About the Role
For one of our clients, a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals, we are currently looking for a Pharmacoepidemiologist to support the epidemiology activities performed in Global Safety and Risk Management organisation.
General Information
* Duration: 9 months (maternity cover)
* Contract: temporary contract via Randstad
* Extension: to be discussed
* Workplace: Basel
* Home Office: 2 days/week (after 2-3 months onboarding)
* Working hours: Standard
Tasks & Responsibilities
* Independent analyses of secondary data, including insurance claims, electronic medical record, patient survey, and disease registry.
* Supporting the development of research protocols and statistical analysis plans. Recommendation and implementation of appropriate analytical methodology (e.g., propensity score matching, regression analysis) for real world data studies.
* Design, development, testing, implementation, validation, documentation, and maintenance of effective R programs for reporting observational database studies. Evaluation of new data sources and study design for observational studies focusing on safety endpoints.
* Represent your function in internal and/or external cross‑functional strategic planning and other programs to innovate our use of methodologies or technology.
* Oversight of scientific content of literature reviews, summaries of scientific literature, applying findings and evidence‑based best practices to the design of surveillance and epidemiological investigations, and the development of program recommendations.
* Collaborate with Safety Data Scientists as a strategic partner for clinical safety scientists to ensure rigorous quantitative approaches are available for molecule safety strategies.
Must Haves
* University degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Outcomes Research, Health Economics or relevant scientific field plus MSc or PhD in Epidemiology specialising in data analysis (exceptionally qualified applicants with many years of experience but without a master’s degree are also encouraged to apply).
* At least 2 years of applied experience with relational real world databases, designing and executing non‑interventional RWD studies.
* Good knowledge of epidemiological study designs and in selecting appropriate pharmacoepidemiologic strategies for molecule plans.
* Ability to analyse data including Clinical Trials, Biomarker studies, insurance claims, disease registries, surveys and EHR databases.
* Familiarity with medical terminology and dictionaries (MedDRA, SNOMED, ICD‑10, CPT, HCPCS).
* Ability to design, develop, test, document R/Python/SQL programs for observational database studies.
* Capability to transform data and analysis into informative visualisations, reports and interactive dashboards using R Shiny, R Markdown, Python.
* Ability to develop research protocols, statistical analysis plans and recommend analytical methodologies (e.g., regression analysis).
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Contract
Job Function
Science and Research
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