Clinical Survey Research & Methodology Expert (Physician / PhD)
Mercor
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Mercor is a platform connecting healthcare experts with research projects. This role involves developing and refining physician-focused healthcare market research surveys, ensuring clinical accuracy, scientific credibility, and relevance to real-world practice across multiple therapeutic areas.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, and refine physician-facing surveys across various diseases and therapeutic areas
- Review survey questions for clinical accuracy, medical relevance, clarity, and appropriateness for the intended physician audience
- Translate complex clinical concepts and research objectives into well-structured, unbiased survey questions
- Apply established market research methodologies to improve questionnaire design, response options, survey flow, and data quality
- Evaluate surveys for clinical terminology, treatment pathways, diagnostic criteria, patient management practices, and therapeutic relevance
- Collaborate with research teams to incorporate feedback and maintain consistency across survey projects
- Provide expert recommendations to improve survey validity, physician engagement, and overall research quality
Requirements
- Advanced clinical or scientific degree: MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent qualification in medicine, clinical research, or a closely related discipline
- Strong understanding of specific diseases, therapeutic areas, treatment guidelines, and real-world clinical decision-making
- Demonstrated experience designing, writing, reviewing, or validating healthcare professional (HCP) surveys
- Familiarity with questionnaire design, survey logic, response scales, question bias, and research best practices
- Experience working with pharmaceutical companies, healthcare market research agencies, life sciences consulting firms, or clinical research organisations
- Strong written communication skills and the ability to translate complex medical information into clear, actionable survey questions
Who Should Apply
Apply if you have an MD, DO, or PhD with direct experience designing or validating HCP surveys and deep comfort with research methodology and clinical nuance. This suits someone who thrives working independently on discrete, high-stakes projects where precision and clinical credibility matter enormously. It will frustrate anyone who needs a long onboarding, prefers working within a fixed team, or sees survey work as secondary to patient care.
Salary Insight
$200/hour is a solid rate for this expertise level, reflecting the premium placed on MDs and PhDs with hands-on survey methodology experience. This is typically in the mid-to-senior range for contract research work; the rate signals trust in independent judgment. Expect it to be consistent across projects given the hourly model, though total earnings will depend entirely on hours assigned and project duration.
About Mercor
A marketplace placing specialists into paid remote contract work with AI companies. One profile and one AI interview, reused across every role you apply to.
Remote policy: Fully remote, worldwide, on hourly contractor agreements rather than employment. But payment eligibility is the thing to check before you invest any time, because it is decided by country and there is no way around it. Mercor pays through Stripe Connect in…
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Compensation
$200 per hour
- Location
- Remote
- Engagement
- Contract
- Posted
- Oct 19
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About Mercor
A marketplace placing specialists into paid remote contract work with AI companies. One profile and one AI interview, reused across every role you apply to.
Remote policy: Fully remote, worldwide, on hourly contractor agreements rather than employment. But payment eligibility is the thing to check before you invest any time, because it is decided by country and there is no way around it. Mercor pays through Stripe Connect in…
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Application Tip
Show concrete examples of surveys you've designed, refined, or validated—include the therapeutic area, the methodological challenge you solved, and the outcome (e.g., "improved response rate" or "identified bias in wording"). Mercor is evaluating whether you can work autonomously on multiple projects with minimal overhead; lead with evidence that you've owned survey quality end to end, not just contributed feedback. A brief note on a specific bias you've caught or a questionnaire flow problem you've solved will carry more weight than listing Qualtrics or SurveyMonkey experience.
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