Epidemiology Strategist

Job Summary

Drive strategic decision-making and innovation by providing epidemiology and real-world evidence (RWE) strategy, guidance, and leadership. This role leverages real-world evidence to generate a strategic life-cycle local evidence plan for pipeline and marketed products, maximizing product value and anticipating future company needs from early development phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop integrated local evidence plans to support business intelligence (BI) products based on gap analyses performed by asset teams.
• Design and develop non-interventional studies.
• Provide critical review and input on non-interventional study proposals, expert statements, and data sources for RWE studies in the country.
• Develop and expand networks with cross-functional internal partners and external stakeholders, such as local authorities, academic institutions, and external experts.
• Review, assess, and summarize medical literature to support study development, regulatory responses, and internal decision-making.
• Proactively approach the asset evidence team to identify synergies with RWE corporate strategy and local needs.
• Clearly communicate RWE studies to internal and external stakeholders, including asset teams, franchise committees, local and global management, regulators, scientific and medical societies.
• Provide RWE and epidemiology advice and training to various stakeholders, building internal capabilities.
• Provide guidance and leadership to the local team, developing talent management and development in the organization with cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Training in epidemiology, medicine, outcomes research, health services research, economics, or a related field, with suggested alternatives including a PhD or MD/PhD in epidemiology, outcomes research, health services research, economics, or a related field, plus a minimum of three years of relevant experience in the healthcare industry (pharma/biotech preferred) or academia.
• Strong understanding of the principles of epidemiology and RWE.
• Understanding of the local healthcare and reimbursement systems.
• Understanding of the regulatory process and requirements.
• Knowledge of data sources and RWE-focused external experts/institutions in the country/region.
• Epidemiology methods background, statistical skills, and medical/pharmacological knowledge.