Remote-Ready Senior Epidemiologist, Real-World Evidence

CVS Health; Lexington (KY); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Healthspire Life Sciences Solutions is seeking a Senior Associate Epidemiologist / Senior Decision Scientist to advance real‑world evidence research and foster collaborations with academic institutions and research consortia. The role will identify grant‑funded opportunities and position LSS as a valuable research partner in externally funded projects.

You will help identify evidence gaps using epidemiologic expertise and analytic capabilities, leveraging SAS, SQL, Python, and GCP to analyze

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, health outcomes research, or real‑world evidence generation.
• 5+ years of experience using SAS, SQL, and/or Python.
• Strong scientific writing, presentation, and communication skills.
• Experience preparing research protocols, analytical plans, and scientific documentation.

Responsibilities

• Identify and advance collaborative research opportunities with academic investigators, research networks, government agencies, and public health organizations.
• Establish and maintain strategic partnerships to support joint publications, grant proposals, and scientific initiatives.
• Proactively monitor federal, state, foundation, and other grant opportunities relevant to epidemiology, public health, health outcomes research, and real‑world evidence.
• Assess where LSS capabilities can address research gaps and serve as a subcontractor or research partner on externally funded projects.
• Develop research concepts and contribute to statements of work, study protocols, and other scientific deliverables.
• Lead or support scientific dissemination efforts, including manuscripts, abstracts, conference presentations, and collaborative publications.
• Support acquisition, transformation, and analysis of large and complex healthcare datasets.
• Generate and review analytical outputs, identify quality issues, conduct root cause analyses, and document findings to ensure scientific rigor and compliance.
• Utilize SAS, SQL, Python, GCP and other analytical tools to manage data and generate insights.
• Collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams including epidemiologists, data scientists, clinicians, and external research partners.

Skills

SAS

SQL

Python

Observational studies

Data analysis

Scientific writing

Communication

Collaboration

Education

PhD in Epidemiology or related field

Tools

GCP

Job description

CVS Healthspire Life Sciences Solutions is seeking a Senior Associate Epidemiologist / Senior Decision Scientist to advance real‑world evidence research and foster collaborations with academic institutions and research consortia. The role will identify grant‑funded opportunities and position LSS as a valuable research partner in externally funded projects.

You will help identify evidence gaps using epidemiologic expertise and analytic capabilities, leveraging SAS, SQL, Python, and GCP to analyze