * System Perspective: Understands how solutions affect and are affected by multiple processes and perspectives; acts in ways that incorporates that understanding. Participates actively and collaboratively to design new solutions to further Humana’s interests and success. * Teamwork: The Analyst will be part of a diverse team working to create new expertise in understanding consumer health care behavior. It is essential the Analyst contribute his/her own ideas as well as inspire and aid other team members to contribute. * Communication: Maintains mutual respect and ensures mutual understanding. Listens actively and inquires about, identifies and understands the needs and perspectives of others. Understands the audience and tailors delivery accordingly; shares information appropriately. Effectively presents information and/or recommendations verbally, graphically and/or in writing. * Problem solving: Actively identifies and evaluates problems and identifies appropriate experts and information resources to resolve them. Differentiates between symptoms and root cause and can effectively handle resolution or hand-off of both components.
Role Essentials
- Advanced analytical degree with an emphasis in financial services, healthcare planning or health economics
- Advanced analytical degree with an emphasis in financial services, healthcare planning or health economics
- 3-5 years experience in financial services or health economics (preferably with experience working with healthcare data, health plans, disease management companies)
- 3-5 years project or program management
- Excellent analytical skills, with experience using SAS, Access, Excel
- Experience with large health care data sets (including medical and pharmacy claims, health coach interactions, program participation, census data, member surveys, and exercise/nutrition questionnaires, etc.)
- Passion for building strong relationships with people across the company to identify consumer behaviors that will strengthen Humana’s products and positioning as a consumer health company
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to present solutions with both technical and non-technical arguments, business interpretation of models and results
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines Advanced analytical degree with an emphasis in financial services, healthcare planning or health economics
Role Desirables
- Graduate Degree in Applied Sciences or Statistics
- Actuarial background, preferably near Actuarial Sciences Associate level
- Experience with large data sets and/or the analysis of patient-level healthcare
- Knowledge of Oracle
Reporting Relationships
- Knowledge of existing consumer databases and data sources
- Exposure to statistics, research design, and quantitative methods used in fields outside of health care
Applying for Position: Anyone interested should apply on our website http://www.humana.com/careers and search for the position by title.
May 08, 2007: Research Analyst
May 07, 2007
Consumer Health Analyst - Web Informatics: Humana Inc
Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health benefits companies, with approximately 11 million medical members located primarily in 15 states and Puerto Rico. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals.
Over its 43-year history, Humana has consistently seized opportunities to meet changing customer needs.
Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.
Role: Consumer Health Analyst - Web Informatics
Want to be part of something exciting? We’re looking for curious and innovative people to join our team of scientists, information and visualization experts to create new innovations in consumer health. Our work fuses knowledge from scientific, clinical, behavioral and economic disciplines to build different models and applications. These models help us to characterize, understand and predict a person’s overall health, their healthcare needs and their health behavior, which become central to our innovations to engage people in overall health creation and healthcare management. We are looking for dynamic, passionate individuals who want to be part of a fun and productive team.
The Assignment: The Analyst will manage and lead workgroups of cross-functional areas to outline the business goals of our consumer health tools and programs, define specific behavior metrics, taxonomies and classifications, and the specific data sources needed to create them. The Analyst will facilitate the design and execution of necessary studies to create insights into consumer health behavior and, once discovered, to help transfer those insights and metrics into new consumer health innovations. The Analyst serves as a key interface between a variety of different areas, to communicate important findings to business owners and across the company.
The primary responsibilities include:
- Manage workgroups to outline specific business goals, define specific behavior metrics, create data taxonomies and classifications, and data sources required
- Lead the design and execution of analyses across diverse data sets and contexts
- Make key contributions to a multi-disciplinary research team whose role is to design models to characterize, understand and predict consumer behavior in health care.
- Visualize, communicate and present insights in a way that is compelling to business areas
- Integrate and translate research findings into new modeling, visualization and data acquisition opportunities
- Represent Consumer Health Informatics team in Innovation Center and Corporate initiatives
- Ensure full and clear documentation and communication of all processes, methods, and results
Key Competencies
- Understanding of Health Care: Must have a thorough understanding of the industry and the levers that drive consumers, health plans, providers and other players in the healthcare ecosystem.
- Intellectual Curiosity & Innovation: Must be intensely curious, not settling for accepted or superficial answers, always asking why and digging deeper. This curiosity includes the synthesis of new ideas and techniques borrowed from other fields or and/or the re-appropriation of standard techniques in novel ways.
- System Perspective: Understands how solutions affect and are affected by multiple processes and perspectives; acts in ways that incorporates that understanding. Participates actively and collaboratively to design new solutions to further Humana’s interests and success.
- Teamwork: The Analyst will be part of a diverse team working to create new expertise in understanding consumer health care behavior. It is essential the Analyst contribute his/her own ideas as well as inspire and aid other team members to contribute.
- Communication: Maintains mutual respect and ensures mutual understanding. Listens actively and inquires about, identifies and understands the needs and perspectives of others. Understands the audience and tailors delivery accordingly; shares information appropriately. Effectively presents information and/or recommendations verbally, graphically and/or in writing.
- Problem solving: Actively identifies and evaluates problems and identifies appropriate experts and information resources to resolve them. Differentiates between symptoms and root cause and can effectively handle resolution or hand-off of both components.
Role Essentials
- Advanced analytical degree with an emphasis in web informatics
- 3-5 years in web analytic experience (preferably with experience working with healthcare data, health plans, disease management companies)
- 3-5 years project or program management
- Excellent analytical skills, with experience using SAS, Access, Excel.
- Experience with large health care data sets (including medical and pharmacy claims, health coach interactions, program participation, census data, member surveys, and exercise/nutrition questionnaires, etc.)
- Passion for building strong relationships with people across the company to identify consumer behaviors that will strengthen Humana’s products and positioning as a consumer health company
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to present solutions with both technical and non-technical arguments, business interpretation of models and results
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines
Role Desirables
- Knowledge of existing consumer databases and data sources.
- Exposure to statistics, research design, and quantitative methods used in fields outside of health care
Reporting Relationships
- Reports to the Manager, Consumer Insights Analysis
Applying for Position: Anyone interested should apply on our website http://www.humana.com/careers and search for the position by title.
May 07, 2007: Research Analyst
May 04, 2007
Senior Analyst, Oxford: Oxford Outcomes
Location: Oxford, England, UK
Closing date: 4 May 2007
Due to continued growth, we are looking to further expand the skills in our Health Economic team. We have a portfolio of research projects, working with major European and North American clients in the health and pharmaceutical sectors. Our main areas of specialisation are:
- Health economic evaluations, including evidence synthesis and decision modelling
- Pharmaco-epidemiology
- Health outcome and utility measurement
We aim to deliver high quality research and to advance health economic methodology through a highly professional approach. In order to fulfil this aim, our research staff are expected to be creative and capable of developing expertise that meets the needs of the growing health economics market. We recognise the importance of people within our company and actively encourage professional development, conference attendance and publication in high-calibre peer-reviewed journals.
Senior Analyst
We are seeking to recruit a Senior Analyst to take a leading role in our health economics team on a range of research and consultancy projects. If successful, you will take both technical and project leadership roles, working directly with our clients and with our extensive range of academically-based consultants. You will also take a role in the technical development of our more junior staff.
A full person specification can be downloaded from our website, but the ideal candidate will possess:
- MSc in a quantitative subject such as Health Economics, Statistics or Operations Research, or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable interesting health-related research
- Experience of analysing individual patient data
- Statistical modelling experience
- Track record of publications in peer-reviewed journals.
We are an energetic and expanding company with tremendous growth prospects. Our health economics reputation is growing fast and new staff have an excellent opportunity to contribute to the company’s expansion. If you are passionate about research, and would like to further develop your skills as part of a growing team, then we would like to hear from you.
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter explaining what you could bring to the company to Jayne Dance, Human Resources Officer, by email on jobs@oxfordoutcomes.com or by post to:
Oxford Outcomes Limited,
Seacourt Tower,
Botley, Oxford, OX2 0JJ
The closing date for applications is Friday 4 May 2007.
May 04, 2007: Research Analyst
April 16, 2007
Financial Analyst, Global Health: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Financial Planning & Analysis
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Summary: The Global Health Financial Analyst will assist in developing, communicating, and monitoring the financial and operational results for the foundation’s Global Health division. The Global Health division includes the foundation’s programs in HIV/TB, infectious diseases, global health technologies, global health strategies, and global health advocacy.
The Financial Analyst will support the goals of the Global Health division through two major work efforts. First, this position will have an important role in the operational management and financial oversight of the Global Health division. Secondly, the Financial Analyst will work directly with Global Health program staff to assist in financial evaluation of individual grants.
Responsibilities:
- Support Global Health division and Financial Planning & Analysis department to develop and execute annual budgets and financial plans. Forecast and track financial results throughout the year to meet budget projections.
- Organize budget templates and data in a clear and intuitive manner
- Link budget requests to specific Global Health division programmatic strategies
- Maintain and improve tools for accurate financial forecast projections
- Work with Global Health staff to support the development, update, and monitoring of new and existing business plans for submission to foundation executives.
- Create financial models to support business planning exercises
- Identify financial or operating risks associated with the business plan
- Develop thorough and clear presentation materials to illustrate strategy
- Assist program officers in the evaluation and analysis of financial submissions related to grant making activity.
- Analyze proposal budgets and progress reports.
- Review grantee financial statements to assess financial health.
- Prepare reports summarizing project spending and variance analysis.
- Provide financial consulting support and expertise to various Global Health projects
- Support program strategic decision making with financial analytics
- Analyze feasibility of internal and external financial instruments to fund projects in Global Health
- Refine foundation financial policies to facilitate superior fiscal stewardship and control of foundation resources
- Improve process flow to streamline operations
Qualifications:
- A degree in Finance, Economics or related field and a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in financial and strategic planning functions. Experience working in a consultative role with both public and private sector organizations is ideal. MBA preferred.
- Strong technical and financial knowledge, including experience creating complex financial models and efficiently communicating results to inform sound strategic and tactical decisions.
- Experience developing, evaluating, managing, and monitoring business plans.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage and complete multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to extract appropriate data to convey financial results through the use of supporting tables, graphs, and other visual representations.
- Commitment to the foundation’s core values, mission, and programs.
- Excellent software skills with Microsoft Office applications. Ability to quickly learn new software modules.
Reports to: Program Financial Manager, Global Health
To apply for this position, please visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/Workingwithus/Jobs and submit your resume online.
Due to the volume of inquiries and applications we receive on a regular basis, the online application is the best and only way to ensure that your submissions are reviewed in a timely manner.
We are an equal opportunity employer dedicated and focused on diversity.
The statements in this description represent typical elements, criteria and general work performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills for this job.
April 16, 2007: Research Analyst
April 15, 2007
Senior Impact Analyst, Global Development: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Position Description
Summary: The foundation recently established a central team to focus on impact planning, assessment, and improvement at the portfolio and program level. This team works with senior management and program staff in assessing the impact of the program strategies, theories of action and change and the identification of core questions that cut across program areas. The team will work to ensure that we critically assess the impact of our strategies and then improve them. The team also helps the programs develop reliable information about program effects and causal linkages that are useful in the foundation’s advocacy efforts.
The team is responsible for developing standards and processes for assessing program results and learning from experience, and also for providing internal consulting to help ensure that the Foundation efficiently produces real and lasting results through its grant-making. The team’s customers are the senior management of the foundation and its three grant-making programs. Members of the team work closely with program officers during strategy development and during program reviews to ensure that appropriate measurement and evaluation strategies and methods are developed and applied and the results reported in a manner that effectively supports learning and adaptation by the foundation and other relevant actors.
While reporting to the Foundation’s Director of Impact Planning and Improvement, the Senior Global Development Impact Analyst will be deployed to and serve as an integral part of the Global Development program team. (Along with the Global Health and United States Programs, Global Development is one of the three programmatic divisions of the Foundation and is responsible for about 25% of our grant making.) This person will be the first point of recourse for all Global Development program staff to secure expert advice in developing impact measurement and evaluation approaches as appropriate for program initiatives as well as individual grants, and for help in interpreting results. In providing this advice this person will draw on her or his own experience and expertise as well as the broader IPI team.
Responsibilities:
- Provides internal consultancy to program staff on impact measurement and leverages collective knowledge around impact assessment and “what works” in grant making and grant management; helps share learning across the foundation and outside.
- Works with Global Development program staff to ensure that the Foundation measures results as appropriate to assess the impact of grants or a portfolio of grants, especially as a means to gauge the effectiveness of our theories of system change that guide program strategy. Connects Global Development Staff with appropriate external resources for evaluation and impact measurement.
- Maintains contact with the global community of experts and specialists concerned with understanding the impact of development interventions and establishing improved capacities for providing reliable economic baseline and impact data, and helps provide empirical grounding as the Foundation develops its interventions and tracks their impact.
- Mentors more junior members of the foundation staff who have a professional focus on measurement and evaluation.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 8 years of consulting, evaluation, or research and writing experience in analytic contexts demonstrating abilities relevant to foundation program evaluation and impact assessment.
- Demonstrated ability to translate technical concepts into common sense language.
- Advanced degree in a field requiring significant fluency in economic and statistical methods and causal inference, or equivalent experience.
- Understanding of real-world complex systems and analytic methods for assessing causal responsibility in these systems
- Experience with grant making and the evaluation of clusters of grants in the development context is desired but not essential.
- Demonstrated success in roles requiring execution of multiple tasks while responding to multiple priorities in a highly dynamic environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work with efficiency, flexibility and good humor, particularly as part of a team effort.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in organizational settings
- A deep commitment to the overall mission of the foundation, its programs, and an approach consistent with the foundation’s guiding principles.
- Substantive and institutional knowledge relating to Global Development
- Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to 25%
Reports to: Director, Impact Planning and Improvement
To apply for this position, please visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/WorkingWithUs/Jobs and submit your resume online.
Due to the volume of inquiries and applications we receive on a regular basis, the online application is the best and only way to ensure that your submissions are reviewed in a timely manner.
We are an equal opportunity employer dedicated and focused on diversity.
The statements in this description represent typical elements, criteria and general work performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills for this job.
April 15, 2007: Research Analyst
March 17, 2007
Biostatistician: Caro Research
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Caro Research has immediate openings for full-time biostatisticians to support health-economic model development and data collection projects.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide statistical expertise at planning and execution stages of projects, which may involve secondary analyses of clinical trial data, retrospective databases, or data collected from medical chart reviews.
- Develop and implement statistical analysis plans to address research objectives.
- Contribute to and ensure proper interpretation and reporting of results from analyses.
- Communicate findings in team and client meetings.
Qualifications
- MSc or PhD in biostatistics or statistics, with prior work experience.
- Solid understanding and experience with statistical methods, including linear and logistic regression, survival analysis and longitudinal models.
- Proficiency with SAS software, including Graph and Macro components.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
Caro Research is an independent consulting firm specializing inpharmacoeconomics, epidemiology and technology assessment. Our approach is distinguished by the tailored solutions we provide. These may involve disease modeling, collection of economic data through custom protocol design, specialized instrument development or customized software. To learn more, please visit our website.
Please send resume and cover letter to Heidi Hunting, hhunting@caroresearch.com.
March 17, 2007: Industry , Research Analyst , Researcher/Co-ordinator
March 16, 2007
Researcher: Caro Research
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Caro Research is currently seeking mid/senior level RESEARCHERS to join our project teams. The job requires experience with research design, handling large databases, computer modeling, and preparation of reports, abstracts, and manuscripts. Candidate should be able to assume a leadership role in conducting and managing day-to-day operations for multiple research projects simultaneously.
Post-graduate degree in epidemiology, statistics, health economics, orpharmacoeconomics is required. Clinical training is an asset.
Caro Research is an independent consulting firm specializing in pharmacoeconomics, epidemiology and technology assessment. Our approach is distinguished by the tailored solutions we provide. These may involve disease modeling, collection of economic data through custom protocol design, specialized instrument development or customized software. To learn more, please visit our website.
Please send resume and cover letter to Heidi Hunting, hhunting@caroresearch.com.
March 16, 2007: Industry , Research Analyst , Researcher/Co-ordinator
March 15, 2007
Senior Research Scientist 2 (10427): RTI International
Location: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
RTI International is an independent organization dedicated to conducting innovative, multidisciplinary research that improves the human condition. With a worldwide staff of more than 2,500 people, RTI offers innovative research and development and a full spectrum of multidisciplinary services in health and pharmaceuticals, advanced technology, survey and statistics, education and training, economic and social development, and the environment. Universities in North Carolina founded RTI in 1958 as the first scientific organization in and centerpiece of the Research Triangle Park.
The candidate will provide excellent analytical skills, including design, analyses, and reporting on complex, multivariate models, along with exceptional management and mentoring skills. In addition, knowledge of science/evidence-based content and context of tobacco control initiatives in public health settings would be an asset, as would the ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders at international, national, provincial and local levels in government, research, and service provision. Candidate will participate in the development of specific research concepts, and instruments, as well as the development and implementation of innovative research protocols. Assist in grant and proposal writing.
Training in health and/or social science who can contribute to the planning, development, and implementation of research, evaluation, or field studies within the field of tobacco control. The ideal candidate will have ten years of work experience (minimum of five years) in a research environment in the management and direction of a complex, comprehensive multi-level health promotion or disease prevention outcome-related evaluation, with seven years in a supervisory position (minimum of three years). Applicants should have demonstrated a substantial track record of research grant funding and publications in peer reviewed journals.
Education: Ph.D. in psychology, sociology, economics, public health, or a related field.
Interested applicants should apply online at http://www.rti.org/careers and refer to: Senior Research Scientist 2 (Job # 10427)
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