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IQVIA

Runs drug trials and sells health data to pharma

Market Research Project Operations Specialist

Project ManagementPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeShanghai, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Associate degree or above; any major is accepted.
  • At least 3 years of project management experience in pharmaceutical consulting or market research.
  • Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative research processes.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently and strong vendor-management skills.
  • Good Word and Excel skills.
  • Basic English reading ability.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor project progress during qualitative fieldwork and independently attempt to resolve difficult recruitment issues before continuing after discussion.
  • Help researchers resolve unreasonable requests from vendors.
  • Coordinate sample quota allocation among vendors and resolve conflicts in interview schedules as needed.
  • Conduct initial quality checks of respondent information submitted by vendors, especially for projects with complex screening criteria, to ensure recruitment quality.
  • Consolidate and archive project documents.
  • Monitor quantitative project progress; clarify recruitment problems with vendors, understand respondents’ circumstances, propose feasible solution hypotheses to researchers, and promptly communicate agreed feedback to vendors.
  • Promptly report questionnaire issues encountered during execution to researchers and inform vendors of adjustments; for offline questionnaires, confirm that vendors in each city have received and implemented adjustments.
  • Communicate with execution vendors to confirm fieldwork timing based on actual needs, contact tabulation vendors in advance, and provide table specifications.
  • Arrange advance communication meetings when tabulation vendors require training or coordination.
  • Prepare project progress reports and tracking tables.

About the Company

IQVIA

Runs drug trials and sells health data to pharma

IQVIA runs clinical trials for drug, biotech and medical device companies and sells them the health data, software and analytics they use to develop and market treatments. Its research arm designs studies, recruits trial sites and patients, and manages trials through to regulatory filing. Its commercial arm sells market data, consulting and software that pharma sales and marketing teams use to plan product launches. Clients pay through multi-year service contracts and data and software subscriptions. IQVIA was formed in 2016 when clinical research firm Quintiles merged with health data company IMS Health, and it is based in Durham, North Carolina.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Durham, NC
Founded
1998

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