# Epidemiology Expert

**Company**: IQVIA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

In this role, you will collaborate with global clients and cross-functional teams to provide epidemiology expertise for real-world evidence (RWE) studies across the full spectrum of study designs and methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the design, implementation, and execution of epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology methodologies for real-world evidence (RWE) studies

- Provide scientific and methodological expertise to support research initiatives and strategic projects in collaboration with senior team members

- Serve as the project lead for smaller studies and work closely with senior project leaders on larger client-facing and internal projects

- Develop and author study protocols, statistical analysis plans, clinical study reports, and other research documentation

- Manage analysis and reporting deliverables, maintaining project timelines and identifying risks or issues requiring escalation when appropriate

- Review study analyses and provide epidemiological input into statistical analysis plans, analytical outputs, and interpretation of study findings

- Contribute epidemiological expertise to case report form (CRF/eCRF) design, form review, feasibility assessments, regulatory responses, presentation materials, and other ad hoc project activities

- Engage directly with clients to discuss study design, methodology, results, and project progress, with senior oversight as needed

- Identify and proactively address project, client, budgetary, and operational challenges to support successful project delivery

- Ensure efficient use of project resources and work within approved budgets while maintaining quality standards

- Drive continuous process improvement initiatives and contribute to the development and implementation of best practices across epidemiology and observational research teams

- Support business development efforts through proposal development, scientific input, and content creation for new opportunities

- Represent the organization externally through scientific conferences, professional meetings, publications, and presentations

- Oversee or conduct statistical analyses, as required, to support study objectives and deliverables

- Contribute to internal strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing scientific excellence, methodological innovation, and operational effectiveness

Qualifications:

- Master's degree in Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology, Public Health (with a concentration in Epidemiology), Pharmacy (with a concentration in Epidemiology), or a related scientific discipline, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience; or

- PhD in Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology, Public Health, Pharmacy, or a related field with at least 2 years of relevant experience

Knowledge & Skills:

- Strong methodological foundation in epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, observational health research, and real-world evidence generation

- Demonstrated ability to design, plan, and execute observational studies evaluating comparative safety and effectiveness outcomes

- Experience developing study protocols, analysis plans, study reports, and other scientific and regulatory documentation

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to diverse audiences

- Strong client-facing skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships in a global, matrixed environment

- Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

- Proven ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary and international teams

- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Edge

- Ability to interpret and review outputs generated from statistical programming tools such as SAS, R, or equivalent analytical software

## Skills

### Required
- Epidemiology
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Observational Health Research
- Real-World Evidence Generation
- Study Design
- Statistical Analysis
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Edge
- SAS
- R

### Nice to have
- Presenting Research Findings
- Business Development
- Proposal Preparation
- Client Engagement
- Regulatory Expectations
- Industry Best Practices

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