About the Role
Throughline Strategy is seeking experienced health researchers to support our behavioral and implementation science team. This role involves contributing to high-impact quality improvement, research, and strategy projects within a collaborative, cross-functional team.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute quality improvement projects for scaling across healthcare systems in the United States.
- Develop social science-informed project and grant proposals, recommendations, meetings, and workshops using healthcare research frameworks and methods.
- Execute qualitative and/or mixed methods primary research, co-creation, and consulting projects, including IRB submission materials, interview guides, qualitative coding, analysis, synthesis, and workshop output development.
- Manage the day-to-day execution of primary research and consulting projects, including developing screeners, managing recruitment, document management, building timelines, identifying risks, and solving project challenges.
- Develop summaries and strategic communications to present primary research findings and complex concepts to a non-academic, business audience.
- Facilitate meetings and workshops.
- Contribute to the development of case studies and new practice tools and processes informed by social science.
- Help improve workplace culture and space.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- Successful completion of a PhD degree in social science (e.g., Implementation Science, Psychology, Sociology, Behavioral Science).
- Strong critical thinking, qualitative analysis, writing, and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated experience conducting primary research and/or quality improvement with healthcare providers, patients, and caregivers in various settings and geographies.
- Demonstrated experience applying theory in a practical setting and adapting concepts for specific audiences.
- Demonstrated experience explaining complex theoretical concepts to a lay audience.
- Demonstrated experience working on short-turnaround projects and meeting deadlines.
- Demonstrated experience managing competing priorities and multiple projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrated experience moderating a substantial volume of interviews and/or conducting several months of ethnographic fieldwork.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating large meetings.
- Demonstrated experience identifying and developing strong insights.
- Passion for working in a health-related field.
- Excitement for working in a fast-paced environment with project urgency.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Experience working in an office environment / corporate setting.
- Technical literacy, including experience with G-Suite and MS-Office products.
- Experience working in a cloud-based virtual environment with PowerPoint and digital collaboration tools (e.g., Zoom, Teams, Mural, Slack, Box).
- Experience using at least one qualitative coding software (e.g., MaxQDA, NVivo, Atlas.ti, Dedoose).
- Applicants must be legally able to work in Canada.
Skills
- Qualitative analysis
- Writing
- Presentation
- Primary research
- Quality improvement
- Project management
- Strategic communication
- Meeting facilitation
- Workshop facilitation
- G-Suite
- MS-Office
- Qualitative coding software
Location
- Yonge and St. Clair
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
- Onsite (1 day/week)
- Travel (10-15%)
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- PhD
About the Company
- Throughline Strategy is a leading healthcare consultancy firm focused on improving experiences and outcomes for people living with illness and their caregivers.
- The company's clients are global Life Sciences organizations seeking strategic counsel, behavioral and system insights, and implementation science expertise.
- Throughline Strategy is known for its 'roll-up-the-sleeves' determination to deliver impactful work.
- Company culture is highly valued, with an emphasis on values alignment.
- Core values include: Move It Forward (proactive problem-solving, attention to detail, big-picture perspective, thriving in an applied setting, delivering results quickly, creating compelling presentations and facilitating memorable group experiences), Know Yourself (self-assessment, vulnerability, trust, innovation, teamwork, shared passion for improving health outcomes, insatiable curiosity, openness to feedback, self-directed work), and Kindness and Candor (sharing truth constructively, effective communication, active listening, collaboration, and mutual support).
Equal Opportunity
- We acknowledge and honor the value and dignity of all individuals.
- We pledge ourselves to creating and maintaining a culture that welcomes and respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences.
- Let us know if you require accommodation during the interview and onboarding process.
