Associate Director, Epidemiology Strategist

Scorpion Therapeutics; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k)

Wellbeing support

Unlimited PTO

Business travel protection

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks an Epidemiology Strategy Associate Director (individual contributor) to ensure accurate understanding of disease and drug epidemiology and to contextualize safety signals for regulatory activities.

You will collaborate with product scientists, develop epidemiology strategies for drug development, and contribute to safety evaluations using real-world data across therapeutic areas.

Qualifications

• Master’s level, Ph.D., or equivalent in relevant discipline (e.g., epidemiology, outcomes/health economics/services research).
• Minimum 4 years relevant experience; at least 1 year in pharmaceutical industry or CRO.
• At least 2 years hands-on real-world-data epidemiology/pharmacoepidemiology/outcomes/health economics/HTA experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute pharmacoepidemiology group vision/operational model and deliver high-quality activities.
• Communicate value to Safety Management Teams (SMTs).
• Conduct epidemiologic analyses and interpret results for SMTs and product development teams.
• Create epidemiology strategy (under supervision of a senior epidemiologist) to support drug development, regulatory filings, and approval maintenance.

Skills

Epidemiology

Real-world data

Outcomes research

HTA methods

Education

Master's or PhD in Epidemiology or related

Job description

Position Summary

Epidemiology Strategy Associate Director (individual contributor) responsible for ensuring accurate understanding of disease/drug epidemiology, scientifically valid contextualization of expected/reported adverse events, and appropriate support for regulatory activities to obtain/maintain approvals.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Execute pharmacoepidemiology group vision/operational model and deliver high-quality activities.
• Communicate value to Safety Management Teams (SMTs).
• Conduct epidemiologic analyses and interpret results for SMTs and product development teams.
• Create epidemiology strategy (under supervision of a senior epidemiologist) to support drug development, regulatory filings, and approval maintenance in one or more therapeutic areas.
• Collaborate with product scientists and matrix partners to ensure correct/efficient strategy execution.
• Develop innovative, valid pharmacoepidemiologic solutions to methodological challenges using real-world data.
• Support SMT safety signal and benefit-risk evaluations with regulatory-aware epi strategies.
• Support continuous improvement in pharmacoepidemiology practice to aid providers, regulatory requests, and patient health.
• Assure compliance with good pharmacoepidemiology and BMS/regulatory/legal requirements.
• May represent BMS Epidemiology externally.

Qualifications

• Master’s level, Ph.D., or equivalent in relevant discipline (e.g., epidemiology, outcomes/health economics/services research).
• Minimum 4 years relevant experience; at least 1 year in pharmaceutical industry or CRO.
• At least 2 years hands-on real-world-data epidemiology/pharmacoepidemiology/outcomes/health economics/HTA experience.

Travel

• Business travel for key congresses and internal/external engagements.

Compensation/Benefits (if eligible)

• Health coverage (medical/pharmacy/dental/vision), wellbeing support, 401(k), disability/life insurance, and business travel protection.
• Paid time off: flexible time off (unlimited for US exempt) or annual paid vacation (160 hours) for certain roles.

Application Instructions

• None provided in the job description.