PointClickCare
(Canada) Senior Research Scientist, Life Sciences
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Lead high-level research in Life Sciences, design studies, publish findings, collaborate with stakeholders, and conduct data analysis.
Reporting to the VP of Operations, Life Sciences, the Senior Research Scientist, Life Sciences is responsible for leading and conducting high-level scientific research to develop new products, technologies, or expand scientific knowledge. Work will primarily focus on publications working independently or collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. This position is newly created. It's a remote position located in the US or in Canada, with occasional travel between US and Canada (< 5%). Applicants must be eligible to work in the country specified. The ideal candidate brings seasoned experience with Life Sciences and the Long Term Post Acute Care (LTPAC) market.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, direct, and implement research studies: Define research objectives, formulate hypotheses, and select experimental designs, throughout the entire research project, from discovery to delivery. For each project, develop all aspects of methodology, including but not limited to approach, type, stages, means, structure, data, analysis, criteria, evaluation and conclusion
- Collaboration: Develop and maintain partnerships with other scientists within and outside the organization. Work with Sales and Customer Success to construct and support statements of work pertaining to research project
- Publishing: Contribute to the scientific community by publishing research findings in journals and presenting at conferences.
- Writing and presenting: Prepare research proposals, project reports, and present findings to peers and management.
- Data collection and analysis: Use specialized software and statistical techniques to interpret research data.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in health services research, bioinformatics, population health, or a similar field of quantitative research.
- 3 years of experience in a related field.
- Demonstrated experience in authoring peer-review publications and white papers
- Strong ability for compiling research requirements to drive downstream activities and teams
- Demonstrated application of advanced analytic skills in at least two areas such as analytic discovery, descriptive statistics, forecasting, multivariate modeling, experimental design, statistical inference, matching, machine learning, or predictive models.
- Experience in writing grant proposals
- Excelled verbal, written and presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate and work well in a team environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD
- 7+ years in a related field
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry
- Primary or principal author
- Publications in the pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry
- AI Fluency and/or use of M365 Copilot
At PointClickCare, base salary is one of the many components that make up our total rewards package. The Canada base salary range for this position is $134,000 - $144,000 + bonus + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by job and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the target for new hire salaries for the position across all Canada locations. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by job-related skills and knowledge, relevant experience including professional and lived experience, and/or work location. Your recruiter can share more information about our total rewards package during the hiring process.
Top Skills
Analytical Techniques
Specialized Software
Statistical Techniques
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