Research Lead
Company Description
Docquity is Southeast Asia's largest community of verified healthcare professionals (HCPs), serving over 410,000 members across the region. With a presence in countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, the platform supports HCPs in learning, connecting, and growing professionally.By leveraging data science and deep network insights, Docquity enables healthcare enterprises to better engage, educate, and support HCPs. Our mission is to connect healthcare professionals to build healthier lives globally, at scale.
Role Description
Docquity is establishing a continuous, high-rigor prescription tracking and real‑world evidence (RWE) program across priority therapeutic areas in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The Research Lead will be the senior owner of the scientific, methodological, and governance standards of this program.
This role is accountable for ensuring that all prescription data collected—across digital capture, and field-based instruments—meets the expectations of leading pharmaceutical companies and aligns with industry‑recognized audit principles.
The person serves as the final authority on methodology, a trusted counterpart to client research and medical teams, and the internal steward of data credibility.
Key Objectives- Establish a defensible, audit‑ready prescription tracking framework
- Minimize bias (especially recall bias) through robust instrument and field design
- Ensure comparability and interpretability of results across time, therapy areas, and segments
- Enable confident use of outputs for brand strategy, medical insights, and commercial decision‑making
Job Description
Research Design & Methodology Ownership- Own end‑to‑end research design for continuous prescription tracking (monthly delivery with quarterly roll‑ups)
- Define and approve:
o Sampling frames and panel design
o Specialty, region, and practice‑type stratification
o Target sample sizes, margins of error (MOE), and confidence levels- Ensure methodological consistency across therapeutic areas and reporting cycles
- Approve all deviations, pilots, and methodological changes
- Lead the design and approval of all data‑collection instruments, including:
o Carbonized Prescription Pads (CPPs) for selected doctors
o Tablet‑based and in‑app prescription capture tools- Ensure instruments are designed to minimize recall bias by:
o Anchoring capture to actual prescriptions written
o Using short and clearly defined recall windows
o Maintaining physical audit trails via CPP duplicates- Define required fields, skip logic, validation rules, and mandatory checks
- Own diagnosis and prescription coding standards (ICD‑10, ATC, NFC, brand–molecule mapping)
- Design and enforce a multi‑layer quality control framework, including:
o Logical and medical consistency checks
o Duplicate and fraud detection
o Time, location, and behavior anomaly detection- Ensure every dataset includes:
o Clear audit trails
o Small‑n flags and suppression rules
o Methodology notes and limitations- Ensure compliance with:
o Local pharmaceutical codes of practice
o Data privacy and consent requirements
o Data‑disclosure and permitted‑use guidelines
Analytics Interpretation & Scientific Storytelling- Partner with analytics teams to ensure outputs are statistically sound and correctly interpreted
- Guide analysis and interpretation of:
o Prescription volume and share
o Growth and switching dynamics
o Month‑on‑Month, Quarter‑on‑Quarter, and MAT trends- Ensure statistical testing is appropriately applied and clearly explained
- Lead quarterly deep‑dive narratives and insight framing for senior stakeholders
- Act as the senior research authority in client engagements
- Defend methodology, assumptions, and findings with confidence and clarity
- Address client concerns related to:
o Bias and representativeness
o Sample adequacy and precision
o Interpretation of changes and trends- Support proposals, protocols, and methodology sign‑offs
- Build and mentor a Research & Methodology function, including:
o Research managers
o Field QC and validation leads
o Coding and standards specialists- Establish SOPs, playbooks, and training materials for:
o Enumerators and field supervisors
o Internal analytics and insights teams
Qualifications
Experience- Minimum 5 years experience in pharmaceutical market research, prescription audits, or real‑world evidence
- Hands‑on experience with prescription‑level data and continuous tracking studies
- Proven ownership of large‑scale, multi‑stakeholder research programs
- Sampling theory, weighting, and MOE calculation
- Survey and instrument design for physician research
- Prescription coding systems (ICD‑10, ATC, molecule and brand hierarchies)
- Strong understanding of bias control (recall bias, selection bias, small‑sample risk)
- Ability to engage and challenge senior pharmaceutical stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable translating complex methodology into clear, defensible explanations
- Experience working with syndicated audit data or large healthcare data vendors
- Regional experience across Southeast Asia healthcare systems
- Background in biostatistics, epidemiology, or health economics
- Experience combining physical field collection with digital platforms
- Technology, Information and Internet
Employment Type
Full-time