Project Director

Agency: Adelphi Job Function: Strategy and Planning Job Subfunction: Research and Insights Job Description: If you’re looking for a company that strives to create a work environment that encourages and compliments you, you’re curious, a critical thinker able to think outside the box, like challenges and are passionate about what you do, we definitely want to speak with you! Your responsibilities as a Qualitative Project Director include: Development of a solid understanding of good research practices and demonstrated ability to serve as a Co-Project Manager and back-up on multiple projects simultaneously. Qualitative Project Directors will begin their tenure with Adelphi Research in qualitative research but will also be exposed to quantitative research. It is expected that a Qualitative Project Director will become proficient in their primary area and gain a basic level of knowledge in the quantitative area Qualitative Research Skills Participate in in-house moderator training, writing first drafts of screeners and discussion guides making edits to guides based on project lead and client feedback Conduct telephone/in-person in-depth interviews with supervision Set up fieldwork, monitor recruiting and quality of recruiting Prepare report appendices Prepare preliminary analysis of results from in-depth and focus group research Draft sections of, or entirety of report with direction and at the discretion of the project lead Review audio, videotapes of interviews and notes for verbatims and analysis Secondary Research Skills Conduct review of secondary sources (Internet, publications, associations) for published information on therapy areas and identification of key opinion leaders (KOLs) Provide appropriate/relevant information to assist with disease background knowledge for proposals and project work Project Management Acquire and develop skills necessary to perform as a primary (1st) project director on straightforward projects Prepare for and conduct internal kick-off meetings Client Interaction Interface with clients under guidance of senior project staff, and demonstrate an ability to understand clients’ business needs With senior staff, participate in client visits to secure new and repeat business What you need to do the job: Bachelor’s Degree plus a minimum of 1 year of experience in market research, knowledge of pharma/biotech industries a plus Creative, innovative and analytical thinker with outstanding communications and organization skills Highly skilled in Power Point, Word, Excel, and other relevant software. Run analysis using market research software Write first drafts of screeners and questionnaires, make edits to questionnaires, based on project lead and client feedback Participate in an in-person pretest sessions, moderate in-person/telephone pretest sessions Understand how to check soft launch data and how to monitor fieldwork through reportal Check online surveys thoroughly to ensure they are programmed accurately Understand how to check a data set to ensure logic is being followed Provide direction for report template creation* Provide direction for data file cleaning, run basic tables for output from analyses Draft sections of, or entirety of report with direction and at the discretion of the project lead Check data in reports for statistical significance, check codes on open-ended questions Post data, if required, understand how to QC posted data Present to ‘friendly audience’ on relatively simple/focused studies Secondary Research Skills Conduct review of secondary sources (Internet, publications, associations) for published information on therapy areas and identification of key opinion leaders (KOLs) Provide appropriate/relevant information to assist with disease background knowledge for proposals and project work Project Management Acquire and develop skills necessary to perform as a primary (1st) project director on straightforward projects Prepare for and conduct internal kick-off meetings Client Interaction Interface with clients under guidance of senior project staff, and demonstrate an ability to understand clients’ business needs With senior staff, participate in client visits to secure new and repeat business What you need to do the job: Bachelor’s Degree plus a minimum of 1 year of experience in market research, knowledge of pharma/biotech industries a plus Creative, innovative and analytical thinker with outstanding communications and organization skills Highly skilled in Power Point, Word, Excel, and other relevant software. The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire. Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. $60,000 - $70,000 Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice. 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