Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence, Mississauga Milverton Drive, UK – London – New Oxford Street
Posted Date: Nov 13 2024
Would you like to be part of GSK’s Epidemiology Department, with an opportunity to drive Epidemiology strategy and studies across the spectrum of drug development? If so, this is an excellent opportunity to explore.
Job Purpose
As an Associate Director in Epidemiology, you will provide scientific leadership in the application of epidemiological expertise and methods to answer key challenges identified across all phases of drug development for an asset or disease area to deliver new drugs more efficiently and effectively to patients.
This position functions within the Epidemiology Department, which contributes to the successful development of new therapies. Our staff in Epidemiology provide leadership and expertise to develop and execute the Epidemiology strategy across the entire spectrum of drug development, from early discovery to registration and lifecycle management.
Key Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include:
* Develop a network to ensure alignment of an epidemiology program with the broader asset/disease strategy and play a role in developing a key understanding across stakeholders of the impact of epidemiology on the asset/disease strategy.
* Identify new vendors, tools, and data sources to deliver epidemiology solutions for the asset/disease area.
* Contribute to strategic initiatives on the role of Epidemiology at the departmental level.
* Accountable for the program of epidemiology for an asset or disease area.
* Bring RWE insights to inform asset/disease area strategy and development activities for one asset or disease area.
* Propose and negotiate the content of the epidemiologic program and budget with the matrix leader.
* Provide expert epidemiological consultation to asset matrix teams (Clinical Development Team, Safety Review Team, Integrated Evidence Team, Medicine Development Team).
* May contribute to advancing the science through membership of external initiatives (e.g. ICPE, IMI).
* May contribute to departmental initiatives driving innovative solutions through the evaluation of tools, methodologies, or processes.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* Doctoral degree (PhD., ScD or DrPH) in epidemiology or other Quantitative Health discipline.
* Experience applying epidemiologic methods in at least one disease area.
* Experience operating in a matrix environment with independent delivery of increasingly complex epidemiological studies including regulatory requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
* Demonstrated epidemiological expertise and developing the ability to influence key internal (matrix leaders) and external (regulators) stakeholders specifically around scientifically robust and strategic approaches to delivering epidemiological science to answer key asset challenges.
* Highly proficient written, verbal, and listening skills.
* Expertise in complex research techniques, tools, and procedures (e.g. quantitative research methods, multiple study designs).
* Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent experience in an academic or government setting.
* Expertise in design, conduct, and appropriate dissemination of de novo and epidemiologic database studies.
* Broad knowledge of private and public use datasets.
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