Senior Psychometrician

About the Hiring Group RTI Health Solutions (RTI-HS), a wholly owned subsidiary of RTI International, is an independent and internationally recognized research organization. With offices in the US, UK, Spain, France, and Sweden, we provide healthcare consulting and research expertise to optimize decision making for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device products across the development and marketing lifecycle. Clients rely on our expertise, quality standards, and integrity to guide their product development and regulatory and market access strategies. Our various practice areas include Value, Access, and HEOR; Patient-Centered and Outcomes Research; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Medical Communications; Global Business Operations; and Strategic Consulting and Growth. We are currently seeking a Senior Psychometrician to join our Patient-Centered Outcomes Assessment (PCOA) team. What You'll Do 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 What You'll Need 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.

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