RTI International

Position Title/Short Description

Full Text of JOE Listing:

RTI Health Solutions, a business unit of RTI International, is seeking experienced economists or other quantitative social scientist to lead research projects. The position is part of the Health Preference Assessment (HPA) program. 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.
• Survey design and development, development of statistical analysis plans, analysis of discrete-choice and other stated-preference data, preparation of 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.
• Quantitative research experience
• Proficiency in discrete-choice analysis and/or other stated-preference methods
• Familiarity with statistical and survey software packages including Stata, SAS, Limdep, and/or Sawtooth software.

Can be located in: Manchester, UK, RTP,NC, or Barcelona.