Your Role and Responsibilities

Provide research and client support as part of a team that delivers health care information and consulting services to government or commercial clients.  

• Perform reviews of health research literature and summarize relevant information as directed by Research Leader.  
• Coordinate the receipt, storage, and delivery of sensitive data files.
• Perform data quality reviews to verify that specific data restrictions have been applied.
• Interface with external stakeholders to ensure that the project maintains high-quality relationships with stakeholders.
• Draft background sections of client deliverables and project proposals as directed by Research Leader
• Format deliverables for client presentations (reports, technical memoranda, posters, podium presentations, and manuscripts).
• Attend to daily office activities, such as email correspondence with external stakeholders and the burning of external data media (CDs, USB, external hard drive) and delivery of data to the client.
• Work closely with project team members (Programmer/Analysts, Research Leaders, Research Assistants, and Statisticians) to complete research projects that will meet clients’ needs.
• Assist with the development and documentation of file specification and analytical results. 

Introduction

IBM’s Industry Consultants are essential to our clients as they work to reinvent themselves for the future. Join our highly visible and highly skilled team of global consultants as we strive to accelerate sales, deliver client engagements, and build IBM’s market eminence. If you are a forward-thinker and a curious intellectual, we welcome you to apply for your next exciting career challenge!

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Associate in Arts degree with 5 + years experience or Bachelor’s degree with 1 to 3 years experience
• 2 to 3 years previous healthcare industry and/or quantitative work experience related to health research highly desirable.  Relevant graduate degree may substitute for work experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate with individuals at various levels within the organization and external clients.
• Good critical thinking, questioning, and listening skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrated quantitative abilities
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Time management skills for managing multiple tasks simultaneously, while completing work within allocated time frames.
• Intermediate experience using Microsoft Applications, such as Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint; and using Adobe Acrobat.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Previous health care or research background desired

Required Education

Associate's Degree/College Diploma

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Eligibility Requirements

None

About Business Unit

IBM Watson Health is pioneering a new partnership between humanity and technology with the goal of transforming global health and revolutionizing many aspects of the medical and pharmaceutical industries, as well as government sectors.  We aspire to improve lives and give hope by delivering innovation to address the world’s most pressing health challenges through data and artificial intelligence insights.

Your Life @ IBM

What matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge?

Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

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About IBM

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