Director, Epidemiology (Medical & Payer Evidence)
AstraZeneca

Job Info

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Location: Gaithersburg US / Gothenburg SWE

Salary: Competitive with Excellent Employee Benefits!

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to improve patients' lives.

AstraZeneca is a science-led, global biopharmaceutical company, with a focused portfolio in core therapies. We are committed to improving the health and lives of people across the globe, through our broad research and development platform, and a growing late-stage pipeline. Working in over 100 countries, we have strength in emerging markets, and our medicines are used by millions of patients and clinicians worldwide.

The Director, Epidemiology is a senior strategic as well as a delivery scientific role in the Evidence team, a part of the Respiratory and Immunology Medical Affairs group. This role encompasses RWE strategy setting, planning, execution of RW studies, and consulting on disease epidemiology and observational methods. You will work closely with colleagues in Medical, Payer and R&D teams to identify evidence gaps and develop product specific medical evidence plans and address these gaps through literature reviews or observational (primary cohorts, surveys or secondary database) studies.

Major competencies required include: critical appraisal and synthesis of relevant epidemiological literature; design, initiation, management, conduct, analysis, and reporting of epidemiological studies ; and development of medical evidence tactical plans.

In their daily activities, epidemiologists in Evidence interact with a wide range of internal and external customers to ensure efficient delivery of high-quality observational evidence. They are engaged in pro-active discussions with internal partners ensuring all relevant evidence gaps are identified and included in tactical plans. They perform research on secondary data (e.g. electronic healthcare databases) either internally or through collaboration with external research and academic groups. Additionally, they craft and conduct primary data collection studies through external service providers.

The role requires interaction with diverse scientific and business authorities so as to ensure scientific quality and timely, effective project delivery while adhering to ethical requirements and responding to business needs.

• The role holder collaborates with senior staff as necessary to provide specialist guidance and direction to project teams, senior leaders, and other colleagues to ensure optimal management of high-impact project opportunities and risks.
  
• Work independently in the design, execution, analysis, interpretation, and internal and external communication of epidemiological or Ph4 real-world studies. This role requires taking a leadership role in a range of activities.
  
• Contribute to clinical development and commercialization through your expertise in real-world data and methods and disease epidemiology.
  
• Deliver highly experienced epidemiology strategy, support, and scientific leadership to project teams and the epidemiology global skills group, at all stages of pharmaceutical development.
  
• Negotiate time frames, provide recommendations on resource requirements, and ensure delivery of the tasks as agreed.
  

Essential Requirements

• Substantial experience in pharmacoepidemiology and/or disease epidemiology.
  
• Ph.D. or equivalent in epidemiology or related health science field and substantial experience in the health care environment. Alternatively, an MSc or MPH with substantial experience in the pharmaceutical industry environment.
  
• Established experience in the pharmaceutical industry, contract research organization sector, or in closely related academic epidemiological research with advanced business skills
  
• Experience in leading complex medical evidence plans
  
• Able to provide critical appraisal to study designs and published studies
  
• Sustained efficiency in epidemiological research as manifest by successful design, execution, and publication of original epidemiological research relevant to drug discovery and development (e.g., drug safety) or commercialisation in peer-reviewed journal
  
• Sustained record of epidemiological productivity at a strategic as well as an operational level
  
• Experience in utilising secondary real world data
  
• Recognition by the external scientific communities as an expert in the application of epidemiology to areas relevant to drug development and commercialisation
  

Desirable Requirements

• Excellent knowledge in epidemiological methodology and ability to apply it within the pharmaceutical industry at an international level
  
• Experience conducting primary data collection studies
  
• Ability to apply advanced epidemiological theory and techniques throughout the product life cycle
  
• Good respiratory therapeutic and disease area knowledge and knowledge of drug development and life cycle management
  
• Experience managing complex medical evidence programmes, including interventional studies such as pragmatic trials
  

Why should you join us?

• Medical Evidence is the central and coordinating function responsible to strategically plan and deliver evidence
  
• We are focused on clinical practice change: each and every study we execute aims to help patients and prescribers to navigate choosing right medicine for right patient.
  
• We strive to invest in people and foster their development.
  

Additional information

Our Company Values & Behaviours underpin everything we do so please take a moment to familiarize yourself with them. You may also want to check out our precision medicine video: https://www.astrazeneca.com/r-d/precision-medicine.html

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.

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