Head of Research

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Our client is fast growing life sciences company dedicated to working with Pharmaceutical and medical clients to assist them to develop products and enable market access via real world evidence research projects. They have ambitious plans to grow in 2020.The Head of Research is a business-critical role which sits inside the Delivery Team. The role had a wide-reaching remit including setting standards and best practice on data usage, owns and manages data applications whilst also owning data quality.All the activities of the role underpin the main objective of the role which is the delivery and deployment of research projects, healthcare-related software and other products and services for the improvement of healthcare and access to medicines.The post holder will be part of the Senior Management Team and will play a key part in the both the business operations and strategic decision making.ResponsibilitiesThe Head of Research will design and implement studies on healthcare data (e.g. Hospital Episode Statistics, Clinical Practice Research Datalink data, Public Health England datasets) including study methodology, statistical methods, machine learning techniques etc.Attend client meetings,scope research projects, including instructions, specifications, codes and other research requirements, thus translating the client need to a scoping document for the Delivery Team with clear deliverablesOwn and develop relationships with clients, working with them to optimize and enhance solutionsAll other duties can be discussed.RoleAs Head of Research you will have previous experience in Healthcare AnalysisKnowledge of administrative healthcare datasetsKnowledge and experience in designing and executing research projects or creating technology and software in healthcareKnowledge of statistical methodology and study designProven experience and exposure data access applicationsSolid experience in writing SQL queriesSolid experience in using Microsoft Excelworking knowledge of using statistical techniques, especially in Microsoft Excel and other software such as R or PythonThe Head of Research will be with clients, particularly senior and experienced member of client organisations versed in healthcare research, statistics, data science, health economics, and/or market accessExperience in validating the output of a project, especially methodology, code and scripts, as well as resultsIdeally Degree qualified or equivalent practical experienceExperience of line managing a team, setting objectives, performance management, developing individuals and increasing overall team capabilityPrevious experience in vendor/partner ownership and management Desirablehealthcare, epidemiology, public health, clinical trials or health data related fields.working with clients in the pharmaceutical or medical device industryhealth economics, health technology assessmentAgile methodology and Business Transformation skills (Six Sigma, Lean processes)Machine Learning TechniquesExperience in data visualization techniques and tools (e.g. Sankey diagrams, Forest plots)Evidence of publications in peer-reviewed journals and previous presentations in scientific congresses and conferences To find out more about Real please visit www.realstaffing.comReal Staffing, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy| Registered office | 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales