Director, Expert Insights – Delphi Methodology

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $100k - $130k / year

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RTI International is an independent nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition through science-based solutions in climate, education, health, and equity. The institute engages in multidisciplinary research spanning diverse areas such as health care, international development, environmental sciences, and social and economic justice. RTI International collaborates with a wide range of partners including governments, businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations to conduct research and provide technical services. It aims to impact global wellbeing by leveraging expertise in fields such as climate change solutions, education reform, public health, food security, and more. RTI International also emphasizes corporate responsibility, sustainability, and commitment to quality and ethics in its operations.

📋 Description

• Independently design and lead modified and classic Delphi studies and other expert elicitation consensus exercises from protocol development through recruitment, questionnaire development, iterative rounds, analysis, consensus interpretation, and final reporting • Define and apply consensus criteria, stopping rules, analytical approaches, and methods for integrating quantitative results with qualitative rationale • Design and lead virtual and in-person advisory boards, steering committees, expert panels, and structured expert-engagement activities • Facilitate or moderate discussions with clinicians, payers, patients, caregivers, health technology assessment stakeholders, and other experts • Conduct and analyze qualitative interviews using rigorous, fit-for-purpose methods • Advise clients and internal teams on methodologies for insight-generation and consensus-development • Develop study protocols, analysis plans, interview and discussion guides, questionnaires, moderator materials, and other data-collection tools • Translate stakeholder input and study findings into conclusions, implications, recommendations, and strategic narratives • Develop and review reports, executive summaries, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, congress materials, and client presentations • Identify implications of expert insights for medical strategy, evidence communication, publication planning, stakeholder engagement, and market access • Apply standards for scientific rigor, publication ethics, authorship, transparency, data integrity, and project documentation • Manage multidisciplinary projects to agreed scope, quality, timelines, and budgets, including workplans, cost estimates, and risk mitigation • Serve as a senior client contact and provide methodological and strategic guidance • Scope opportunities and develop proposals • Contribute to business development through capabilities presentations, solution development, thought leadership, and client relationship expansion • Collaborate with medical writers, scientific strategists, editors, project managers, analysts, and other cross-functional partners • Build the team’s scientific profile through publication and presentation of work

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree • At least 5 years of experience in medical communications, clinical research, epidemiology, public health, outcomes research, health services research, health policy, qualitative research, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related scientific discipline • Extensive, recent, hands-on experience independently designing and leading modified or classic Delphi studies, including protocol development, expert selection and recruitment, round development, analysis, consensus interpretation, and reporting in adherence to current methodological guidelines • Ability to assume leadership of active Delphi projects with limited methodological oversight or onboarding • Experience leading virtual and in-person advisory boards, steering committees, expert panels, or comparable structured expert-engagement programs • Experience designing, conducting, and analyzing qualitative research • Strong scientific writing, synthesis, and data-interpretation skills • Experience developing publication-quality reports, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, or presentations • Familiarity with relevant ethical and reporting standards • Experience working directly with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare clients and providing senior-level methodological and strategic counsel • Demonstrated success managing complex projects, budgets, timelines, risks, and cross-functional teams • Experience scoping opportunities, writing proposals, and presenting capabilities or recommended approaches to clients • Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and interpersonal communication skills • Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, multitasking environment • Ability to work independently, collaborate across disciplines, and coach or mentor colleagues • Record of peer-reviewed publication, conference presentation, or other relevant scientific thought leadership • Experience engaging clinicians, payers, patients, caregivers, and health technology assessment representatives (desirable) • Knowledge of US or international healthcare, health technology assessment, pricing, reimbursement, or market access environments (desirable) • Experience connecting expert insights to Medical Affairs strategy, integrated evidence communication, publication planning, or stakeholder-engagement planning (desirable) • Experience using virtual engagement platforms, digital collaboration tools, and emerging technologies (desirable) • Experience supporting health technology assessment, reimbursement, regulatory, or evidence-submission activities (desirable) • Experience with additional research approaches such as literature reviews, observational or retrospective analyses, patient-reported outcomes, utility assessment, or quality-of-life research (desirable)

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary • Generous paid time off policy • Merit based annual increases • Bonus opportunities • Robust recognition program • Health insurance • Dental insurance • Life insurance • Short-term disability insurance • Long-term disability insurance • Retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan • Paid parental leave for all parents • Financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments • Financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities • Employee assistance program • Other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance

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