Director of Research Sciences

Primary Talent Partners is excited to announce a Director of Research Sciences opportunity with our esteemed healthcare innovation client in the United States. This role, offered as a 6-month full-time W2 contract with potential for extension or conversion, presents a unique chance to make a significant impact in a remote work setting.

As the Director of Research Sciences, you will collaborate internally with Premier Applied Sciences staff and externally engage with the client's project management team, Subject Matter Experts, hospital-based quality and improvement teams, clinician specialists, and senior leaders. Your primary responsibility will be to identify and drive process improvements and enhance member engagement within the enterprise unit and various lines of business.

In this leadership position, you will play a crucial role in planning and overseeing improvement-focused projects, ensuring the successful execution of multiple client-sponsored research initiatives. Your duties will include applying Improvement Science methods, collaborating with various internal departments for project design, managing relationships between stakeholders for project execution, identifying Subject Matter Experts (SME), coordinating research protocols development, overseeing quality improvement work throughout project phases, engaging third parties when necessary, and facilitating collaboration between research scientists and faculty.

If you are an experienced professional with a background in academia and industry experience related to healthcare innovation and research sciences, we invite you to apply for this Director of Research Sciences role. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills to engage effectively with senior leadership and drive positive change within the organization. Join us in our mission to improve healthcare processes and patient outcomes through evidence-based research initiatives. Apply now if you are ready to take on this exciting challenge at a leading healthcare innovation company.

• Experience in Project Leadership
• Previous experience in Quality Improvement projects
• Experience working with senior leadership
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to lead collaboration between different teams
• Experience in managing quality improvement work

• Lead collaboration between internal Premier resources and project faculty
• Manage progress of quality improvement work throughout project lifecycle
• Coordinate with research scientists and faculty to facilitate and execute projects
• Engage and manage 3rd parties in the improvement design as appropriate

• Project Leadership
• Quality Improvement methodologies
• Collaboration skills
• Communication skills
• Stakeholder management

Seniority Level: Executive Level

• Senior Leaders

Job Functions: Research Sciences

• Leadership
• Quality Improvement

Industries : Healthcare

• Research
• Innovation