Senior Research Associate

Overview / About us

Lumanity is dedicated to improving patient health by accelerating and optimizing access to medical advances. We partner with life sciences companies around the world to generate evidence to demonstrate the value of their product, translate the science and data into compelling product narratives, and enable commercial decisions that position these products for success in the market. We do this through strategic and complimentary areas of focus: Asset Optimization and Commercialization, Value, Access, and Outcomes, Medical Strategy and Communications, and Real-World Evidence.

The Lumanity Patient-Centered Outcomes (PCO) team wishes to hire a Research Manager in this UK-based hybrid role.

Responsibilities / Position overview

Research Managers are responsible for managing research and administrative activities for PCO projects, including but not limited to literature reviews, gap analyses, clinical outcome assessment (COA) modification and development, psychometric validation, survey research, electronic diary usability testing and regulatory dossier development.

Specific research management responsibilities include to:

• Contribute to study design and develop study documents

• Lead coding/analysis/data interpretation

• Report results of research

• Liaise with senior lead on all elements of research and strategy

• Serve as the primary client contact for all research and content related inquiries

• Resource research tasks to project team members

• Provide direction and training to (senior) research associates as needed

• Review project deliverables to ensure quality and data accuracy

• Help as needed with patient interviews, coding and analysis

Research Managers also manage administrative activities related to project management. Project management responsibilities include to:

• Develop plans to accomplish all activities within project scope and timelines

• Schedule internal and external project meetings

• Manage meeting agendas, attendance and minutes

• Drive timelines for delivery of client deliverables

• Serve as primary client contact for administrative and operational inquires

• Lead client meetings

• Manage subcontractor selection, qualification, contracting and management

• Manage completion of project close out activities

• Manage financial health of project, including forecasting and invoicing

Research Managers work closely with all project team members and may act as managers to more junior research staff. Research Managers report directly to a senior member of the PCO team (Associate Director or above).

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills;

• Advanced qualitative interviewing, coding and analysis skills;

• High proficiency in MAXQDA, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel;

• Project management skills;

• Excellent English oral and written communication skills;

• Knowledge of the drug development process;

• Understanding of regulatory guidelines as it pertains to COA development; and

• Relevant work experience (i.e., conducting PCO research).

Benefits

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on what matters to you - health and well-being, personal finances, professional development, and a healthy work/life balance.

• Competitive salary plus bonus scheme
• 33.5 days of paid leave annually
• Generous pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Electric Car scheme for those based in the United Kingdom
• Remote or hybrid working (remote plus working out of one of our local offices in London or Sheffield)