Senior Epidemiology Strategy Lead

Biopharma Careers; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Coverage

Wellbeing Support

401(k) & Disability

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb seeks an Associate Director, Epidemiology Strategy to lead pharmacoepidemiology efforts within WWPS. The role focuses on accurate understanding of disease epidemiology, contextualizing adverse events, and supporting regulatory activities to obtain and maintain drug approvals.

The role is an individual contributor. Under the supervision of a senior epidemiologist, you will design epidemiology strategies, collaborate with SMTs and product teams, and apply real-world data to

Qualifications

• Education/ Experience/ Licenses/ Certifications: Master’s level, Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., epidemiology, health service research, outcomes research, health economics) or other education and training that is considered similar and equivalent, especially if combined with another clinical or biologically based degree
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, including at least 1 year of working with the pharmaceutical industry or a CRO
• At least 2 years of hands‑on experience conducting epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, outcomes, health economics, health services, or health technology assessment research that has used real world data. This might include designing or running primary data registries/ repositories and/ or conducting secondary analyses that apply data from such primary data resources
• Travel: Business travel for key congresses and various internal / external engagements is required

Responsibilities

• Actively executes the vision and operational model for the pharmacoepidemiology group and translates these to high quality pharmacoepidemiology activities
• Communicates the scientific and strategic value of pharmacoepidemiology to assigned Safety Management Teams (SMT)
• Conducts epidemiologic analyses and provides interpretation of their results in support of BMS drugs to SMTs and product development teams, among other stakeholders at BMS
• Under the direct supervision of a senior epidemiologist, creates the epidemiology strategy to support drug development, filings with regulatory agencies and maintenance of drug approvals in one or more therapeutic areas (TA)
• Works with scientists, members of the product teams, and other matrix partners to ensure the epidemiology strategy is correctly and efficiently executed
• Applies theoretical principles to specific clinical questions and research problems, develop innovative, but valid, pharmacoepidemiologic solutions to previously unknown methodologic challenges using real-world data
• Supports the SMTs in their evaluation of safety signals and benefit-risk profiles of drugs, by developing scientifically rigorous epi strategies while considering regulatory requirements and expectations
• Supports various continuous improvement activities in the science and practice of pharmacoepidemiology to better support health care providers, regulatory requests, and the health of patients using BMS products
• Assures compliance with good pharmacoepidemiology and BMS business practices, regulatory and legal requirements
• May represent BMS Epidemiology in various external organizations and professional societies

Education

Master’s/Ph.D. in epidemiology or related field

Job description

Bristol Myers Squibb seeks an Associate Director, Epidemiology Strategy to lead pharmacoepidemiology efforts within WWPS. The role focuses on accurate understanding of disease epidemiology, contextualizing adverse events, and supporting regulatory activities to obtain and maintain drug approvals.

The role is an individual contributor. Under the supervision of a senior epidemiologist, you will design epidemiology strategies, collaborate with SMTs and product teams, and apply real-world data to