Senior Research Associate (Epidemiologist) , Evidera Data Analytics

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. 

Evidera is a business within Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) a leading global contract research organization (CRO). We provide integrated scientific expertise and global operational capabilities to help clients generate the evidence needed to optimize the market access and commercial potential of products.

The Evidera Data Analytics team supports the pharmaceutical/ biotechnology/ medical device companies throughout the product lifecycle, from early pre-launch planning to launch and post-marketing management. Our focus is on helping our clients build economic and epidemiological evidence to demonstrate and support the value of their products, through analysis of large health administrative databases (e.g., medical claims, electronic health records, registries, etc.) 

Position Overview:  

This is a home based postition working remotely as part of Evidera's Data Analytics team.

The Senior Research Associate will bear scientific responsibility for the design and implementation of selected retrospective, prospective, and/or cross-sectional observational studies under oversight of more senior staff.  The main focus of the research studies will be retrospective analysis of large European databases, exploring outcomes such as those listed in bullets above.    

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):  

• In some client engagements, serve as Principal Investigator, with final responsibilities for project budget, deliverables and timelines  

• Provide scientific guidance/consultation on scientific and logistical considerations of study design and conduct  

• Draft project deliverables (e.g., protocols, analysis plans, reports,) for senior review, and draft abstracts and manuscripts as lead or co-author  

• Contribute to the growth of Evidera through business development activities, including proposal development, participation in the sales cycle, conference attendance, and presentations   

• Support other organizational activities as needed (e.g. supervise and/or mentor junior staff; closely collaborate with other business units; contribute to development of training materials and process improvements)  

• Interact directly with sponsors and vendor  

• Travel (national and international travel) is expected  

Education, Professional Skills & Experience:   

• PhD or MSc with significant related experience  

• Applied experienced in quantitative methods in epidemiology with a focus on data analysis using real-world observational data (e.g. claims data, electronic medical records)  

• Experience with European databases  

• Good understanding of relevant methodology and statistics  

• Previous experience in consultancy environment highly desirable  

• Working knowledge of data analysis software (e.g., SAS, Stata, R) and MS Office software   

• Experience presenting ideas to individuals and groups in a formal presentation setting  

• Able to analyze complex issues and evidence, identify cause-effect relationships, and generate effective solutions  

• Delivers a positive internal/external client experience; listens and understand the client's needs, and recommends solutions   

• Demonstrates sound professional judgment in analyzing, responding to, and resolving enquiries, issues and escalations.   

Personal Skills & Competencies:   

• Demonstrated ability to communicate and document information effectively in written English, including the ability to produce reports, documents, emails and other written pieces which are well-organized, free from errors, and are appropriately adjusted to the characteristics and needs of the audience.  

• Strong organizational, time-management, prioritization and decision-making skills necessary to evaluate, plan and accomplish multiple work goals in a timely fashion.  

• Able to quickly learn and apply new information, skills and procedures.  

• Proactive and positive approach to tasks and projects, as well as resilience when encountering process, project, budget or client changes that are inherent in the consulting environment.  

• Solid communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to quickly develop and sustain positive rapport with internal and external contacts in person, over the phone and by email.