[Hiring] Senior Psychometrician @RTI International

Role Description

RTI-HS psychometricians serve both a strategic and technical role within interdisciplinary research teams. They provide scientific leadership on the development, evaluation and application of clinical outcome assessments; guide psychometric and outcomes research strategies for clients, including participating in regulatory interactions; and are responsible for designing, implementing and interpreting a variety of technical analyses.

You will be expected to:

• Provide strategic scientific leadership on psychometric and outcomes research programs, including study design, endpoint selection, regulatory strategy, interpretation of evidence, and client decision-making.
• Design, oversee, and conduct classical and modern psychometric analyses, interpretation of meaningful within-patient change, and advanced statistical analyses to support the development, evaluation, and regulatory acceptance of clinical outcome assessments.
• Accurately analyze, interpret, and clearly communicate psychometric results to clients within specified deadlines.
• Produce high-quality psychometric analysis plans, technical reports, and manuscripts.
• Lead and contribute to proposals, thought leadership initiatives, methodological innovation, and business development activities that support growth of the PCOA practice.
• Communicate effectively (via email, telephone, and in-person) with clients and team members.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in quantitative psychology, statistics, biostatistics, or related field with at least 10 years of directly related experience, or a PhD and a minimum of 5 years of directly related experience.
• Extensive experience independently preparing psychometric analysis plans and reports of clinical outcome assessments for regulatory review.
• Demonstrated proficiency in SAS and/or R programming (expertise in both strongly preferred), along with experience using latent variable and psychometric modeling software packages.
• Significant experience related to the psychometric evaluation of outcome measures, including classical psychometric methods (e.g., evaluations of test-retest reliability and internal consistency), exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and Rasch Measurement and/or Item Response Theory.
• Experience implementing hierarchical linear modeling, repeated measures models, mixture models.
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently and as team leader.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Experience supporting regulatory submissions and interactions with health authorities related to clinical outcome assessments, endpoint strategies, psychometric evidence, or patient-focused drug development initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Generous paid time off policy.
• Merit-based annual increases.
• Bonus opportunities.
• Robust recognition program.
• Competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability).
• Access to a 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.
• Numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.

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