Research Associate

Position Summary

As an integral member of the Behavioral Science team, the Research Associate is responsible for supporting all behavioral research operations across the organization. This role will maintain project oversight of all past, current, and future formal, user, and UX research projects, and ensure research is conducted rigorously, ethically, and in accordance with Institutional Review Board requirements, where relevant. The Research Associate will assist with and execute on research from conception to dissemination. This role will be remote, with the option of being hybrid if you are located in Tennessee.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist with study design, preparation, documentation, monitoring, evaluation, synthesizing, and compiling and presentation of results.  
• Support execution of qualitative research (e.g., recruit participants, develop interview guides). 
• Support execution of quantitative research (e.g., develop surveys, data processing). 
• Construct, combine, clean, and properly document large datasets for analysis. 
• Manage administrative aspects of formal, user, and UX research such as vendor renewals, ethics training requirements, Institutional Review Board documentation, and survey platform administration. 
• Execute literature reviews (e.g., conduct literature searches, generate summaries, synthesize findings). 
• Assist with preparing research reports, briefs, presentation decks, and other external communications. 
• Interact effectively with behavioral science team on a day-to-day basis and work under tight deadlines to meet intervention development deadlines. 
• Balance responsibilities across multiple concurrent studies. 

Requirements

• Master's degree in psychology, behavioral economics, public health, or related field
• 3-5 years of experience with research coordination, administration, operationalization, and dissemination 
• Background in applying research insights to health preferred
• Strong research operations skills 
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously 
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail 

Benefits 

• Medical (HSA available) 
• Dental 
• Vision 
• Short-term & long-term disability (company-paid) 
• Life & AD&D (company-paid) 
• 401K with company match 
• 10 paid holidays + holiday week company closure 
• Flexible time off policy 
• Work from home