Clinical Insights Solutions Lead, Data & Insights

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a strategic analytics collaborator throughout the commercial process

• Partner with Business Development to convert sponsor and CRO inquiries into data-driven insights

• Assess study placement, site enrollment potential, and historical operational performance

• Define and implement site targeting, site identification, operational benchmarking, protocol deep-dives, competitive trial landscape evaluations, and enrollment feasibility modeling

• Present insights directly to clients while clarifying methodology and limitations

• Identify client needs and outline data, analytics, and advisory solutions

• Engage in client meetings, capability presentations, product demonstrations, bid defenses, and strategic workshops

• Create data and insights content for proposals, RFI and RFP responses, and follow-up communications

• Develop and execute site identification analyses utilizing trial landscape data, investigator performance history, epidemiology, referral patterns, and site-level operational metrics

• Generate ranked site and country lists based on defined selection criteria

• Evaluate site capabilities against protocol-specific requirements

• Identify concentration risks, competing-trial overlaps, and over-solicited sites

• Conduct operational performance analyses and benchmark similar studies

• Implement and document benchmarking methodologies

• Diagnose historical underperformance and propose actionable mitigations

• Maintain reusable libraries of benchmarks, assumptions, and analytical templates

• Conduct protocol deep-dives and quantify impacts on screen failures, site burden, patient dropout, and start-up delays

• Model operational trade-offs of protocol alternatives

• Translate protocol requirements into enrollment models and timeline scenarios

• Validate conclusions with therapeutic, regulatory, and ethical subject matter experts

• Communicate engagement-related data and tool deficiencies back to Data Engineering and Product

• Document methodologies and maintain version control for reproducible, auditable outcomes

• Execute post-award and post-loss reviews of analytical assumptions

• Mentor Business Development colleagues and junior analysts

• Participate in webinars, podcasts, conference sessions, and thought leadership initiatives

• Perform additional duties as assigned

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, data science, or a related quantitative discipline is essential

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in clinical research, clinical trial intelligence, or healthcare data and analytics

• At least 3 years in a position focused on feasibility, site selection, operational analytics, or clinical data analysis

• Proven experience working directly with sponsor- or CRO-side stakeholders in a pre-sale, consultative, or advisory role

• Practical knowledge of clinical trial data sources, including trial registries, investigator and site databases, CTMS and EDC outputs, claims and EHR-derived real-world data, and published literature

• Experience across various therapeutic areas and study phases

• Proficient in analysis using SQL and at least one analytical environment, such as Python or R, or equivalent advanced business intelligence, visualization, and modeling tools

• Capability to explain methodology and uncertainty to a non-technical audience

• Strong skills in data visualization and storytelling

• Ability to objectively communicate data limitations and distinguish evidence-supported conclusions from assumptions

• Capacity to meet tight proposal deadlines across multiple concurrent opportunities

• Proficiency in presenting complex analyses effectively and credibly to senior internal and external stakeholders

• Working knowledge of ICH-GCP and FDA regulations pertaining to research

• Must uphold confidentiality of client, sponsor, and site-level data

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and CRM platforms

• An advanced degree (MSc, MPH, MBA, PhD, PharmD) is preferred

• ACRP/SOCRA, PMP, or a recognized data science or analytics certification is preferred

• Familiarity with oncology, rare diseases, or cell and gene therapy is a plus

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• Flexible spending accounts

• Employee assistance programs

• Tools for work/life balance

• Referral bonuses

• Tuition reimbursement

• On-the-job training

• Certification assistance

• Continuing education support

• Paid holidays

• Vacation

• Sick time

• Career development opportunities across One WCG