Research Associate

Company Detail:

Founded in 2015, Healthark has quickly become one of India's known business consulting firms specializing in Real-World Evidence (RWE), working alongside healthcare and life sciences organizations to help them optimize their RWE solutions through both business strategy and operational execution. We're a passionate, multi-disciplinary team that blends deep healthcare expertise with strategic thinking, data science, and technology capabilities and hands-on execution, tackling complex business challenges across the healthcare ecosystem. 

As part of the real-world evidence team, we work with pharma, medical device, and healthtech companies to design and execute real-world studies, develop tools to improve healthcare product adoption and performance, optimize go-to-market strategies, and drive measurable commercial outcomes. We have successfully delivered 500+ high-impact projects across US, Europe and Middle East markets with a committed team of 150+ consisting of biostatisticians, data scientists, engineers, epidemiologists, medical writers, data strategists and RWE consultants. Our clients range from innovative startups to global healthcare and life sciences leaders, all of whom rely on us to enhance their RWE capabilities and support RWE studies that provide valuable insights for smarter decision-making.

With RWE hubs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Hyderabad, we're committed to delivering measurable outcomes that improve patient care, optimize healthcare delivery, and accelerate business growth through innovative strategies.

Position

: Research Associate -RWE

Experience

: 1–2 years 

Location

: Ahmedabad (On-Site) 

Working Hours

: 10 AM to 7 PM 

Working Days

: Mon to Fri 

Company Url

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Job Description:

Position Overview:

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Research Associate – RWE to join our growing team at Healthark Insights. This role is ideal for early-career professionals with 1–2 years of experience in RWE or related fields such as healthcare analytics, epidemiology, health economics, public health, clinical research, or market access consulting.  In this role, you will support multiple client-facing and internal projects involving real-world data, literature reviews, insights generation, proposal development, and healthcare market assessments. You'll work closely with senior team members to deliver high-quality outputs that enable decision-making for clients across pharma, medtech, and healthtech sectors.

If you are passionate about leveraging healthcare data and insights to drive better patient and business outcomes, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities:

• Support proposal development for client opportunities, including project scoping, and drafting sections of deliverables.
• Conduct secondary research using sources like PubMed, Google Scholar, and industry reports to extract relevant clinical, epidemiological, and market-related insights.
• Review and interpret real-world healthcare data (e.g., EHRs, claims, registries) to understand treatment patterns, patient journeys, and disease burden.
• Assist in preparing client deliverables such as reports, presentations, and dashboards summarizing findings and recommendations.
• Stay updated on global trends in RWE generation, regulatory guidance, and applications of RWE in clinical development, market access, and commercial strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project timelines and client expectations are met.
• Support the design and execution of real-world studies as needed, including feasibility assessments, and study documentation.
• Contribute to internal knowledge building, tools, and best practices to advance the quality and efficiency of RWE project delivery.

Requirements:

Educational Qualification:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Economics, or a related field

Experience:

• 1–2 years of professional experience in Real-World Evidence, healthcare analytics, epidemiology, clinical research, or market access consulting
• Prior involvement in secondary data analysis, clinical data interpretation, or healthcare-related research will be considered relevant

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) is essential.
• Working knowledge of research platforms like PubMed, Google Scholar, and familiarity with scientific literature review
• Basic understanding of healthcare data sources (claims, EHR, registries) is a plus
• Exposure to statistical tools (e.g., R, SAS, or Python) is a plus but not mandatory

Industry Knowledge:

• Foundational understanding of drug development, regulatory needs, or health technology assessment is desirable
• Passionate about the healthcare and life sciences domain and its impact on  patient outcomes