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Job Description

This role is responsible for designing, planning, and executing analytical components of plans for research studies that examine the value of pharmaceutical assets or address strategic questions in the disease areas of interest. The position applies methodological and analytical expertise to conduct or consult on the analysis of RWE studies. This involves the application of statistical theories, methods, and technical programming skills to analyze clinical, survey, claims, and electronic medical record databases. The role supports the department as a technical subject matter expert on RWE analytics and acts as a point of contact for the assigned therapeutic area (TA) on analytical needs, proactively mitigating, resolving, and triaging issues to reduce operational complexity.

Responsibilities

• Act as the analytics lead for the assigned therapeutic area (TA) to mitigate, resolve, and triage certain issues, reducing the touch point needed from the study lead.

• Be responsible for the analytical component of reports describing studies, outcomes, and methods used and provide specifications to researchers.

• Present results of studies and contribute to the writing and publishing of scientific presentations.

• Identify appropriate internal and external data resources and external expertise to execute strategies and research activities led by research members.

• Support clinical trial endpoint strategies by executing statistical analysis plans and providing consultation to design as needed.

• Meet timelines in a complex matrix structure by developing and maintaining effective cross-functional working relationships to assure effective teamwork and oversee problem-solving within the analytical team.

• Interact with scientists regarding studies and with other members of the Analytical team that perform QC activities on their studies.

• Translate business needs into RWE project concepts and collaborate with HEOR scientists to develop study protocols.

Essential Skills

• Master’s degree in Statistics or related discipline required; PhD in statistics or closely related discipline preferred such as epidemiology or HEOR.

• Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience in SAS, SQL programming/R/Python required.

• Experience with RWE (Real World Evidence) data and HEOR (Health Economics and Outcomes Research).

• Ability to incorporate production code macros in studies, execute programming assignments, problem solve issues independently, and present complex research and data clearly to stakeholders.

• Experience and/or training in the application of advanced scientific and analytical methods.

• Ability to perform urgent analyses with short turnaround time and interact with internal and external collaborative partners on joint projects.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Professional training in a healthcare field.

• Experience in the analysis of large medical claims datasets.

• Prior experience in the UNIX/Hadoop environment preferred.

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