Research Associate Implementation Science

Support collaboration with internal scientific experts and external stakeholders, which may include patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, research sites, industry partners, academic collaborators, advocacy organizations, and other groups.

Assist with stakeholder mapping, recruitment, engagement, meeting preparation, note taking, and follow-up activities.

Participate in client and stakeholder meetings as assigned and communicate professionally with internal and external partners.

Contribute to proposal development through background research and preparation of draft methodology descriptions, work plans, timelines, staffing information, or past-performance materials.

Assist in developing capability statements, slide decks, and other materials that communicate RTI-HS’s implementation science expertise.

Conduct background research to support opportunity identification and program planning.

Draft or contribute to study reports, client presentations, research summaries, manuscripts, conference abstracts, posters, and other scientific communications.

Prepare presentation and supporting materials for workshops, scientific conferences, and client meetings.

Organize references and source materials and help ensure that research outputs are accurate, clear, consistent, and appropriately documented.

Communicate research findings and project information in a manner appropriate to the intended scientific, client, site, or community audience.

Support the development and standardization of implementation science tools, templates, resources, and best practices across RTI-HS.

Help document lessons learned, emerging techniques, and opportunities to strengthen the Implementation Science Program.

Maintain awareness of developments in implementation science, applied health research, healthcare delivery, and pharmaceutical development and share relevant insights with the team.

Participate in mentoring, training, methods discussions, and other professional-development activities.

Contribute to a collaborative, inclusive, and quality-focused team culture

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in health sciences, public health, implementation science, health services research, psychology, sociology, anthropology, epidemiology, life sciences, social or behavioral science, or a related field.

Foundational knowledge of qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research gained through coursework, a thesis or capstone, an internship or practicum, a research assistantship, volunteer research, or professional experience.

Demonstrated ability to organize information, maintain accurate documentation, manage assigned tasks, and meet deadlines.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear research summaries or other professional materials.

Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines, receive direction, incorporate feedback, and contribute to shared deliverables.

Careful attention to detail and a commitment to research quality, ethics, participant confidentiality, and data integrity.

Proficiency with standard word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and virtual collaboration tools.

Ability and willingness to learn new methods, software, therapeutic areas, and project-management processes

Relevant preparation may be demonstrated through academic, internship, practicum, assistantship, volunteer, or employment settings. Extensive full-time post-degree experience is not required.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting mixed-methods research, including qualitative and quantitative data collection or analysis.

Experience coordinating a research project or maintaining timelines, action items, study records, and communications.

Experience with site-based, multisite, clinical, community-based, or healthcare delivery research.

Exposure to implementation science theories, models, frameworks, strategies, or outcomes, such as CFIR, RE-AIM, EPIS, or Proctor’s implementation outcomes.

Experience conducting interviews, focus groups, surveys, observations, qualitative coding, descriptive analysis, literature reviews, or environmental scans.

Exposure to pharmaceutical development, biotechnology, medical devices, real-world evidence, health economics and outcomes research, patient-centered research, market access, or quality improvement.

Experience with relevant qualitative analysis, statistical analysis, survey, reference-management, electronic data-capture, or project-management software.

Experience in a consulting, pharmaceutical, academic, healthcare, public health, or other applied research environment.

A research work product, such as a thesis, capstone, report, manuscript, presentation, poster, or portfolio example.