Principal Pharmaceutical Epidemiologist, FSP

<p><b>Job Level: Principal Pharmaceutical Epidemiologist, FSP</b></p><p></p><p><b>Location:</b> Home-based in the U.S. or Canada</p><p></p><p><b>Why DSSS?</b></p><p>Data Sciences Staffing Solutions, DSSS, is a unit within IQVIA that provides our sponsors with fully embedded resources through a Functional Service Provider (FSP) partnership. This yields all the benefits of working for an industry leading global CRO and collaborating directly with cross-functional sponsor teams. Sponsor clients include world class pharmaceutical and biotech companies offering you unique opportunities to influence the future of medicine and advance therapies to market.</p><p></p><p><b>Job Overview</b></p><p>Work closely with global clients and other functional groups by providing epidemiology leadership for real world studies which include but are not limited to the natural history of disease, external comparators, post-market surveillance, comparative safety and effectiveness of drugs or biologics.  Manage multiple pharmacoepidemiology studies of varying complexity and ensures quality and on-time delivery for clients.  Conducts and review analyses, and responsible for the evaluation and reporting of studies. May also provide senior epidemiology oversight.  Independently designs complex methodologically sound studies to meet project objectives and stakeholder requirements (e.g., regulatory, payers, etc.).</p><p></p><p><b>Additional Benefits:</b></p><ul><li>Home-based remote working opportunities.</li><li>Work/life balance as well as flexible schedules.</li><li>Collaborating with motivated, high-performance, statistical and research teams.</li><li>Technical training and tailored development curriculum.</li><li>Research opportunities that match your unique skillset.</li><li>Promising career trajectory.</li><li>Job stability: long-term engagements and re-deployment opportunities.</li><li>Focus on bringing new therapies to market rather than project budgets and change orders.</li><li>Experience with regulatory submissions.</li><li>Engaging, fast-paced environment.</li><li>Good work-life balance.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Job Responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li>Provide a rigorous assessment of the incidence and prevalence of disease targets using literature reviews, database analysis, or extrapolation of estimates.</li><li>Support regulatory submission activities including authoring epidemiology sections of orphan or breakthrough designation applications and dossiers and provide input to the design of post-marketing commitment studies.</li><li>Partner with patient safety and risk management team and to provide input to the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, risk management plans (RMPs), and post-approval safety studies (PASS). </li><li>With moderate oversight, author epidemiology sections of Development Safety Update Reports, Periodic Benefit-Risk Evaluation Reports and PASS reports.  Investigate and understand potential safety signals for marketed RNAi therapeutics.</li><li>Partner with Biostatistics and Statistical Programming to implement, provide input into the analyses from registries, post-approval safety studies and other observational studies to support regulatory requirements and scientific publications, presentations, and abstracts.</li><li>Independently leads design and implementation of complex epidemiology/ pharmacoepidemiology methods in real world studies and studies using real world data, including (but not limited to) drug safety and effectiveness studies and other observational or low intervention studies using real world data and/or methodology.</li><li>Support senior staff on specific research initiatives as needed.</li><li>Serves as project lead on client facing or internal projects.</li><li>Authors protocols, reports, and other study documents with independent, critical thinking to ensure quality and completeness of output, oversees timeline for deliverables associated with analysis and reporting.</li><li>Reviews and provides relevant epidemiological input to statistical analysis plans and analysis output.</li><li>Reviews and provides epidemiology input for tasks including CRF/eCRF development, form previews and other ad hoc project tasks (e.g., regulatory responses, slide deck development).</li><li>Provides senior epidemiology oversight and reviews work of peers and junior staff in areas including observational study methods, statistical methods, safety and pharmacovigilance, the selection of instruments and clinical measures to achieve objectives, and sources and measures for resource utilization and costing.</li><li>Identifies issues that may require attention or escalation.</li><li>May oversee or conduct statistical analysis as needed.</li><li>May contribute to intra- and interdepartmental process improvement to achieve "best practices" and to support effective delivery.</li><li>Remain current on industry, clients, and competitive trends and directions in order to anticipate and identify new business challenges and issues with assigned clients.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li>Ph.D. in epidemiology, <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">pharmacoepidemiology,</span> public health with concentration in epidemiology, pharmacy or relevant scientific field with concentration in epidemiology and 7 years relevant experience, strongly preferred.</li><li>Master’s degree with significant relevant experience may be considered.</li><li>Sound methodological training in epidemiology, <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">pharmacoepidemiology,</span> public health with concentration in epidemiology, pharmacy with concentration in epidemiology or related area relevant to observational health research.</li><li>Ability to design, plan and conduct observational studies of comparative effectiveness and safety.</li><li>Excellent oral and written communication skills; solid medical writing experience.</li><li>Proven leadership skills.</li><li>Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks.</li><li>Must be proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Edge. Ability to read output from SAS, R, or other programming languages.</li><li>Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers, and clients in a global and matrixed environment.</li><li>Must be highly organized and self-motivated with a proven ability to determine and meet objectives.</li><li>Excellent collaborative skills with a diverse team.</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>#LI-Remote</b></p><p><b>#LI-NITINMAHAJAN</b></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at <a href="https://jobs.iqvia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">https://jobs.iqvia.com</span></a></p><p></p><p>IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. <a href="https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe</span></a></p><p></p><p>IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.</p><p></p>The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $105,800.00 - $350,300.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.

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