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Population Health Insights Lead for Population Health Group
Our client is a pioneer in Drug Discovery and Development and one of the frontrunners in Personalized Healthcare. As the world's largest R&D spender in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics domain, they work in a vast number of drug discovery & therapeutic areas and are highly recognized internationally.
We are currently looking for a Population Health Insights Lead for Population Health Group for a 12-month contract (with high possibility for extension) based in Basel, Switzerland.
Home Office: max. 2 days
Background:
Our client is seeking a Population Health Insights Lead to provide evidence-based epidemiological expertise to generate, validate and manage epidemiology data for patient population forecasts for access initiatives and strategic and business planning over the lifecycle of the product.
The group is responsible for all disease areas represented by a broad product portfolio including cancer, viral infections, metabolic, central nervous system disorders and inflammatory diseases. This position will require close collaboration with local market access teams, business analysts, and market planners, as well as with external providers of epidemiology data including CROs and consultants.
Main Responsibilities:
1. Develop R packages to support the group in the transition from Excel to R-based model development.
2. Analyze different data sources such as Real-World Data (RWD), population health datasets, and literature to collect model inputs.
3. Identify, assess and utilize high-quality epidemiological data sources to generate epidemiology forecasting models to support strategic access and business-related decisions across the client's product portfolio.
4. Assist the team in training and development as it relates to using and understanding R packages and codes.
5. Communicate and engage with key stakeholders across the organization on the use of treatment impact models in decision-making.
6. Continuously evolve Global Access into an outcome-focused, agile organization by expertly identifying gaps, opportunities, and a clear line of sight to improve patient access and outcomes.
7. Maintain and utilize internal access and epidemiology infrastructure (databases and applications) for access and epidemiology research information network on national and international levels.
8. Work collaboratively and strategically partner across functions, regions and affiliates and externally with key stakeholders.
Qualifications and Experience:
1. Relevant working/residency permit or Swiss/EU-Citizenship required.
2. Graduate or higher-level Degree in epidemiology (e.g., Masters of Public Health or PhD in epidemiology); or Graduate or higher-level Degree (MS or PhD) in quantitative methods, economics, pharmacology or a related discipline with Post-Graduate qualification in epidemiology; or Medical Degree (RN, MD) with Post-Graduate qualification in epidemiology.
3. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and statistic programs such as R or SAS.
4. Strong knowledge of epidemiological principles and methodologies.
5. Strong knowledge of national and international health statistics, surveillance data and health surveys in defined disease areas, in particular their strengths and weaknesses.
6. Familiarity with evidence synthesis methods such as meta-analyses.
7. Epidemiology or health outcomes experience in either post-graduate academic work or the pharmaceutical industry or a service provider organization (e.g., contract research organization/CRO).
8. Experience in designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting epidemiological studies (includes healthcare/pharmaceutical HTA related experience) and/or Real World Data (RWD) studies.
9. Knowledge or experience working within the pharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred.
10. Excellent communication and organizational skills.
11. Fluency in English both oral and written.
12. No previous industry experience is required for this position.
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