IBM Watson Health - Truven Analytics - Senior Literature Review Consultant

Job Description

The primary role of the Sr. Literature Review Analyst is to provide key support to Literature Review Services, which serves key clients in the pharmaceutical industry. The Sr. Literature Review Analyst not only has significant responsibility for analytic support of research projects, but also performs some internal project management, supervises project team members, mentors junior staff, and assists with other on-going project work as needed.

This role will be located in Cambridge, MA; Ann Arbor, MI; Bethesda, MD or Greenwood Village, CO

POSITION RESPONSIBLITIES:
Literature Review and Value Dossier

• Perform literature reviews using electronic databases such as Medline and EMBASE, search the gray literature, assist in the preparation of research protocols, screen for relevance, retrieve articles, develop data abstraction tools, and perform article abstraction.
• Analyze and interpret the literature to draft consolidated summaries in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
• Write literature synthesis in Word or PowerPoint, providing interpretation of the literature and observations of patterns and trends identified in a body of evidence.
• Draft global and AMCP value dossiers.
• Support abstracts, posters and manuscripts development
• Support Research Leaders in internal project management. Review work performed by Research Assistants and other junior level staff. Mentor junior staff.
• Support literature review and writing tasks in non-literature review projects.

Other Responsibilities

• Fill in for Research Leaders in their absence; this entails internal project management and client communication.
• Lead training and orientation sessions for new hires or others within Truven Health Analytics.
• Support the development of new proposals or sales opportunities as requested by Research Leaders, including working with clients to help them appropriately formulate research questions.
• Participate in project process efficiency improvement initiatives.

Primary job category

Data Science

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 1-5 years experience in related fields such as Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Psychology, Sociology, Epidemiology, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Statistics, Economics
• 3-5 years of experience in conducting narrative and systemic literature reviews, meta-analyses, and writing Global and AMCP value dossiers for the pharmaceutical industry.
• 1-5 years experience using Microsoft Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and reference management software such as EndNote.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• 1-5 years proven project management skills, working with a large team of analysts, research assistants, and medical writers on projects.

Required Education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week

EO Statement

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.